by Lisa Emanuelson | Apr 7, 2023 | cruise-information
April 2023 In 2023, the R/V Revelle conducted a basin-wide expedition in the Indian Ocean made up of smaller expeditions including the DMBE; Mauritius to India transit; ASTRAL/EKAMSAT; India to Australia transit; and the IO5 Expedition. Two GO-BGC floats were...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Feb 22, 2023 | cruise-information
February 2023 Seven GO-BGC floats were deployed from the R/V Ron Brown as part of the GO-SHIP A16N expedition. This expedition traveled along a nearly straight line north from between Brazil and the west coast of Africa, to Iceland collecting samples and deploying...
by Lisa Emanuelson | Feb 22, 2023 | cruise-information
February 2023 One GO-BGC float was deployed off of the R/V Thompson as part of the Student Thesis Expedition leaving from Honolulu Hawai’i and heading towards Fiji. The deployed GO-BGC float is pictured above in orange, as well as other floats in the area (in...
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...
