May 2015 - OSNAP

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OSNAP Related Postdoctoral Position – Duke University

May 15, 2015 Admin

Open Postdoctoral Position at Duke University with Susan Lozier A postdoctoral research position is available in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. The researcher will take the…

The RV Pelagia, our home for the duration of this cruise.

Graduate students Roos Bol from NIOZ (left) and James Coogan from SAMS (right), at the CTD computer console.

photo by Penny Holliday

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday

Attaching a current meter to a mooring. photo by Penny Holliday

ea time for the Principal Scientific Officer of the cruise (Stuart, on the left) during the recovery of the first US mooring, lead by Bill (in the middle). Dom (on the right side) observed with attention the work on the back deck.

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

Robert reels in the rosette.

Heather Furey (WHOI) and Mark Graham (UMiami) get the rosette ready for the first calibration cast of microcats and test of releases before Leg 2 moorings are deployed. Also on the package are the CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) sensors which relay water property values up a conducting cable as the package is lowered to near the sea floor.

Deploying a RAFOS float. photo by Penny Holliday

The mooring team with R/V Pelagia deck crew, standing by a mooring anchor while towing the mooring to its final deployment spot.

Penny working on the mooring spool together with GEOMAR student Ilmar Leinmann (Photo credit: Penny Holliday)