by George Matsumoto | Mar 22, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
GO-BGC Floats getting ready to get wet The GO-BGC floats are being decorated with their adopted names ; March 22, 2021 One day to first GO-BGC deployment The R/V Thomas G Thompson has started the A20 Expedition and the first GO-BGC float is scheduled to be launched...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Mar 11, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
Pre-cruise Preparations Final test and check of all twelve GO-BGC floats ; March 11, 2021 5 days until departure As the R/V Thomas G Thompson nears the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution dock, University of Washington float engineer Greg Brusseau has flown out to do...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Mar 1, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
Operational Plans Cruise overviews for the Western North Atlantic Hydrography Expeditions ; A20 Description of Operations An oceanographic transect in the Atlantic Ocean, nominally along 52° 20’ W, a repeat of the GO-SHIP Hydrographic Program section A20, is scheduled...
