by Lisa Emanuelson | Feb 14, 2023 | cruise-information
January 2023 Three GO-BGC and seven SOCCOM floats were deployed from the IBRV Araon between Hobart Australia and the Ross Sea ice shelf in Antacrtica as part of the Southern Ocean Long-term Observation and MONitoring (SOLOMON) cruise. The goal of the SOLOMON...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Dec 15, 2022 | cruise-information
November 2022 Twenty GO-BGC and SOCCOM floats were deployed between San Diego, California and Punta Arenas, Chile as the R/V Revelle headed towards Antarctica on the GEOTRACES (GP-17) expedition. GEOTRACES expeditions map the distribution of trace elements and...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Dec 15, 2022 | cruise-information
November 2022 Thirteen float deployments across the South Pacific were completed by the R/V Kaharoa operated by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). The goal of the GO-BGC program is to have 500 biogeochemical (BGC) floats deployed...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Dec 9, 2022 | cruise-information
October 2022 In the first GO-BGC expedition to the Indian Ocean, five GO-BGC floats were deployed north and east of Madagascar from the R/V Agulhas. This marks the first of six expeditions that deployed GO-BGC floats in the Indian Ocean in 2022 and 2023. Float status...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Dec 9, 2022 | cruise-information
October 2022 Five floats were deployed from the R/V Ron Brown as part of the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS) expedition (in dark blue on map), and the PIRATA Northeast Extension (PNE) expedition (in medium blue on map). Float status including number of...
