Irminger 11
Flanking Mooring A In
IRMINGER: The OOI-CGSN team deployed Flanking Mooring A in the OOI Irminger Sea Array off the tip of Greenland. The Flanking Moorings consist of a top floatation sphere which sits at 30 m water depth. Instrumentation is mounted in the sphere and along the mooring line below it. At 500 m depth is another mid-water…
Read MoreGlider Ops
IRMINGER: In addition to fixed moorings, the OOI Irminger Sea Array consists of autonomous gliders. Two gliders were deployed to the array for a one year deployment, and one glider deployed last year was recovered. The gliders sit on the back deck prior to deployment so that the glider team on shore can communicate with…
Read MoreProfiler Mooring in the Water
IRMINGER: Another gray day in the Irminger Sea and another OOI mooring in the water. The Profiler Mooring consists of a top sphere at 150 m with upward- and downward looking bioacoustic sonar instruments, and a profiler which crawls up and down through the water column measuring conductivity, temperature & depth, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and…
Read MoreLarge Surface Mooring Operational
IRMINGER: The large surface mooring at the OOI Irminger Sea Array is in the water and will report data from this important site for the next year. Well done team! Credit: Sheri N. White © WHOI.
Read MoreSurface Mooring Deployed
IRMINGER: The OOI-CGSN team arrived at the OOI Irminger Sea Array ahead of a storm and were able to get the large Surface Mooring deployed. Although conditions were overcast and drizzly, the winds and seas were relatively calm. The wind turbines on the buoy began to spin immediately. The wind turbines and solar panels will…
Read More8 Day Transit Provides Prep Time
IRMINGER: It takes eight days to transit from Woods Hole to the Irminger Sea. During that time, the OOI-CGSN team keeps busy preparing for their deployments. The mooring components are laid out on the back deck and connected together so that the team can run the moorings and make sure the controllers and instruments are…
Read MoreOSNAP Blog is Live
IRMINGER: Heather Furey, Adam Houk, and Meg Yoder are aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong along with the OOI – CGSN team. The three will be recovering and deploying Overturning in the Subpolar Atlantic Program (OSNAP) moorings, as part of a long collaboration between OOI and OSNAP. Heather Furey is writing a blog about her experiences…
Read MoreSafety Drills
IRMINGER: Chief Mate Chris Manka showed Boston College student, Ayden Schirmacher, how to don an immersion suit (commonly called a “Gumby” suit) designed to keep you warm and afloat if you have to abandon ship. The first order of business at sea is conducting safety briefings and drills. Chief Mate Chris Manka shows the team…
Read MoreAnd We’re Off!
IRMINGER: The Irminger 11 team aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong left the WHOI Dock at noon on Sunday, June 2, a beautiful summer day. The ship was loaded down with moorings to deploy at the OOI Irminger Sea Array off the tip of Greenland. A crowd took advantage of the weather to see the team…
Read MoreBC Biogeochemical Researchers
IRMINGER: A team from Boston College was aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong on Thursday May 30 to get a first-hand look at where they will be spending the next month at sea. Meg Yoder (far left) will serve as advisor to student participants Ayden Schirmacher (in blue) and Emma Brown (in yellow). They will be…
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