Simplified and miniaturized infrared radiometers to measure the ocean skin temperature are tested in a series of research cruises. These small, lightweight systems are suitable for deployment on uncrewed surface vehicles, which would increase the collection of skin temperature measurements at relatively low cost.

UW Naval ROTC midshipmen spent the summer quarter learning about new technology developed at APL-UW — the Multi-Sensor Towbody (MuST) — to address a real-world naval problem of detecting and classifying with sonar potentially hazardous objects on the seafloor.

Scientists, engineers, students, and R/V Thompson crew completed all the maintenance and operations tasks needed on the OOI Regional Cabled Array during the 37-day cruise.

Field tests of an accurate acoustic navigation system on Seaglider promise continuous, long-endurance observations of the deep ocean interior.

PIXL is an X-ray spectrometer integrated into the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars in February 2021. PIXL is on its mission measure the microstructure of rocks in search of fossils and evidence of ancient Martian microbial life.