by George Matsumoto | Apr 24, 2025 | Indian 2025
From Shouts to Signals: How Ocean Chemistry Comes Alive By GO-SHIP I09 tracer analyst Mary Kate (MK) Dinneen ; “10 ON 4, 10 ON 4!” That’s not a drill call—it’s a scientist calling out to the sample “cop,” making sure samples are collected from the right bottles on the...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 17, 2025 | Indian 2025
It's All Fun and Games We’re getting into our fourth week aboard the R/V Thompson; here’s a look at what we do off shift to keep ourselves sane. ; Monopoly Deal Most of the time, everyone gets along here. Not so during this game – we have vendettas....
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | Indian 2025
First float deployments The first BGC-Argo floats have been deployed from the R/V Thompson I09N ; On April 5th and 9th, we deployed our first two BGC-Argo floats! Everything went very smoothly for Floater the Explorer and Sakai Coho 2, adopted by Mission High School...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 5, 2025 | Indian 2025
The Amazing Shrinking Styrofoam Cup: A Deep-Sea Physics Adventure Ever wondered what happens when you send a regular cup to the bottom of the ocean? ; 🎯 What’s the Experiment? Oceanographers (a.k.a. sea scientists) sometimes attach styrofoam cups to a piece of...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 30, 2025 | Indian 2025
Deploy, recover, sample, deploy... A day in the life of a CTD Watchstander ; By the time I started my PhD program, I had decided that field work and chemistry labs weren’t for me. I was content to sit at home in Colorado and study the ocean from afar with my computer....
by George Matsumoto | Mar 27, 2025 | Indian 2025
A first-timer's first week at sea Roxanne Mina reflects on Week 1 of her first research cruise experience. ; After going through two postponed GO-SHIP cruises, I’ve learned that observational oceanography can be unpredictable. Challenges from ship mechanical issues,...
