Bathys Ocean Systems — Journal https://bathys-systems.com/blog/ Autonomous deep-ocean intelligence: sensor arrays, acoustic telemetry and a decision engine that keeps humans in the loop. en-us Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://bathys-systems.com/og-image.jpg Bathys Ocean Systems https://bathys-systems.com/ Field Notes: Deploying the Mariana Array at 6,000 m https://bathys-systems.com/blog/field-notes-mariana-array-deployment/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/field-notes-mariana-array-deployment/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eleven days, fourteen moorings and one pressure hull that did not come back the way it left. The operational record of the deepest Bathys deployment to date. Field Notes Aiko Tanaka Reading Pressure Gradients Before They Cascade https://bathys-systems.com/blog/reading-pressure-gradients-before-they-cascade/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/reading-pressure-gradients-before-they-cascade/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why the Bathys engine treats hydrostatic loading as a topology problem, and how cascaded pressure-hull thresholds turn a slow drift into an early warning. Sensor Engineering Mateo Ferreira Bathymetry Model Sync: Keeping the Seafloor Map Current https://bathys-systems.com/blog/bathymetry-model-sync-keeping-the-seafloor-current/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/bathymetry-model-sync-keeping-the-seafloor-current/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT A six-month-old terrain model put a mooring 220 m off target. Here is how the synchronization process now works, and why the seafloor model is versioned like code. Bathymetry Dr. Ingrid Solheim Hydrophone Drift and the 12 ms Budget https://bathys-systems.com/blog/hydrophone-drift-and-the-12ms-budget/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/hydrophone-drift-and-the-12ms-budget/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Every Bathys mooring reports within 12 ms. Most of that budget is physics; the rest is fighting hydrophone drift. A look inside the acoustic latency chain. Sensor Engineering Mateo Ferreira Thermocline Alpha: Platform Release Notes https://bathys-systems.com/blog/thermocline-alpha-release-notes/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/thermocline-alpha-release-notes/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The thermocline_alpha model is now the default thermal stratification model on every Bathys deployment. What changed, what to check, and how to roll back. Platform Updates Dr. Ingrid Solheim Turbidity Cascades: What 24 Contained Incidents Taught Us https://bathys-systems.com/blog/turbidity-cascades-what-24-contained-incidents-taught-us/ https://bathys-systems.com/blog/turbidity-cascades-what-24-contained-incidents-taught-us/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Twenty-four sediment turbidity events, all detected before they became visible in the raw trace, all contained by the autonomous ballast policy. What the pattern looks like. Ocean Science Aiko Tanaka