It has the ability to acquire and process most types of sidescan sonar, and multibeam swath data, including deep towed, shallow towed and hull mounted systems. For further information, contact Dr. Chris Goldfinger or visit the lab's home page . This lab analyzes the bio-optical properties of phytoplankton with benchtop and in situ instrumentation which assesses the spectral absorption and spectral fluorescence characteristics of photosynthetic pigments. Field programs are conducted in close collaboration with the Ocean Optics group. The lab has temperature and light-controlled facilities for phytoplankton culture as well as culture and maintenance of microzooplankton and mesozooplankton.
Equipment includes dissecting and epifluorescence microscopes.
These facilities complement those of the Zooplankton Laboratory. For more information, contact Prof. Tim Cowles . The Boundary-Layer Data Facility serves as an archive and quality control center for boundary layer and turbulence field programs conducted by approximately 20 universities and research institutions in eight different countries. For external users, the facility provides diagnostic reports on various instrumentation and sampling problems and provides processed data sets for various modelling groups. The model is maintained and distributed by Michael Ek .For more information, contact Prof. Larry Mahrt , or see the Boundary-Layer Group's home page .