February 2020 - OSNAP

OSNAP at Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020

February 17, 2020 Sarah

If you’re at Ocean Sciences this week, and curious to learn more about ongoing OSNAP research, there are numerous opportunities. Follow the link below to find a list of oral…

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.

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.

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

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

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday

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

photo by Penny Holliday

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

Robert reels in the rosette.

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

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