The third year of the LaTTE project began on April 8, 2005 and ended on April 22, 2005. This web site will help you keep informed on the latest results of this five-year research experiment. Participants included scientists from six universities: Rutgers University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, University of Massachusettes-Boston, Florida Environmental Research Institution, California PolyTechnic State University, and the University of Florida - Gainsville.

The formal title of this project is known as the "Lagrangian studies of transport transformation and biological impact of nutrients and contaminant metals in a buoyant plume: a process study in an operational ocean observatory". The research work is being funded by the National Science Foundation Program: Buoyancy-Driven Transport Processes as part of the Coastal Ocean Processes (CoOP) Program. Many of the new technologies used in LaTTE were developed through research grants from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).

Project Partners

Oscar Schofield - RU COOL
Scott Glenn - RU COOL
John Wilkin - RU IMCS
Bob Chant - RU COOL
John Reinfelder - RU COOL
Robert Chen - University of Massachusetts , Boston
Robert Houghton  - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, NY 

archived resources:

LaTTE 2006
LaTTE 2005
LaTTE 2004

The The R/V Hatteras sailing the ocean waves of NJ at sunset.
This true color image shows the Hudson Plume flowing off the coast of NJ on April 15, 2005

An SST image from 2006 showing the Hudson Plume flowing through the experiment array

Project Result

• Hunter, E., R. Chant, L. Bowers, S. Glenn, and J. Kohut (2007), Spatial and temporal variability of diurnal wind forcing in the coastal ocean, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L03607, doi:10.1029/2006GL028945.
• Schofield, O., L. Bowrs, G. Fotti, S. Glenn, D. Gong, A. Kahl, J. Kohut, M. Oliver, J. Wilkin, R. Chant (2006) Studying the Dynamics and Biological Significance of the Hudson River Using an Ocean Observatory. Marine Technology Society, Boston Meeting, September 2006.

Project Resources

• Sakai Project Page  http://sakai.rutgers.edu
  Project participants can find out the latest schedules, working documents and news on our internal project page.

• LaTTE Press Room http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/latte/pressroom/pressroom.html
  Find the latest press releases, newspaper coverage, questions and answers, live streaming video links from the COOL laboratory as well as the participating research vessels, interesting highlights, and current weather reports.

• Real-time SST  http://marine.rutgers.edu/cool/sat_data/?product=sst&region=latte
  The latest SST imagery for the LaTTE Region.