by George Matsumoto | Oct 14, 2024 | Pacific 2024
Final floats and arrival in Guam We successfully deploy the last four Argo floats and come into port in Guam ; We have reached the end of our journey across the Pacific! In the past few days, the Thompson crew and I have deployed four more Argo floats (two core floats...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Oct 8, 2024 | Pacific 2024
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...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Oct 6, 2024 | Pacific 2024
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...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Oct 6, 2024 | Pacific 2024
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,...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Sep 30, 2024 | Pacific 2024
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...
