Halfway there!

Halfway there!

Halfway there! Argo float deployments continue! And we skip Monday. ; Since I last wrote, the Thompson crew and I have deployed three more Argo floats, two BGC floats and one core float. That brings us to just past halfway through the journey! Every single deployment...
First two BGC floats

First two BGC floats

First two BGC floats We deploy the first two biogeochemical Argo floats of the trip, and I try my hand at seawater sampling ; I’m delighted to report that two new BGC Argo floats have been sent off on their watery adventures!  Our BGC floats are shipped in sturdy...
First core float

First core float

First core float deployment We deploy our first Argo float of the cruise, all goes smoothly! ; Last night we deployed our first Argo float of the trip, a core float that measures the basic physical properties necessary to understand the ocean state: temperature,...
Heading Out

Heading Out

Arrival in Honolulu and Heading Out Our intrepid float deployer Cora arrives solo in Honolulu to board the R/V Thompson ; Hello Argo enthusiasts! My name is Cora Hersh, and I’m a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic...