Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is the world's leading, independent non-profit organization dedicated to ocean research, exploration, and education. Our scientists and engineers push the boundaries of knowledge about the ocean to reveal its impacts on our planet and our lives

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Biology(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Aug 12, 2025 Oceanic biology is extraordinarily complex because of the diversity of organisms that inhabit the seas, the wide range of environments they inhabit, and the varied and complex ways in which they interact with and contribute to essential global processes. Research in the Biology Department at WHOI encompasses a diversity of organisms, levels of biol...
Spatial mapping of dissolved methane using an in situ sensor in Puget Sound Aug 11, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Michel, Anna, 2025, "Spatial mapping of dissolved methane using an in situ sensor in Puget Sound", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAZAL2SC, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1 Release of methane, as gas bubbles or in the dissolved phase, from the seafloor has been observed in coastal waters (<200 m) and deep ocean basins (>1000 m). Methane dissolution within the water column affects the geochemistry of the surrounding water, leading to localized oxygen loss and ocean acidification. Traditional methods for detecting and q...
A Refractometer for Measuring Thermohaline Density Microstructure in the Ocean Jul 21, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Jason Kapit; Farr, Norman; Schmitt, Raymond, 2025, "A Refractometer for Measuring Thermohaline Density Microstructure in the Ocean", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAVI1X45, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:epQsmNnadTTL3W7CWhGEyA== [fileUNF] Here we report an optical sensor for measuring millimeter-scale thermohaline density variations in the ocean. The instrument is based on a fiber Fabry-Perot white light interferometer which can resolve the refractive index of water to better than 2 x 10-8 within a sample volume smaller than 1 mm3 at a sample rate of 500 Hz. This equates to detectab...
An Underwater Methane Sensor Based on Laser Spectroscopy in a Hollow Core Optical Fiber Jul 21, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Jason Kapit; Youngs, Sarah; Pardis, William A.; Padilla, Alexandra M.; Michel, Anna, 2025, "An Underwater Methane Sensor Based on Laser Spectroscopy in a Hollow Core Optical Fiber", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAPTD8ZF, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:S+yqkS17186lU0QS3EbOOA== [fileUNF] Existing sensors for measuring dissolved methane in situ suffer from excessively slow response times or large size and complexity. The technology reported here realizes improvements by utilizing a hollow core optical fiber (HFC) as the detection cell in an underwater infrared laser spectrometer. The sensor operates by using a polymer membrane inlet...
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Jul 18, 2025 The Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department (AOPE) is a unique collection of scientists, engineers, technical support personnel and students conducting research into ocean processes from the turbulent surf zone to the abyssal depths. This research encompasses air-sea interaction on local and global scales, mixing processes, sediment transp...

Biology(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Aug 12, 2025

Oceanic biology is extraordinarily complex because of the diversity of organisms that inhabit the seas, the wide range of environments they inhabit, and the varied and complex ways in which they interact with and contribute to essential global processes. Research in the Biology Department at WHOI encompasses a diversity of organisms, levels of biol...

Spatial mapping of dissolved methane using an in situ sensor in Puget Sound

Aug 11, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Michel, Anna, 2025, "Spatial mapping of dissolved methane using an in situ sensor in Puget Sound", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAZAL2SC, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1

Release of methane, as gas bubbles or in the dissolved phase, from the seafloor has been observed in coastal waters (<200 m) and deep ocean basins (>1000 m). Methane dissolution within the water column affects the geochemistry of the surrounding water, leading to localized oxygen loss and ocean acidification. Traditional methods for detecting and q...

A Refractometer for Measuring Thermohaline Density Microstructure in the Ocean

Jul 21, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Jason Kapit; Farr, Norman; Schmitt, Raymond, 2025, "A Refractometer for Measuring Thermohaline Density Microstructure in the Ocean", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAVI1X45, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:epQsmNnadTTL3W7CWhGEyA== [fileUNF]

Here we report an optical sensor for measuring millimeter-scale thermohaline density variations in the ocean. The instrument is based on a fiber Fabry-Perot white light interferometer which can resolve the refractive index of water to better than 2 x 10-8 within a sample volume smaller than 1 mm3 at a sample rate of 500 Hz. This equates to detectab...

An Underwater Methane Sensor Based on Laser Spectroscopy in a Hollow Core Optical Fiber

Jul 21, 2025 - Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Jason Kapit; Youngs, Sarah; Pardis, William A.; Padilla, Alexandra M.; Michel, Anna, 2025, "An Underwater Methane Sensor Based on Laser Spectroscopy in a Hollow Core Optical Fiber", https://doi.org/10.26027/DATAPTD8ZF, MBLWHOI Library Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:S+yqkS17186lU0QS3EbOOA== [fileUNF]

Existing sensors for measuring dissolved methane in situ suffer from excessively slow response times or large size and complexity. The technology reported here realizes improvements by utilizing a hollow core optical fiber (HFC) as the detection cell in an underwater infrared laser spectrometer. The sensor operates by using a polymer membrane inlet...

Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Jul 18, 2025

The Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department (AOPE) is a unique collection of scientists, engineers, technical support personnel and students conducting research into ocean processes from the turbulent surf zone to the abyssal depths. This research encompasses air-sea interaction on local and global scales, mixing processes, sediment transp...

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