by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 10, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Just Out Here Learning new things on the COCO-VOC cruise until disembarking. ; 6/28/2026 All the floats have been deployed and I’m now just a passenger on the Discovery until our port call in Mindelo. One highlight for me has been meals on the ship. We have warm and...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 2, 2026 | Tropical Pacific 2026
Tracing Ocean Circulation with CFCs CFC analyst Riley Ames explains how scientists use gas chromatography to “date” seawater and trace ocean circulation ; 6/28/2026 Ahoy there! My name is Riley Ames, and I am measuring trace gases for P04E onboard the R/V...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 2, 2026 | Tropical Pacific 2026
Sampling Dissolved Oxygen in the Pacific Join oceanographer Maija Zidek as she measures dissolved oxygen and uncovers a pronounced Oxygen Minimum Zone in the Pacific ; 6/20/2026 Inhale- exhale. Inhale again- exhale again. What you just experienced was oxygen entering...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 1, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Wrapping up float deployments All five BGC Argo floats have been deployed, I have mostly been staring at the sky. ; 6/17/2026 It’s been a little over a week since the first BGC float was deployed and we’ve just waved goodbye to the final float. With each pre-dawn CTD...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jun 19, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Float Deployments 1 and 2 Back-to-back CTD stations and float deployments, plus some sight seeing ; 6/12/2026 We arrived on station for the first CTD cast and float deployment on June 11th a little before midday. This is called a ‘shake-down’ for the CTD, which...
