August 2015 - OSNAP

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Postdoctoral Research Assistant – University of Oxford

August 11, 2015 Sarah

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ocean Modelling University of Oxford Department of Physics (Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics) Grade 7 (£30,434 – £37,394) Full time, fixed term, 32 months Closing date:…

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

Deploying a RAFOS float. 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.

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.

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

photo by Penny Holliday

Robert reels in the rosette.

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday

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

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

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