STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – Oceanographers from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center are heavily involved in relief efforts in Haiti. Stennis-based personnel are conducting hydrographic surveys of ports of interest around Haiti to determine navigational hazards for ships bringing aid to Haiti. Personnel from the command’s Naval Oceanographic Office have conducted airborne lidar surveys of Port-au-Prince using the CHARTS system aboard a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft. Other NAVO personnel are aboard the naval oceanographic 329-foot survey ship USNS Henson. (Source: NNS, 01/22/10)
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Oceanographers help in Haiti
STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. – Oceanographers from the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center are heavily involved in relief efforts in Haiti. Stennis-based personnel are conducting hydrographic surveys of ports of interest around Haiti to determine navigational hazards for ships bringing aid to Haiti. Personnel from the command’s Naval Oceanographic Office have conducted airborne lidar surveys of Port-au-Prince using the CHARTS system aboard a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft. Other NAVO personnel are aboard the naval oceanographic 329-foot survey ship USNS Henson. (Source: NNS, 01/22/10)
