DIY Oceanography

In this Oceanography section, contributing authors share all of the relevant information on a homemade sensor, instrument, or software tool so that others can build, or build upon, it. Manuscripts should include a list of the materials and costs, instructions on how to build, and any blueprints and codes (those could be deposited elsewhere). These short articles also showcase how this technology was used successfully in the field.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!

Oceanography associate editors Emmanuel Boss, Philip Bresnahan, and Camille Pagniello are seeking manuscript submissions to DIY Oceanography. Contact one of the associate editors to see if your idea fits in with this article category or go directly to Oceanography’s Author Guidelines page for more information and submission requirements.

Unlocking a Fish Finder for Benthic Habitat Characterization
By M.P. Scherer and V. Schmidt

acspype: An Open-Source Python Package for ac-s Data Acquisition and Processing
By I.T. Black, J.T. Black, and M.T. Kavanaugh
The PIXIE: A Low-Cost, Open-Source, Multichannel In Situ Fluorometer Applied To Dye-Tracing in Halifax Harbor
By K. Park, D. Atamanchuk, A. MacNeil, and V. Sieben
Design Update to “The Pressure of In-Situ Gases Instrument (PIGI) for Autonomous Shipboard Measurement of Dissolved O2 and N2 in Surface Ocean Waters”
By B. Lowin, R. Izett, E. Taylor, C. Robertson, and S. Rivero-Calle

The OpenCTD: A Low-Cost, Open-Source CTD for Collecting Baseline Oceanographic Data in Coastal Waters
By A. Thaler, S.K. Sturdivant, R.Y. Neches, and J.J. Levenson

A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research
By P. Bresnahan, E. Briggs, B. Davis, A.R. Rodriguez, L. Edwards, C. Peach, N. Renner, H. Helling, and M. Merrifield

pySAS: Autonomous Solar Tracking System for Surface Water Radiometric Measurements
By N. Haëntjens, K. Forsythe, B. Denholm, J. Loftin, and E. Boss

An Optical Imaging System for Capturing Images in Low-Light Aquatic Habitats Using Only Ambient Light
By C.M.L.S. Pagniello, J. Butler, A. Rosen, A. Sherwood, P.L.D. Roberts, P.E. Parnell, J.S. Jaffe, and A. Širovic

A Simple and Inexpensive Method for Manipulating Dissolved Oxygen in the Lab
By K.J. Gadeken, and K.M. Dorgan

The Pressure of In Situ Gases Instrument (PIGI) for Autonomous Shipboard Measurement of Dissolved O2 and N2 in Surface Ocean Waters
By R.W. Izett and P.D. Tortell

Inlinino: A Modular Software Data Logger for Oceanography
By N. Haëntjens and E. Boss

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