NOC News Round Up - 15 December 2016

NOC wishes everyone a happy festive season This will be our last news round up of the year. We wish all our subscribers a very Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year. See you in 2017. Look forward to a wetter Europe Research from the NOC and the University of Southampton have provided robust evidence that relatively wet regions, like Northern Europe, are getting wetter and dry regions are getting drier - both by about 2 per cent over the last 60 years. The researchers used measurements of salinity throughout the global, and deep oceans over the last 60 years to estimate how much global rainfall is changing. The study, published in Scientific Reports, analysed the saltiness of the world's oceans.  To read more click here. Most UK coastal flooding caused by moderate storms Scientists at the NOC and the University of Southampton have found that the majority of instances of coastal flooding around the United Kingdom in the last 100 years have been due to moderate storm events combined with high spring tides, rather than extreme storms. Researchers have undertaken one of the most detailed assessments of extreme sea level and coastal flooding ever carried out for the UK. Their findings are published in Nature Research journal Scientific Data.  To read more click here Tracking the UKs carbon from soil to sea This January scientists from a range of disciplines will come together to undertake the first ever coordinated sampling of the major rivers in Great Britain to look for soil derived organic carbon. This carbon is a large element of our 'natural capital' - in fact it is so large that restoring some damaged elements of it, such as upland peat bogs, could cost up to £570 million over the next 40 years. In recognition of this NERC has commissioned the major new programme, LOCATE (Land Ocean Carbon Transfer). One key early activity is to estimate the loss by sampling thirty rivers once a month for an entire year. The LOCATE programme would very much welcome hearing from potential partners interested in the Land Ocean transfer of other substances who could work collaboratively with the project to exploit the data sharing and sampling infrastructure LOCATE has built. Click here to read more. Successful trials for Planet Ocean and NOC ecoSUBm, the small, low cost AUV developed in partnership with Planet Ocean was in the water last week with the trials team led by NOC's Dr Alex Phillips.   The fantastic project team enjoyed a week of testing and refinement in advance of a demonstration of ecoSUBm to a group from BP who have supported the development of this innovative vehicle.  ecoSUBm completed a range of missions, operating autonomously whilst collecting a range of data from a Valeport sensor pack, including temperature depth profiles, altitude data and data from its Hyperion fluorimeter. The AUV's performance left everyone in the team feeling extremely confident and pleased following an exhausting, but worthwhile week. The ecoSUB range of AUV's are being developed by Planet Ocean and the NOC and also include the ecoSUBµ which is a key part of an Innovate UK & DSTL funded program to autonomously deploy and recover a fleet of AUVs from ASV's C-Worker unmanned surface vehicle.   To receive information about the AUV's, please visit www.ecoSUB.uk and subscribe for updates. News from the NOC and NASA A new NASA satellite mission launched yesterday, heralding the start of unparalleled sampling of the ocean from space by using the reflection of GPS signals. The NOC has a very significant role in developing the science behinds these novel observations. To find out more about the NOC's role on the project click here. To learn more about the mission take a look on the NASA website and the hastag #CYGNSS on Twitter.   This email was sent to mantiskhiralla@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help  |  Contact Us