by Jennifer Magnusson | Aug 23, 2023 | Indian 2023
GO-SHIP IO5: Studying the Ocean with Sound Measuring ocean currents with sound using the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) ; I05 Log: Studying the Ocean with Sound The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, or ADCP, is an instrument that uses sound to measure the...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Aug 9, 2023 | Indian 2023
GO-SHIP IO5: Eating Well Yummy eats aboard the R/V Roger Revelle ; CTD Watch-standers Log: Eating Well As we enter the third week of our voyage across the Indian Ocean, I’d like to share the yummy eats aboard the R/V Roger Revelle. Amidst the dedicated efforts of the...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Aug 8, 2023 | Indian 2023
GO-SHIP IO5: CTD Casting Describing one cycle of CTD casting ; CTD Watch-standers Log: CTD Casting In one cycle of CTD casting, we start with a process called “cocking” where we need to manually pull out the top and bottom caps of the Niskin bottles (Rosette bottles)...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Aug 8, 2023 | Indian 2023
CTD Watch-standers Log: GO-SHIP I05 Week 2 Sampling and life at sea in rougher weather ; Us: “Deck, lab. Ready to power on the Log.” “Lab, Deck. You may power on the Log.” Us: “Lab, copy.” On our 11th day aboard the R/V Roger Revelle we started our first day of what...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 30, 2023 | Indian 2023
CTD Watch-standers Log: GO-SHIP I05 Week 1 Working together to collect data in the South Indian Ocean along the I05 transect ; Us: “Deck, lab. Ready to power on the Log.” “Lab, Deck. You may power on the Log.” Us: “Lab, copy.” All aboard the R/V Roger Revelle, for the...