Oceanography | Vol. 38, No. 3
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ON THE COVER
A mapping autonomous underwater
vehicle (AUV, left) is being recovered
after a seafloor survey in Arctic waters.
A portable remotely operated vehicle
(MiniROV) is on the deck of Canadian
Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Image © 2016 MBARI
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OBJECTIVE OF OCEANOGRAPHY
Oceanography is an open-access, peer-reviewed jour-
nal published quarterly by The Oceanography Society.
The journal presents significant research, noteworthy
achievements, exciting new technology, and articles that
address public policy and education. The overall goal of
Oceanography is cross-disciplinary communication in
the ocean sciences.
LEARN MORE
See the online Oceanography Author Guidelines for
a full listing of manuscript categories and descriptions,
publication fees, and details of the manuscript submis-
sion process.
https://tos.org/oceanography/
guidelines
WHAT GETS OUR ATTENTION
FEATURE ARTICLES (<7,000 words) provide an outlet for making signif-
icant advances in oceanography accessible to a broad readership. They
can include review papers that summarize the current state of knowledge
of a particular topic, synthesis papers that discuss new findings and how
they significantly revise our thinking about a topic, and more traditional
scientific research papers from across the full spectrum of ocean sciences.
BREAKING WAVES (<3,500 words) articles describe novel approaches
to multidisciplinary problems in oceanography. These provocative papers
present findings that have the potential to move the field of oceanography
forward or in new directions.
OCEAN EDUCATION (<3,500 words) articles should inspire teachers in
higher education to try new active, student-centered instruction (ranging
from short activities to curricula) and provide ideas/materials to do so.
DIY OCEANOGRAPHY (<3,500 words) articles share all of the relevant
information on a homemade sensor, instrument, or software tool(s) so that
others can build, or build upon, it. These articles also showcase how this
technology was used successfully in the field.
MEETING/WORKSHOP/CONFERENCE REPORTS (<3,500 words) describe
the goals, activities, and accomplishments of meetings/workshops/confer-
ences in all aspects of ocean science.
COMMENTARIES (<3,500 words) present analyses of issue of interest to
Oceanography readers, written by experts in the field. Unsolicited manu-
scripts are welcome.
RIP CURRENT – NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY (<1,500 words) articles
describe newsworthy items in the field of oceanography.