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A real-time voyage intelligence solution backed by the most accurate marine weather.
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Webinar: Connected Reefs: How Aqualink, Whalefall, and Reef Renewal Bonaire Use Real-Time Data to Protect Coral Ecosystems
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Commentary: AI Merged With Human Knowledge Produces the Best Possible Weather Forecasts
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Webinar: How Berge Bulk maximizes the performance of wind-assisted vessels using Sofar’s Wayfinder voyage optimization
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Webinar: Simplifying subsurface current measurement with the Spotter Platform and Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor
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Press Release: MITRE Collaborates with Sofar Ocean to Develop New Bristlemouth Connectivity Standard for Marine Technology
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2024 Wayfinder Voyage Optimization Savings Report
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Webinar: How the University of Texas uses the Spotter Platform to accelerate hypoxia research and protect coral reefs in the Gulf
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ADCP Alternative: The Spotter Platform lowers the cost and complexity of measuring subsurface ocean currents
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White Papers
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White paper: How to lower the cost and complexity of collecting subsurface ocean data at scale
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Webinar: Air-deploying wave buoys ahead of hurricanes to collect real-time data and protect coastal communities
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November 8, 2024
Webinar: Expanding Spotter’s subsurface sensing suite with a Hydrophone and Dissolved Oxygen Sensor
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Press Release: National Hurricane Center taps data from Sofar’s ocean sensor network to support extreme weather warning systems
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August 21, 2024
Webinar: How Coastal Carolina University uses real-time ocean data to enhance coastal monitoring and climate resilience
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Press Release: Berge Bulk adopts Sofar's Wayfinder across fleet to bolster decarbonization strategy
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Video: Simplifying Subsurface Current Measurement with the Spotter Platform
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Press Release: MOL Group Introduces Sofar's Wayfinder Dynamic Voyage Optimization Platform
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Webinar: Building Australia’s national network of Spotter buoys to unlock real-time coastal data at scale
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Webinar: Exploring, Monitoring, and Protecting Coral Reefs with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
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Video: How the flexible Spotter Platform lowers the cost and complexity of collecting ocean data
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Webinar: How Ocergy improves operational design and maintenance at floating offshore wind sites using the Spotter platform
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Press Release: Bristlemouth Announces Accelerator Program for Emerging Ocean Technology
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Webinar: Aerial Deployment of Spotter Buoys During the 2022 and 2023 Hurricane Seasons
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Webinar: Sofar Smart Mooring - Improving the reliability and flexibility of subsurface ocean sensing
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Dry bulk snapshot: Wayfinder delivers 8% total equivalent fuel savings on Brazil-China (BDI C14) voyages arriving in early October
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Estimating Directional Wave Spectra Properties in Non-Breaking Waves from a UAS-Mounted Multi-beam Lidar
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White paper: Why deploying a network of marine sensing systems is the key to collecting ocean data at scale
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September 12, 2023
Press Release: NOAA’s NDBC, Sofar Ocean to share methodologies to advance marine monitoring and research capabilities
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September 11, 2023
NDBC and Sofar agree to three year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
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Estimation and Use of Wave Information for Ship Monitoring
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Webinar: Collecting ocean data at scale using a regional monitoring network of marine sensing systems
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Press Release: Naval Oceanography and Sofar Ocean Announce Collaboration to Advance Ocean Weather Forecasting, Data Collection
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In the News
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Operational Assimilation of Spectral Wave Data From the Sofar Spotter Network
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Data assimilation part I: bringing ocean observations into wave forecasts
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Spotter Deployment - Pacific Community Centre for Ocean Science
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Spotter network captures big waves during TC Cody & shock waves during the Hunga Tonga eruption
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