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Creator:: Baker, Joshua L.
Abstract:: This study presents a mooring analysis of the Ocean Sentinel buoy, which is a mobile test platform for Wave Energy Converters. The Ocean Sentinel is owned and operated by the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC) at Oregon State University (OSU). The study involved a field observation as well...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: , and Walt Waldorf, who were instrumental in making this project a success. I would like to thank my

Creator:: Holm, Christopher E.
Abstract:: An autonomous, in-situ instrument was developed to detect dissolved copper in seawater, suitable for deployment on time scales from weeks to months. A commercially available in-situ nitrate analyzer (YSI 9600) was adapted to measure copper (II) in seawater by chemiluminescence. Modifications included construction of a photomultiplier (PMT) based detector and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I would like to thank Walt Waldorf and Pete Zerr for their help during the Yaquina Bay deployments

Creator:: Wall, Colleen McKay
Abstract:: A novel, low-cost instrument capable of measuring surface water PCO₂ was designed for use in dynamic, shallow-water environments. The instrument was tested in the Yaquina River Estuary, a macrotidal estuary known to experience a wide range of conditions ranging from dominance by the coastal ocean during summer upwelling to substantial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Mike Kriz, Jeff Crews, Walt Waldorf, and Danny Lockett. Thanks go to the Biogeochemical Earth class

Creator:: Côté, Jessica Magee
Abstract:: In 1996, Beach et al. first proposed the idea of mounting an echo-sounder on a Waverunner to measure nearshore beach profiles. This thesis discusses the Coastal Profiling System, an extension of the original work, which has been utilized to measure nearshore bathymetry at selected sites along the coasts of North...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for the innovative minds and hard labor of Dr. Reg Beach, John Stanley, and Walt Waldorf, the

Creator:: Black, Ian
Abstract:: A number of groups in the United States have expressed concern regarding the state of public ocean literacy and the capabilities of the future marine STEM workforce. This pilot study explores some of the requirements for workforce development and the expansion of ocean literacy by introduction of fundamental ocean properties...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . I am appreciative of the assistance that Walt Waldorf and Craig Risien have supplied over the last

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