Marine Data Center

10/22/2023

We are excited to welcome Schmidt Ocean Institute's new vessel Falkor (too) to the SAMOS initiative’s active recruitment roster. Distribution of Falkor (too)’s preliminary, intermediate, and research quality SAMOS processed files begins with her data collected on 18 September, 2023 in the Galapagos region. Falkor (too) replaces SOI’s original (and much-loved) vessel Falkor, which was operational in SAMOS from 2013-2021. The ‘too is both a younger vessel, having been built in 2011, and a longer one, at 363 feet in length, than was the Falkor (built in 1980, 272 feet in length). With an updated and expanded host of meteorological and near-surface oceanographic instruments on Falkor (too), we look forward to even more high-quality data collection from around the globe. Here’s to our continued partnership with SOI!

Learn more about the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Falkor (too) at https://schmidtocean.org/

02/23/2022

The R/V Apalachee, a 63-foot research vessel docked at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory in St. Teresa, Florida, is an important tool for anyone who want...

03/09/2020

We bid farewell to Lead Programmer / Assistant in Research Jocelyn Elya with a gathering at El Cocinero! Jocelyn's "early retirement" will take us a while to recover from. Her extensive improvements to countless projects & dedication to COAPS will surely be missed. Best of luck, Jocelyn!

10/30/2019

We bid farewell to Graduate Programmer Camill Folsom with a team lunch at Gordo's! Camill has made great progress rewriting our SAMOS merge code. Best of luck, Camill!

09/26/2019

Excellent write-up on MDC alumnus Randy Bruno-Piverger!

Florida State University graduate Randy Bruno-Piverger recently began his new career as a software engineer for IBM. It was a position he landed just prior to graduation, earning two degrees — and honors— from the FSU Department of Philosophy and Florida State Computer Science at the FSU College of Arts & Sciences. Read more about Randy, as well as his advice to students considering a dual-degree path, here: fla.st/2mFzq4e

-- FSU Career Center, FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

08/22/2019

WE'RE HIRING! Check out several student positions (computer science AND meteorology!) listed here: https://www.coaps.fsu.edu/contact/employment

FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

08/14/2019

We bid farewell to Undergraduate Programmer Randy Bruno-Piverger w/ a team pizza lunch! Randy is off to Raleigh, NC to work for IBM as a Software Engineer. Best of luck, Randy!

08/14/2019

The Healy (which contributes to SAMOS: bit.ly/SAMOSHealy) is featured in this Science article on science voyages in the Arctic!

Vessel traffic in U.S. Arctic has doubled since 2008

08/08/2019

Congratulations to MDC Undergraduate Programmer Randy Bruno-Piverger on his recent graduation from FSU with a BS in Computer Science with honors in the major, and a BA in Philosophy with honors in the major!

FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
FSU Undergraduate Studies

08/05/2019

MDC Director Shawn Smith is the lead author of the new article "Ship-Based Contributions to Global Ocean, Weather, and Climate Observing Systems" in Frontiers in Marine Science: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00434

FSU Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

08/02/2019

Congratulations to MDC CS graduate student Camill Folsom on his successful Master's project defense and graduation!