EXPEDITION UPDATES
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- Endurance 16
- Endurance 17
- Endurance 18
- Endurance 19
- Endurance 20
- Irminger 10
- Irminger 9
- Pioneer 17
- Pioneer 18
- Pioneer 19
- Pioneer MAB At-Sea Tests
- Pioneer MAB Initial Deployment
- Pioneer MAB Test Deployment
- RCA VISIONS 22
- RCA VISIONS 23
- Station Papa 10
- Station Papa 9
Team Effort
It is definitely a team effort! Chris Basque, Eric Hutt, John Jordan, John Kemp, Matt Latvis, Nico Llanos, Kris Newhall, Jim Ryder all on deck…
Assembling Anchor Recovery Module
Meghan Donohue assembles an Anchor Recovery Module (ARM). The ARM includes the anchor for the Multi-Function Node (MFN) as well as a flotation module and…
Tower Assembly
John Lund and Mike McCarthy assemble the tower for the new Pioneer MAB Shallow Water Mooring. The tower will hold data telemetry modules and aids…
Expanded and Upgraded NSIF
Expanded and Upgraded! WHOI mechanical engineer Dan Duffany, with input from the OOI-CGSN team, designed the new Near-Surface Instrument Frame – Large (NSIF-L, right). The…
On Way to Ship
On their way. Here Kris Newhall, Jim Ryder, and Chris Basque, with support from WHOI Facilities, remove the Pioneer MAB Coastal Surface Moorings from their…
Ready for Mobilization
Three Pioneer MAB Coastal Surface Moorings, along with their Near Surface Instrument Frame (NSIF) and Multi-Function Node (MFN) and risers, operating and collecting test data…
New Sensors Added
Meghan Donohue and Mike Robinson complete the build of a Multi-Function Node (MFN) prior to transportation to the WHOI dock for loading. The MFN is…
Compass Calibration
Jennifer Batryn, Nikki Arm, Irene Duran, and Ellen Roosen perform a compass spin of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to be deployed on Pioneer…
New Shallow Water Mooring
Matt Latvis tests the buoy controller and telemetry tower for the new Shallow Water Mooring. The satellite telemetry system will send science data collected by…
Looking Up and Up
Alex Franks and Megan Donohue assemble the tower for the Pioneer MAB Central Surface Mooring. The buoy tower carries the meteorological instruments, satellite telemetry antennas…
Five Coastal Profiler Moorings Tested
John Lund and Mike Robinson monitor the testing of the Pioneer MAB Coastal Profiler Moorings (CPMs). The CPMs are assembled and then tested to verify…
Getting Wind Ready
Mike McCarthy prepares wind turbines for mounting on the Pioneer MAB surface moorings. Two wind turbines along with four solar panels provide renewable power to…
Coming Together!
Pioneer MAB array is coming together! Northern and Southern Coastal Surface Moorings, along with seabed multi-function nodes and near-surface instrument frames, being assembled. The team…
Bench Tests Continue
Sheri White and Nikki Arm prepare and bench test the new Imaging Flow CytoBot, also known as a Plankton Imaging System (PLIMS), that will be…
Pre-Deployment Testing
Pre-deployment testing of the Imaging Flow CytoBot (IFCB) to be deployed on the Central surface mooring of the Pioneer MAB Array. OOI team members Nikki…
