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).

To the right column, is our LaTTE Press Room, which includes questions and answers, live video streaming from the COOL laboratory as well as the R/V Connecticut and R/V Cape Hatteras, daily science logs from the scientists, interesting highlights, and current weather reports. In addition, we will have our COOL Classroom for K-12 educators engage their students in our research activities.

Join us during LaTTE's pilot study. The study will begin May 1, 2004 and run through May 7, 2004. You can watch us over the web working in the lab or on the boats. You can also visit us at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences building. We are in Room 109.  If you wish to visit, please contact MaryMargaret Hasley at (732) 932-6555 ext. 563. 

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