Deep Coral Reefs along Puerto Rico are studied using CenSSIS AUV on board the R/V Cape Hateras
 As part of our CenSSIS project we joined efforts with scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution during November 11-18 of 2004 to study deep corals along Puerto Rico using the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle called SeaBED.
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Research of Mayaguez Bay is presented in New York at the NOAA CREST Forum
 During October 21 to 23 of 2004 Fernando Gilbes and Ruben Raimundi presented at the NOAA Education and Science Forum in CUNY our work about bio-optical properties, remote sensing, and GIS of Mayaguez Bay that is sponsored by NOAA CREST.
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GERS Lab joined the Earth Week Celebration at UPRM
 During October 15, 2004 our laboratory participated in the Open House celebrated in the Department of Geology. This was organized by the Puerto Rico Seismic Network as part of the Earth Week activities at UPRM.
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Jeannette Arce presented her work during the CenSSIS RIC Conference in Boston, Massachusetts
 The annual Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference sponsored by CenSSIS was held in Northeastern University during October 7 and 8 of 2004. In this conference Jeannette Arce presented a poster related to her thesis work about Remote Sensing of Benthic Habitats.
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Mayaguez Bay Sampling in support of the first AVIRIS Overflight in PR
 On August 19, 2004, we supported the historical overpass of the AVIRIS sensor over Puerto Rico. We sampled ten stations along the Mayaguez Bay using our bio-optical equipment. High discharge of the Anasco River is shown in one of the collected images.
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NCAS Advance Remote Sensing Course is offered at GERS teaching laboratory
 Our teaching laboratory was used during July 27 to August 6, 2004 for this year NOAA-NCAS summer course. Students from different US universities had a real hands-on-training in image processing using ENVI. Fernando Gilbes, Jeannette Arce, and Marcos Rosado were the instructors.
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Damaris Torres-Pulliza successfully defended her master thesis during summer
 On July 12, 2004, Damaris defended her master thesis entitled "A Multi-Sensor Comparison for Coral Reef Habitat Mapping: A Case Study Using a Tropical Patch Reef Environment in Biscayne National Park, Florida". She was working in this research project at the University of South Florida, where she is also working as researcher.
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A Caribbean Eddy is sampled with bio-optical equipment of GERS Lab
 Bio-optical properties were measured with our field equipment in the Cavortex-2 oceanographic cruise during June 21-27, 2004. This work is part of the multidisciplinary project sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. During this cruise an Underwater Undulating Vehicle (see photo) was deployed for bio-optical properties of the water column along the track.
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Conference is given at UPRM to Saturday School Students of Turabo University
 In April 17 of 2004 a group of high school students from the Saturday School of the Turabo University visited the UPRM and Fernando Gilbes offered them the conference titled "Puerto Rico Desde El Espacio". It was a summary on how we can use remote sensing to study our island.
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GERS Lab Students presented their research at Sigma-Xi
 Gretchen Chiques and Jeannette Arce presented their research in April 1 of 2004 during this year Sigma-Xi poster presentations. Other students from the Department of Geology also presented their projects. This was an excellent opportunity to expose their work to the UPRM community.
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GERS Lab in Plaza Las Americas Mall at San Juan
 During March 29 to April 3 of 2004 the largest mall of Puerto Rico, Plaza Las Americas, had the activity "Acercate a la Universidad" as part of the centennial celebration of the University of Puerto Rico. At that activity the GERS Lab presented a collection of images of our island and Fernando Gilbes gave the lecture titled "Puerto Rico from Space" on March 30. This was a great exposition of our lab to the public.
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GERS equipment return from the AEROSE 2004 cruise
 As part of our collaborations with scientists of the Department of Marine Sciences at UPRM we loaned part of our equipment for optical measurements. In March 27 of 2004 the NOAA ship Ron Brown returned to Puerto Rico after a successful cruise of 27 days along the Atlantic Ocean where collected a lot of data, including some with our HydroScat-6.
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GERS Students presented at the 2004 Junior Technical Meeting
 Gretchen Chiques and Jeannette Arce presented their research projects during the last Junior Technical Meeting. The meeting was in the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao during March 13, 2004. This experience helped them to organize their ideas and practice talking to an audience.
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CenSSIS project is presented in the 2004 Ocean Research Conference in Hawaii
 Fernando Gilbes attended the ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference during February 16 to 20 of 2004 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He presented the CenSSIS project about remote sensing of benthic habitats, part of the Jeanette Arce thesis work.
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Sampling of Mayaguez Bay in support of the ATLAS Mission
 During February 12 of 2004 we performed a sampling in nine stations of Mayaguez Bay as part of our field support to the ATLAS Mission. This project is sponsored by several federal agencies including NASA, NOAA, NSF and the NWS. In addition, it received the support of several UPRM research groups, including the GERS Lab. The primary target of the project was to bring to Puerto Rico the airborne sensor known as the Advanced Thermal and Land Aplications Sensor (ATLAS) and provide field support for calibration and validation of the sensor images.
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Collaboration between GERS and CUNY researchers
 In January 2004 several researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) came to Puerto Rico to participate in our seasonal sampling of Mayaguez Bay. In addition to the traditional GERS measurements, CUNY people made several measurements with their own instruments. This is part of our collaborative efforts in the NOAA CREST project.
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