by Ali Hochberg | Apr 25, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie, Weekly Updates |
The strong anticyclone gyre has tracked mostly west and slightly south and appears to be headed for an intersection with BATS with the eddy’s center about 20 km south of BATS. Jack’s track for the past week or so has allowed it to circle the eddy and the glider is now...
by Ali Hochberg | Apr 11, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie, Weekly Updates |
An anticyclonic eddy is approaching BATS from the east that contains water properties characteristic of the Gulf of Cadiz. Jack has explored the eddy properties in the last week and discovered unusually high temperatures, salinities and dissolved oxygen concentrations...
by Ali Hochberg | Mar 29, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie, Weekly Updates |
Anna and Minnie were deployed from RV Atlantic Explorer on February 20, 2017 – Anna at Hydrostation S and Minnie at BATS. Anna is quipped with a standard set of sensors: CTD, optical fluorescence, backscatter and CDOM, and dissolved oxygen; Minnie is similarly...
by Ali Hochberg | Feb 13, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie, Weekly Updates |
“Jack” has been profiling the water column at Hydrostation S since early January. From February to June 2017, all three gliders will be used to conduct intensive sampling as part of continued efforts to understand plankton production and the “Spring Bloom” in the...
by Audrey Rogerson | Jul 31, 2016 | Anna, Jack, Minnie, Weekly Updates |
All three gliders are presently in the water measuring water column conditions and chronicling inventories of chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen and nitrate. Principal objectives of this summer mission are to gain experience with the SUNA nitrate sensor and acoustic...
