One third down…

July 19th, 2010

 The first third of my internship is officially completed. I thought I should take a moment to look back on my initial plan and see where I stand. I am comfortable using Linux and GMT. I am still reading papers on previous work and background on the area where we will be deploying the OBSs but I do feel I have a much stronger foundation on the subject. I finished looking at magnetic and gravity datasets and managed to create some nice plots! WOOT! I learned about the corrections made to raw data and the instruments we will be using on the cruise. Currently, I am finishing the mb-system tutorial and figuring out how to edit and process multi-beam bathymetry data. I’m encountering fun things like pitch and roll corrections and sound velocity profiles. There is just so much to learn and time keeps flying! 

As a whole, I feel I am where I should be. I deviated slightly from my original plan by finishing the magnetic and gravity maps before moving onto mastering mb-system but I think my progression still worked. I have four weeks until the cruise and I am heading toward producing ship track bathymetry maps. If I keep to the plan, in the next two weeks I will be ready to develop the final version! Then, I can prepare for two weeks on the high seas! On a personal note, I am really enjoying this internship and sunny California!!

Santa Monica!

And the Caltech turtles!