Author Archives for val
Beam Reach in Paris
Beam Reach has made quite a contribution at the Paris 2008 Acoustics Conference. Jason’s report on his elephant footfalls was well received on Monday with his work on new census techniques fitting in well with the many talks on marine acoustics survey techniques. My talk on documenting ‘communication’ between a calf and its mom/brother elicited […]
VaTo week 2 at sea
Sunday - Tuesday, September 9-11, 2007
Sunday, Gato Verde docked at the FHL docks and the crew swap began. Lots of students headed toward showers and a bit of distance and 5 eager souls brought loads and loads of food on board. We motored a bit south and anchored in Griffin Bay. That […]
Gato Verde source level
Friday 8/31/07
Fish Creek to Snug Harbor
Winds SW 5-15 knots, light rain in morning
Spent morning measuring source level of Gato Verde main generator. Around noon, started transit to Snug Harbor, looking for KW en route. Sighted some harbor porpoises in Haro Strait on run downwind under screecher.
Thursday was a long yet bright day
This morning, Jason and I showed a number of our research interests and interspersed these with various demonstrations and class activities. It was fun to watch you students sitting with your heads down on your desks and raising your hand when I dropped the audio frequency going into our speakers down below about 19 […]
Thoughts on the first week
Scott’s second baby of the month is born and thriving. Cora was born on August 10th and is such a sweet little baby! And now, Beam Reach is one week old and seems also to be vital and thriving. Congratulations, Scott.
And congratulations to Jason and Donna for such elegant and successful directing of this first […]
