December 2015 - OSNAP

Predicting the next 18 months of the AMOC at the RAPID line with a statistical model

December 16, 2015 Admin

by Nick Foukal, graduate student at Duke University As the RAPID team prepares to release the next 18 months of AMOC measurements from the mooring array at 26°N, I have…

Feili and a float called Feili. 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.

Robert reels in the rosette.

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

photo by Penny Holliday

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.

Deploying a RAFOS float. photo by Penny Holliday

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.

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