Monthly Archives: September 2011

Flow Sensor Testing

Posted on September 24, 2011 by scienceparty

Hello there- This is Heather Beem, mechanical engineering graduate student at MIT/WHOI, and I’m reporting on initial testing of a flow sensor I’ve built. Rather than trying to collect samples at a specific location or time of day, I simply … Continue reading →

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Pteropods

Posted on September 23, 2011 by scienceparty

Hi ho, oceanographer called Paul here, reporting on the pteropod (pelagic marine snail) situation.  It seems that there are many free-swimming marine snails!  One in particular called Limacina helicina keeps coming up in Tucker trawls, which are deployed from the … Continue reading →

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Gravity Cores

Posted on September 23, 2011 by scienceparty

This is Laurel Childress reporting in on gravity cores.  As part of my research to investigate the offshore and down-canyon transport of organic carbon we will be collecting several gravity and multi-cores from the upper, middle, and lower reaches of … Continue reading →

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Cruise track planning

Posted on September 22, 2011 by scienceparty

Zoltan Szuts here, reporting on the design of the cruise plan. Once we were accepted to the cruise training program, the first order of business was coming up with a cruise plan.  The science directs research cruises, and depending on … Continue reading →

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Pre-cruise

Posted on September 20, 2011 by scienceparty

Hello! Amy Maas here, one of the early career investigators involved with the UNOLS training cruise from September 18th – 25th. This cruise is an opportunity for me and 13 other scientists to learn the ins and outs of planning … Continue reading →

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