January 2016 - OSNAP

Structure of currents and their transport in the eastern Subpolar North Atlantic

January 14, 2016 Admin

By Elizabeth Comer As part of the OSNAP array, the Extended Ellett Line (EEL) is a repeat hydrographic section that crosses between Iceland and Scotland. This line measures part of…

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

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday

Attaching a current meter to a mooring. photo by 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.

Robert reels in the rosette.

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

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

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.

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.

photo by Penny Holliday