RRS Discovery – DY182: Icelandic basin and Irminger Sea
The RRS Discovery on a rare sunny day in the Irminger Sea, taken by the U. Miami drone. Femke den Ouden – Student Utrecht University When I got an email…
RRS Discovery – DY181, Aberdeen (UK) to Reykjavik (Iceland)
RRS Discovery before navigating the Sound of Mull, Westcoast Scottland. The easternmost moorings of the OSNAP line are maintained by the UK project partners NOC (National Oceanography Center) and SAMS…
OSNAP (Ocean Sentiments, or Newly Arisen Ponderings)
By Ayden Schirmacher, Boston University student As someone who grew up on the west coast of the United States, the ocean has always been a part of me. I think…
Neil Armstrong – Woods Hole
By Emma Brown, Boston College student We arrived in Woods Hole! We immediately began lashing down anything that exciting seas might send sliding. This included various boxes of scientific materials,…
A closed heat budget for the mid-latitude North Atlantic?!
by Nick Foukal Now that the OSNAP and RAPID arrays are running concurrently, an obvious question arises: can we close a heat budget for the mid-latitude North Atlantic? A heat…
Recently graduated: end of an amazing adventure and beginning of another
by Tillys Petit My last contribution on this blog reminded the importance of in-situ data measurements on the evaluation of numerical modeling used to predict climate. As part of my…
My career path in physical oceanography and climate science
by Yavor Kostov The end of the year is a time to reflect on the past and make long-term plans for our future. Some readers of this blog, especially our…
Fleur de Sel Life
By Charlène Feucher The sea and the ocean have always held a fascination for me. I grew up in the bay of Saint-Malo (France) and the sea coast was my…
Another day at the office: data quality control
by Roos Bol Now that temperatures outside are dropping and storms are raging over the subpolar gyre, it is clear that the OSNAP field season had ended. Many blogposts have…
OSNAP! There goes the tip of the iceberg!
by Leah McRaven Physical Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution When you decide to study the currents that whip past the continent of Greenland and that transform the waters in the…