Background
Research engineering, cruises, and software
I worked as a research engineer at IRD for forty years and took part in around one hundred oceanographic cruises, mainly across tropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
Over the years, techniques evolved considerably. Computing became central to field work, and I developed many software tools for data acquisition, collection, processing, and real-time visualization. The goal remained the same: simplify data collection and archiving, make onboard operations simpler and more reliable, maximize the success rate of operations at sea, and share the techniques that were developed in practice.
Since retiring nearly four years ago, I have been drawn back into software development through volunteer work and felt the need to resume the evolution of several of these tools so they could become more reliable, easier to use, easier to maintain, and easier to pass on. This website was created in that spirit: to share software, working notes, and practical feedback with the widest possible audience.
What you will find here
- dedicated pages for oceanographic software and their recent evolution
- blog posts that explain usage, technical choices, and working methods
- links to older resources that remain important and useful