A ton of data
by Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) As mentioned before, the recovery of the first moorings on this cruise was very successful: all but one instrument…
Maximizing the schedule
by Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) Since we arrived at the moorings sites in the northward flowing Irminger Current on the Reykjanes Ridge, we have…
First time at sea: lessons learned
by Casimir De Lavergne RREX cruise: R/V Thassala On June 6, 2015, I embarked with the RREX team on R/V Thalassa for a five-week journey across the subpolar North Atlantic.…
Upcoming OSNAP events
There are a number of OSNAP events coming up over the course of the next few months. You can follow the cruise blogs here: http://www.o-snap.org/news-events/blog/. Please feel free to send…
RREX 2015 cruise underway
By Camille Lique It has been almost a week since the RREX 2015 cruise started. After loading all our scientific equipment onto the N/O Thalassa, and finding a place for…
Understanding the variability of ocean transport and mixing measured by the OSNAP array
By Chris Wilson and Neill Mackay The OSNAP array (Figure 1) will sample what is effectively a two-dimensional ‘slice’ of the ocean for several years at high spatial and temporal…
Four decades of deep ocean measurements in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic
by Penny Holliday The OSNAP array is designed to meet our scientific objectives by making the most of existing measurements as well as collecting new observations. The eastern part of…
The missing heat
by Nick Foukal For the past 15 years, the slope of the global-mean surface air temperature (GMST) record has plateaued, a change that almost none of the IPCC global climate…
First Float Results from OSNAP
By Amy Bower and Heather Furey During the summer of 2014, the first setting of 40 deep acoustically-tracked RAFOS floats was made along the OSNAP line (see Mysteries of the…
Unravelling the sensitivity of Atlantic overturning to past forcing
by David Marshall Fundamental questions we would like to answer in OSNAP are how changes in wind, thermal and freshwater forcing over the subpolar Atlantic modify the Atlantic Meridional Overturning…