Vol. 21, No. 2, June 2008
NURC: Celebrating 50 Years of International Partnerships in Ocean Research and Operations



SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

A Little History of the NATO Undersea Research Centre (132 KB pdf)
By P. Ranelli

Memories from the Sixties (416 KB pdf)
By T.D. Allan

Thirty Years of Towed Arrays at NURC (1 MB pdf)
By A. Barbagelata, P. Guerrini, and L. Troiano

Project 20 Low-Frequency Active Sonar: The Successful Union of Oceanographic and Systems R&D Disciplines at the NATO Undersea Research Centre and Elsewhere (404 KB pdf)
By R. Tompkins and S. Jespers

The Interaction of Marine Mammals and Active Sonar (524 KB pdf)
By K. Ryan

Developing Rapid Environmental Assessment at NURC (680 KB pdf)
By T. Akal

BREAKING WAVES

Regional Differences in the Role of Eddy Pumping in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre: Historical Conundrums Revisited (492 KB pdf)
By B. Mouriño-Carballido and S. Neuer

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE

A Child’s View of Circulation in Prince William Sound, Alaska? (792 KB pdf)
By S. Okkonen and C. Bélanger

DEPARTMENTS

Quarterdeck: New Paper for Oceanography (88 KB pdf)
By E.S. Kappel

From the President: Let’s Open the Doors (80 KB pdf)
By R. Spinrad

Interview: An Interview with Dr. John Marburger (96 KB pdf)

Ripple Marks—The Story Behind the Story
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Except the Weed Hydrilla • Largest Marine Protected Area on Earth Created By a Nation that’s Among World’s Smallest • Trash in the Ocean: Not A Pretty Picture • Fish Live in Water, Birds in Trees: Or Do They?
(620 KB pdf)
By C.L. Dybas

The Oceanography Classroom: Assess ’Til We Drop? (136 KB pdf)
By S. Boxall

Education: An Awakening (Part II): How You Can Help Science Education (120 KB pdf)
By R.J. Feller, C.R. Lotter, and J.E. Singer

Hands-On Oceanography: A Laboratory Demonstration of Coriolis Effects on Wind-Driven Ocean Currents (388 KB pdf)
By D. Beesley, J. Olejarz, A. Tandon, and J. Marshall

Book Reviews
Ebb and Flow: Tides and Life on Our Once and Future Planet • Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics
(172 KB pdf)

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