PHOTOS: NOAA, Universities Collaborate on Mapping Long Island Sound Sea Floor
Posted Jun 16, 2012
By mlavitt
Photos by Mara Lavitt
The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will scan and map Long Island Sound sea floor. Universities, including the University of Connecticut, University of New Haven, SUNY Stony Brook, Columbia and others will gather ecological information to layer onto the map, assisting in better navigation and better Sound health. Legislators, EPA and DEEP administrators and others toured the project in New London harbor.
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut which will be used in the mapping. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut with the two remotely-operated research vehicles. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work, primarily using this multi-beam echo sounder (in yellow and black) on the underside of a launch. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut one of the side-scan sonar devices at lower right is explained by Lt. Cmdr. Denise Gruccio to DEEP Dep. Comm. Mackey McClearly left, Sen. Ed Meyer, and State Reps. Pat Widlitz and Lonnie Reed right. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Ensign Andrew Clos left with a high-resolution, multi-beam hydrographic map survery of Block Island Sound. The maps of Long Island Sound will resemble that one. State Rep. Lonnie Reed of Branford is at right. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut State Sen. Ed Meyer left, and State Rep. Lonnie Reed second from left with UConn marine ecology professor Peter Auster right. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut State Rep. Lonnie Reed left with UConn marine ecology professor Peter Auster and CT DEEP director of policy Jessie Stratton right. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. Aboard the Research Vessel Connecticut CT DEEP Mackey McCleary Deputy Commissioner left and UConn physical oceanography professor James O'Donnell right with seafloor scanning. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Survery technicians in the plot room. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Senior survey technician Douglas Wood discusses sea floor scans. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Curt Spalding, the Region One EPA administrator. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Mrak Tedesco, director of the US EPA Long Island Sound office introduces legislators and others to the mapping project. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
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New London Harbor. The NOAA and several universities will join together to map the floor of Long Island Sound. The NOAA ship the Thomas Jefferson will be doing much of the scanning work. Mara Lavitt/New Haven Register
