Mysteries of the Deep Subpolar North Atlantic
by Amy Bower and Heather Furey Over the past several decades, oceanographers have constructed maps of the deep currents in the North Atlantic by piecing together measurements of currents and…
Visualising changes in the North Atlantic ocean
by Ric Williams – University of Liverpool Animations of the observed changes in the physical properties of the North Atlantic can really help us to understand their geographical distribution and…
What are the seagoing scientists doing now?
Penny Holliday, NOC Many of the OSNAP blog stories we’ve posted so far give a flavour of the exciting array we have deployed in the subpolar North Atlantic, and the…
What is the real puppet master of the AMOC variability?
By Xiao-pei Lin “AMOC, consisting of a northward flow of warm surface waters and a southward flow of cold deep waters, is the leading mechanism for heat transport and carbon…
Welcome OSNAP Students and Postdocs
by Susan Lozier As the swift pace of the OSNAP field season has wound down, we have been gathering profiles of the students and postdocs who are working on OSNAP…
Ocean University of China’s first observation experience in the North Atlantic
by Xiaopei Lin and Dexing Wu “Pay out the wire slowly and keep it tense in the water, okay?” “Got it!” “Okay, go ahead.” It was another foggy and calm…
To Sea with Less
by Susan Lozier Late last month I attended a symposium in London celebrating the tenth anniversary of the UK-US RAPID array at 26°N in the subtropical North Atlantic. All assembled…
The case of the gigantic underwater cyclone
The largest water fall in the world is an underwater waterfall. Its just northwest of Iceland, and it begins with water spilling over an underwater ledge between Iceland and Greenland,…
Through the Prince Christian Sound
Photos by Carolina Nobre “Greenland is great because it has complex boundary currents,” explains Bob Pickart. That’s why, in the course of our trip, we’ve spent a lot of time…
How do we measure currents?
By Nick Foukal As our chief scientist Bob Pickart says, we’re out here on the ocean to build a “picket fence.” Practically though, the pickets in this fence – moorings…