Acoustical Ocean Ecology Team Acoustical Ocean Ecology The Acoustical Ocean Ecology Group uses active acoustics, or sonar, to investigate how animals respond to constantly changing environments.
Benthic Biology and Ecology Team Benthic Biology and Ecology The Benthic Biology Team studies the diversity of life on the seafloor, from exploring deep-sea habitats to measuring the effect of ocean change on the lives of marine animals.
Biodiversity and Biooptics Team Biodiversity and Biooptics Gelatinous predators such as ctenophores, siphonophores, and hydromedusae display dazzling body forms and behaviors, and provide surprising linkages across the oceanic food web.
Bioinspiration Lab Team Bioinspiration Lab The Bioinspiration Lab brings the ocean into the lab, and the lab into the ocean, by developing advanced imaging systems and algorithms to study marine life.
Biological Oceanography Group Team Biological Oceanography Group The Biological Oceanography Team studies how life in the sea responds to climate change. We advance the field by improving methods to detect, observe, and understand variations of marine flora and fauna.
Carbon Flux Ecology Team Carbon Flux Ecology The Carbon Flux Ecology Team resolves the biology and ecology of sinking particles to advance our understanding of the ocean’s role in regulating the carbon cycle and climate.
Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) Team Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) CeNCOOS is a collaborative that enables coastal monitoring, model forecasts, and integrated products to inform decisions about our regional ocean.
Chemical Sensors Team Chemical Sensors This team develops sensor and float technologies to record fundamental ocean properties. Once a float is deployed, it takes measurements frequently, helping us understand our changing ocean.
Continental Margin Processes Team Continental Margin Processes This team investigates the movement of sediment across continental margins and how it shapes the existing submarine morphology.
Control, Modeling, and Perception of Autonomous Systems Laboratory Team Control, Modeling, and Perception of Autonomous Systems Laboratory The Control, Modeling, Perception for Autonomous Systems (CoMPAS) Laboratory aims to develop and transfer technology for making ocean exploration more accessible and widespread, and to help answer several questions that remain open about our planet.
Data Integration and Interdisciplinary Oceanography Team Data Integration and Interdisciplinary Oceanography This team is generating new knowledge in oceanography through data integration, statistical analysis, and mathematical representation of physical/biological processes.
Enabling a Persistent Presence Team Enabling a Persistent Presence This team is developing power capture and transfer technology to enable a long-term presence of instrumentation in the ocean.
Long-Range AUV (LRAUV) Team Long-Range AUV (LRAUV) The Engineering Team is refining the LRAUV system and developing new capabilities to expand the breadth of ocean science applications that scientists can address with this new ocean robot.
Marine Robots’ Onboard Intelligence for Capturing Oceanographic Features Team Marine Robots’ Onboard Intelligence for Capturing Oceanographic Features This team is developing onboard intelligence for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs).
Midwater Ecology Team Midwater Ecology The Midwater Ecology Team studies the animals of the oceanic water column directly, using undersea vehicles to carry cameras, instruments, tools, and samplers into their deep habitat.
Ocean Biogeochemical Sensing (OBS) Team Ocean Biogeochemical Sensing (OBS) OBS develops and applies new sensing technologies to study ocean biogeochemical cycles, with an emphasis on the coastal ocean.
Ocean Soundscape Team Ocean Soundscape Exploring natural and anthropogenic sound in the ocean to advance marine ecology and inform stewardship of the sea.
Seafloor Mapping Lab Team Seafloor Mapping Lab The Seafloor Mapping Team collects multi-scale seafloor bathymetry and imaging data with precision navigation to produce efficient, high-resolution, and repeatable characterizations of deep-sea sites.
SURF Center Team SURF Center The SURF Center (Sensors: Underwater Research of the Future) develops and deploys instruments that can autonomously collect and process water samples.