Posts Tagged ‘Global Station Papa’
Successful Completion of Papa Array Operations
On the final day of operations at the Papa Array, NOAA-PMEL and UW-APL teams conducted final inspections of the surface and Waverider moorings to verify performance before departing the site. All moorings at the Papa Array, including OOI-CGSN subsurface moorings, are fully operational and transmitting data. Congrats to the team on a successful expedition!
Read MoreCruise Update – SKQ202511S (May 29-30)
The final two days of Cruise #SKQ202511S wrapped up with successful recoveries and smooth operations. On May 29, the team conducted a 4,100m CTD cast and acoustic data download at site FLMA-11. All instruments were operational. This was followed by the final OOI mooring recovery at the same site, completed without issue. While transiting to…
Read MoreFrom the Deep: HYPM Recovery Complete
After spending a full year in the depths of the ocean, the Hybrid Profiler Mooring (HYPM) has been successfully recovered by the CGSN team aboard the RV Sikuliaq. Using an acoustic release command, the team triggered the mooring to detach from its anchor and ascend to the surface. What came up: the bright orange syntactic…
Read MoreCruise Update – SKQ202511S (May 27-28)
Tuesday, May 27:Calm seas made for ideal conditions to begin early morning prep for the FLMB-12 mooring deployment. The mooring was rigged, instruments mounted, and the 64” upper sphere placed between the A-frame. Following a GAR check, deployment went smoothly just after breakfast. After safely moving off-site, the team conducted a full-depth 4,100m CTD cast,…
Read MoreHands-On Experience for POGO Fellow
STATION PAPA: POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma is on the return leg to Seward, Alaska, having spent the last 15 days aboard the R/V Sikuliaq learning the ropes of an OOI recovery and deployment expedition. She also has been collecting data using a sea-snake boom that she and OOI Principal Investigator Jim Edson deployed. The sea…
Read MoreHybrid Profiler Mooring Recovered
STATION PAPA: The Station Papa moorings are replaced on a yearly schedule. Here the OOI-CGSN team recovers the Hybrid Profiler Mooring. The yellow vehicle seen on the mooring wire is a Wire-Following Profiler (WFP). The vehicle moves up and down the wire sampling the water column for salinity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, and current…
Read MoreWork Completed Despite Weather
STATION PAPA: The RV Sikuliaq and the science party have been experiencing some rough weather, but they still need to get the work done! This is a recovery of a Flanking Mooring that has been deployed for almost one year. The recovered equipment will come back to Woods Hole, MA for repair and refurbishment, and…
Read MoreGiant Hairy Bearded Man
STATION PAPA, June 11, 2024: Recovery operations were set to begin once the deployment operations were successfully completed and the decks cleared. A little time was also allotted between the deployment of new and recovery of the old to provide overlapping data to intercalibrate the moored instruments. The recovery operations brought back the old moorings…
Read MorePOGO Fellow Sharing Experiences
POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma is using down time aboard the R/V Sikuliaq to share her experiences during her first time at sea on a research vessel. Her comments are insightful and provide an insider’s view of life aboard the Sikuliaq. You can read her blog here. Bookmark the site as she updates her posts regularly.…
Read MoreFellow Learning the Ropes
STATION PAPA: India-based POGO Fellow Aditi Sharma has been busy aboard the R/V Sikuliaq in spite of the cold weather and stormy seas. It is summer in India with temperatures in the 90 plus degrees Fahrenheit. While she’s adjusting to the temperature, she’s ably “learning the ropes” of shipboard science by participating in many fantail…
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