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eustatic "Thanks so much for this project, so great to meet you! I'm excited to try the NOAA images. here's an example of sheen: https://storms.ngs.noaa.go..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
zengirl2 "@sspatharioti so nice to see this coming together. I took a try at it and I only had wordsmith stuff. Wasn't sure about the term "overflight observ..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
stevie "This looks great @sspatharioti ! Did you see some of the work done on the Harvey Image sorting project? here's a link to a write up: https://public..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
liz "Hi Sophia, I had a chance to show Scott in person last week, and here's what he said: it's great use fullsize images link back to where the image..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
sspatharioti "Thank you @warren ! At this stage, we are mainly interested in feedback from GRN about the task, but anyone is free to click on the link and try it..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "Hi, @sspatharioti - this looks great; should people click the link above to try out the system? And are you looking for specific kinds of feedback,..." | Read more » about 6 years ago
warren "@eustatic shared this link! JOB AID https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/OWJA_2016.pdf " | Read more » about 6 years ago
Matej "I did not take any pics of the net. It was kind of difficult to balance with the phone in one hand and net in another. I will try to take some tomo..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "Oh great - do you have any pictures of the skimming or a "full" net you can post? That'll be really important to document well for others. " | Read more » almost 8 years ago
Matej "Hey :-) What about the sheens reminded you of coal tar vs. oil? - they were little bit different color. kind of more "metallic and dense" if that m..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "Wow, cool -- sheens which reminded us coal tar rather than oil. What about the sheens reminded you of coal tar vs. oil? We collected them with o..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "And do you have a link to the HAZCAT guide from Randy? Thanks! " | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "Oh, just noticed -- on your dielectric fluid scan, you need to select a new cross section -- the top row of pixels is blank. Great post! " | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "@ernestootero -- what about methanol, which is somewhat less toxic than hexane or acetone? Have you used isopropyl? " | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "Cool; i mentioned isopropyl alcohol as a possible evaporate-able solvent in the comments on https://publiclab.org/notes/Matej/12-21-2015/first-pig-..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "We'd discussed using isopropyl alcohol at the Barnraising; I'd love to know if it can dissolve oil. Matt Pendergraft (@Matt_P) mentioned doing this..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
ernestootero "Another solvent may do the trick of de-sorbing the oil. It should be highly volatile. Hexane or Acetone? " | Read more » almost 8 years ago
Matej "Hi Jeff. I took triplicate spectra of each oil, before mixing it with water and after recovering the oil from frozen water. You can find them at my..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
Matej "@pdhixenbaugh: There are different oil concentrations which can be detected by naked eye. We had a very interesting debate about this at this last ..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
Matej "HI Mary, I am not 100% familiar with methods of collecting oil from soil. I think @eustatic might know better. I saw he had some diluted soil sampl..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
warren "Cool, Matej! Do you have comparison sets of the pure unfrozen/undiluted samples alongside the frozen versions, and also alongside samples in minera..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
marlokeno "@marlokeno- Great work, Matej- Do you have any thoughts on applying your research to collecting samples from frozen soil? How will frozen earth af..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
pdhixenbaugh "@Matej Lots of interesting things here! Anecdotally from the spill response team I work with, it only takes a few drops of oil to create a sheen, s..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
HappyS5 "Hello! @Matej What a wonderful need. You will be a useful person in your community if something happens. In the latter part of your note, you me..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago