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Work Underway
The Coastal Endurance Array is complex, consisting of multiple components to gather ocean observations and send them to shore. Once the moorings and their instrumentation are recovered, it takes the Coastal Endurance Team about six months to take them all apart, clean, repair, refurbish, and replace, as necessary, to ensure when the moorings go back…
Read MoreGliders
An array of ~6 gliders travels along five east-west transect lines within the Coastal Endurance Array from approximately the 20-m isobaths to 126 W (and out to 128 W along the Oregon and Washington lines), as well as a north-south transect along 126 W. They collect ocean observing data to supplement those collected by the…
Read MoreCTD Rosettes
An activity that happens on every Coastal Endurance cruise are CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) casts. CTDs are used to collect water samples at the deployment and recovery sites to allow scientists to compare ship versus buoy meteorological measurements at surface mooring sites. This data is also important for calibrating other instruments on the moorings.
Read MoreBuenos Dias!
Mi nombre es Irene Duran. Mis padres son originalmente de México, pero yo crecí en un pueblo pequeño al norte de California. Soy bailarina, pintora y Asistente de Ingeniería para la Institución Oceanográfica de Woods Hole (WHOI, por sus siglas en inglés) en los Estados Unidos. Trabajo en la en la división de Nodos a…
Read MoreMore Than Just Moorings
People often wonder if we stand watches on our cruises – work in shifts 24 hours a day. Because our OOI work is primarily deploying and recovering moorings, the majority of our work happens during daytime when we have sufficient light. Overnight activities include surveys of the Pioneer Array region using ship’s sensors and holding…
Read MoreUnder the Weather
Large waves are regularly crashing over the deck. It’s best to stay inside today. The sea state and winds are only going pick up from here. Plans for tomorrow are still unknown, but as of Friday late afternoon, it is pouring rain. Since it is unsafe to perform any deck work, we’re doing a cross-shelf…
Read MoreDoozy of a Day
Today was the best weather day of the Leg, so we decided to use the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) to recover the last surface mooring. Chris Basque piloted the ROV on the mission to hook a recovery line onto the Multi-Function Node (MFN) of the mooring, with the anchor nested inside, and pull it out…
Read MoreBig Eyes, Fishing Lines and Delicious Meals, Oh My!
People often ask us if we see lots of animals at sea. The answer is usually “no”. We are busy deploying and recovering moorings, so we don’t often have the time to look for fish and marine mammals. A number of birds visit us at sea – including some that should be on land. A…
Read MoreBack at it again!
After a couple days of rest in my own bed, I returned to the R/V Neil Armstrong for the final leg of the trip yesterday morning. This science party for Leg 2 is a little different from Leg 1 party as it is made up of scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution…
Read MoreUnloading and Reloading
We landed in port at Woods Hole on November 6 around noon Eastern. Immediately the dock support began to unload the recovered moorings, and began to restock the ship for Leg 2, leaving Monday. We thought you might enjoy watching the activity, as was filmed on an earlier cruise.
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