CRUISES
2020 Cruise Plans
- UK OSNAP cruise (Iceland Basin and CLASS Ellett Array)
- RRS Discovery (or RRS James Cook)
- Summer 2020
- Chief scientist: Penny Holliday (NOC)
- Purpose: mooring turnaround; CTD sections; glider operations
- GEOMAR cruise (Labrador Sea)
- R/V Maria S Merian
- Dates: September 1 – October 4, 2020
- Ports: St. Johns, Canada – Pt Delgada, Azores
- Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
- Purpose: hydrographic sampling; mooring servicing
- US OSNAP cruise (Labrador and Irminger Seas)
- R/V Neil Armstrong
- Dates: August 1 – September 6, 2020
- Ports: Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland
- Chief scientist: Fiamma Straneo (SIO)
- Purpose: servicing the Cape Farewell mooring arrays; CTD sections
- US OSNAP/OOI cruise (Irminger Sea)
- R/V Neil Armstrong
- Dates: August 2020
- Ports: Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland
- Chief scientist: Amy Bower (WHOI)
- Purpose: Greenland DWBC (GDWBC) array recovery or turn-around
- NIOZ OSNAP cruise (Irminger Sea and Iceland Basin)
- R/V Pelagia
- Dates: June 21 – July 17, 2020
- Ports: Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland
- Chief scientist: Femke de Jong (NIOZ)
- Purpose: IC and UM moorings turnaround; CTD stations; deploy French landers on the ridge
- Canada DFO Cruise
- R/V CCGS Hudson
- Dates: May 2020
- Ports: Halifax, Canada – Halifax, Canada
- Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
- Purpose: redeploy BIO moorings on the OSNAP line; occupy the western part of the OSNAP-West line; occupy the AR7W line
2018 Cruises
- OSNAP 21: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
- August 27 – October 3, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 20: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-East lag 2)
- July 1-30, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Bill Johns (UM)
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 19: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-East lag 1)
- June 5-24, 2018 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Amy Bower (WHOI)
- Purpose: (re)-deploy the DWBC array east of Greenland
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 18: R/V Maria S Merian
- May 25 – June 26, 2018 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
- Purpose: service Labrador Sea 53ºN array (OSNAP West) and Irminger Sea moorings
- Cruise report (short version)
- OSNAP 17: R/V CCGS Hudson Cruise #HUD2018008
- April 26 – May 22, 2018 (Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada – Halifax, Canada)
- Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
- Purpose: redeploy BIO moorings on the OSNAP line and occupy the western part of the OSNAP-West line and deploy two Argo floats
2017 Cruises
- OSNAP 16: R/V CCGS Hudson
- September 15 – October 10, 2017
- Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
- Purpose: redeploy the C1, C2, C3 and Hamilton Bank moorings; occupy the AR7W line and the western section of the OSNAP-West line; deploy 13 Argo floats and conduct mooring recoveries and oceanographic work in Davis Strait
- France RREX cruise
- Summer 2017
- Chief scientist: Virginie Thierry (IFREMER)
- Purpose: CTD casts, moorings recovery, and deployment of deep Argo floats
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 15: RRS Discovery Cruise DY078/079
- 6-28, May 2017 (Southampton, UK – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Penny Holliday (NOC)
- Purpose: refurbish the OSNAP Rockall Trough moorings (RTWB1, RTWB2, RTEB2 and RTADCP1); occupy the Extended Ellett Line (EEL)
- Cruise report
2016 Cruises
- OSNAP 14: R/V Neil Armstrong (OSNAP-West)
- August 3 – September 8, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – St. Johns, Canada)
- Chief scientist: Bob Pickart (WHOI)
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 13: RRS Discovery Cruise DY054 (OSNAP-East Leg 2)
- July 27 – August 17, 2016 (Reykjavik, Iceland – Southampton, UK)
- Chief scientist: Penny Holliday (NOC)
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 12: RRS Discovery Cruise DY053 (OSNAP-East Leg 1)
- June 29 – July 23, 2016 (Glasgow, Scotland – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 11: R/V MARIA S MERIAN Cruise MSM54
- May 12 – June 7, 2016 (St. Johns, Canada – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
- Cruise report
- France IFREMER cruise: R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa
- June 1 – July 13, 2016
- OVIDE section (Vigo, Spain – Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Chief scientist: Fiz Perez (IIM, Vigo)
- Spanish cruise in collaboration with France
- OSNAP 10: R/V CCGS Hudson
- May 1 – 27, 2016
- Chief scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
- Purpose: redeploy the C1, C2, C3, Hamilton Bank and Scotian Slope moorings; occupy AR7W and XHL lines, and a segment of the OSNAP-West line; deploy 7 Argo floats
2015 Cruises
- OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (OSNAP-EAST Leg 2)
- July 8 – 30, 2015
- Chief scientist: Laura de Steur (NIOZ)
- Purpose: service the (Dutch) Irminger Current moorings and the (British) DWBC moorings; deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of Greenland (western Irminger Basin).
- Cruise report, Data report (NIOZ mooring)
- OSNAP 8: R/V Pelagia (OSNAP-EAST Leg 1)
- June 12 – July 07, 2015
- Chief scientist: Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)
- Purpose: service the (US) Iceland Basin and the (Scottish) Rockall Channel moorings; deploy RAFOS floats over the slopes east of the MAR ridge crest (western Iceland Basin)
- Cruise report
- France RREX cruise: R/V Thassala
- OSNAP 7: R/V CCGS Hudson
- May 1 – 26, 2015
- Chief Scientist: Igor Yashayaev (BIO)
- Purpose: moorings to be recovered and redeployed at C1, C2 & C3 in the western Labrador Basin
- Data report
2014 Cruises
- OSNAP 6: R/V Thalassa Cruise MSM 40
- August 6 – 25, 2014
- Chief scientist: Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR)
- Purpose: recovery and deployment of moored instrumentation as well as of surveys of the water column at selected stations.
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 5: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-221-03
- OSNAP 4: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-221-02
- OSNAP 3: R/V CCGS Hudson Cruise #2014017
- June 30 – July 15, 2014
- Chief scientist: Blair Greenan (BIO)
- Purpose: improve understanding of ocean currents, variability, and dispersion in the vicinity of Sackville Spur through the use of moored measurements, which is also to validate computer model configurations.
- Cruise report
- OSNAP 2: R/V Knorr Cruise KN-220-01
- June 16 – 30, 2014
- Chief scientist: Brian Guest (WHOI)
- Purpose: deployment of sound sources and RAFOS floats
- Data report (RAFOS float)
- OSNAP 1: RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 302May 31 – July 18, 2014
- Chief scientists: Brian King and Penny Holliday (NOC)
- Purpose: hydrographic section across OSNAP West and East: temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, carbon and CFCs.
- Blog postings: ukosnap.wordpress.com
- Cruise report
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