{"id":165993,"date":"2015-08-03T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com\/?p=165993"},"modified":"2015-08-03T10:51:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:51:43","slug":"coast-survey-hosts-first-hollings-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/coast-survey-hosts-first-hollings-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Survey hosts Hollings Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Valerie Rennoll, Coast Survey’s first Hollings Scholar, stands in the NOAA Ship\u00a0Fairweather\u00a0<\/em>engine room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBy, Melissa Volkert<\/em>
\nMeet Valerie Rennoll, the Office of Coast Survey\u2019s first Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) Scholar on a NOAA vessel.
\nOriginally from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, Valerie discovered the Hollings Scholarship from a professor at American University while working toward her double major in physics and audio technology. She found that the scholarship program aligned well with her interests as she learned of\u00a0NOAA’s extensive work with underwater acoustics.
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\n\u201cI was excited by the idea of exploring applications of underwater acoustics and decided to submit an application,\u201d explains Valerie.
\nFor the first six weeks of her internship, Valerie was based in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she investigated the use of\u00a0data from outside sources<\/a>\u00a0to evaluate Coast Survey’s\u00a0nautical charts. Coast Survey aims to make the best use of the large amount of data received from outside sources in the most responsible way possible.
\nThe data Valerie processed and analyzed was from\u00a0U.S. Coast Guard<\/a>\u00a0Cutter\u00a0Healy<\/em>. The\u00a0Healy\u00a0<\/em>has been transiting the Bering Strait, Valerie\u2019s targeted area, for the past ten years. Although the\u00a0Healy<\/em>\u00a0was in the area for other reasons, depth data was also collected during that time.
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The\u00a0Healy <\/em>track line data, displayed in green on the Bering Sea nautical\u00a0chart, is the data\u00a0Valerie\u00a0analyzed for her project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nUsing a general workflow that she created, Valerie processed the data and compared it to charted data. She focused on areas that showed a disagreement greater than ten meters in depth. Valerie\u00a0prepared a descriptive report summary to the Hydrographic Surveys Division describing these areas and recommended updates.
\nFor the following three weeks of her internship with Coast Survey, Valerie was on board NOAA Ship Fairweather,\u00a0<\/i>continuing her initial project while also receiving training in traditional hydrographic surveying. The Fairweather<\/i> was transiting Valerie\u2019s targeted area of the Bering Strait. In fact, she used information collected by the Fairweather<\/i> to compare to the Healy<\/i> data. With this, her internship was all-encompassing\u2014she was able to experience the analysis as well as the collection of depth data.
\n\u201cMy favorite part of the internship was going on board NOAA Ship Fairweather. The whole crew was so welcoming and I was really able to delve into learning about hydrography. I was also lucky enough to earn my Blue Nose Certificate for crossing the Arctic Circle and the Golden Dragon certificate for crossing the International Date Line. The whole experience was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,\u201d said Valerie.
\nNOAA\u2019s Hollings Scholarship\u00a0<\/a>program provides support for undergraduate student training in NOAA mission sciences, teacher education, environmental literacy,\u00a0 and helps prepare students for public service careers within NOAA and other science agencies. This is the first time Coast Survey has had the honor of hosting a Hollings Scholar for a summer internship.
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Valerie on board NOAA Ship Fairweather<\/em> departing Dutch Harbor, Alaska.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\"Valerie<\/a>
Valerie taking a CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) cast to measure sound speed in the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By, Melissa Volkert Meet Valerie Rennoll, the Office of Coast Survey\u2019s first Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) Scholar on a NOAA vessel. Originally from Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, Valerie discovered the Hollings Scholarship from a professor at American University while working toward her double major in physics and audio technology. She found that the scholarship program aligned … <\/p>\n

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