{"id":4291,"date":"2019-02-01T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/?page_id=4291"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:22:45","slug":"es-bi-591-bio-optical-oceanography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/es-bi-591-bio-optical-oceanography\/","title":{"rendered":"ES\/ BI 591, Bio-Optical Oceanography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/bump\/files\/2025\/09\/EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2025.pdf\">EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2025<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-636x586.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5596 alignright\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-636x586.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-1024x943.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-768x707.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-1536x1415.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM-651x600.png 651w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/files\/2023\/01\/Screen-Shot-2023-01-17-at-9.55.37-AM.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/>Contact the Professor<\/strong><br \/>\nCedric Fichot<\/p>\n<p>cgfichot@bu.edu<\/p>\n<p><em>This field- and lab-based course explores how the optically active constituents in seawater affect the in-water light field, and in turn, how field optics and remote sensing can facilitate the study of marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography and water quality.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <a href=\"\/bump\/files\/2023\/10\/EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2023.pdf\">EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Considerations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal gear:<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Students need to have rain gear (waterproof jacket and pants) for field trips, and some warm layers, fleece, base layer, hat etc. \u00a0 Also need solid closed toe shoes.\u00a0 Waterproof hiking boots are perfect. Students need sunscreen for field days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Lunch:<span>\u00a0<\/span><span>Students need to bring brown bag lunches and water for field days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Schedule: The course is a combination of lectures, field work (typically 5 days for each student), lab work (typically 5 days for each student), computer labs, data analysis, and presentation\/discussion in class.<\/li>\n<li>Physical requirements: Boating on research vessel (typically UNH Gulf Challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/marine.unh.edu\/facility\/rv-gulf-challenger\" title=\"https:\/\/marine.unh.edu\/facility\/rv-gulf-challenger\">https:\/\/marine.unh.edu\/facility\/rv-gulf-challenger<\/a>) in coastal waters (Gulf of Maine) and on small boats (Plum Island Estuary), with potential for seasickness. Field days include deployment of equipment and collection of samples from boats.<\/li>\n<li>Academic suggestions: Is it recommended that students have some programming experience prior to this class. EE 422: Aquatic Optics and Remote Sensing is recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2025Contact the Professor Cedric Fichot cgfichot@bu.edu This field- and lab-based course explores how the optically active constituents in seawater affect the in-water light field, and in turn, how field optics and remote sensing can facilitate the study of marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography and water quality.\u00a0 Syllabus: EEBI591_Syllabus_Fall2023 Additional Considerations: Personal gear:\u00a0Students need to have rain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13129,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6229,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4291\/revisions\/6229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/bump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}