Matthew's Journal

I went down to Charleston Thursday night to begin my preparations for boarding the Ronald Brown for the VOCALS research cruise. However, Friday morning I learned that there had been a significant electrical problem aboard the Ronald Brown early that morn… more »

You can track NOAA research ships in real-time using the NOAA ship tracker. Use the ship tracker to track the journeys of the Ronald H Brown, and by extension me, during the VOCALS research cruise. NOAA ship tracker link: http://shiptracker.noaa.gov/d… more »

My car broke down over the weekend. I did some troubleshooting and I figured out that the fuel pump wasn't working. I was supposed to pick up the part to fix my car this morning. When I got in my wife's car this morning with her to pick up the fuel pump… more »

I ran across something today that you don't see very often. Today's GOES-12 satellite imagery captured five named tropical cyclones in a single image. more »