The Small Things that Count
And just like that, three weeks has come to an end. As the science team starts to pack up their equipment and explore the data...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Student Opportunities: The Voyage Home
As we begin our transit back to Honolulu, Student Opportunities participants Julianna Diehl and Jennifer Killinger have time to reflect on the cruise and their...
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SOI/Mark Heckman
Student Video #2: Waves of Change
Check out the second video from one of our Student Opportunities participants, Jennifer Killinger. She takes a look at how Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Message in a bottle…or a wave
Before the advent of modern oceanographic instrumentation, scientists possessed only rudimentary ways of exploring our oceans. Surface currents could be inferred from their effect on...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Sacrificial Zincs
For as long as ships have been sailing the oceans, there have been observations that helped builders choose the best materials. The Falkor is built with...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Everything you wanted to know about El Niño!
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a phenomenon within the coupled ocean-atmosphere system in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean. ENSO is comprised of...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
When the ocean has a different plan for your science
How even ideal conditions at sea can be a challenge for a research vessel. The R/V Falkor is currently stationed at 1° North and 170°...
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SOI/ Brandon D'Andrea
Making Time for the Time Series
The Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific cruise is focused on obtaining data that reveals small-scale mixing in the central equatorial Pacific. To do this, the...
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SOI/ Jennifer Killinger
Student Video #1: Creating drag for the Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP)
Check out the first video from one of our Student Opportunities participants, Jennifer Killinger. She takes a look at how Mixing Up The Tropical Pacific...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener.
Blurred Lines and Shear Brilliance
Dr. Kelvin Richards, the Principal Investigator on the Mixing Up The Tropical Pacific Cruise beams with excitement at the prospect of collecting new data. For him,...
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SOI/Jennifer Killinger
Instruments of the Ocean Part Two: ADCP
Similar in shape to a fire hydrant, the Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP) is fastened to the CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth) Rosette, a...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
The Small Things that Count
And just like that, three weeks has come to an end. As the science team starts to pack up their equipment and explore the data...
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SOI/ Jennifer Killinger
Instruments of the Ocean Part One: VMP-500
Of the two specialized instruments aboard Falkor, the Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) is the interesting looking one. Torpedo-shaped with probes jutting out of the tip, it’s...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Student Opportunities: Becoming a Marine Technician
I have been onboard R/V Falkor for a week now, and have had the opportunity to intermingle with each of the departments, learning every possible aspect of...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Shear-ly… you must be curious
Two focal pieces of equipment are being deployed from Falkor during the Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific cruise. One is the Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP),...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
And We Are Off
What does Van Gogh’s Starry Night painting, the whirlpool galaxy, and billowy cloud traces all have in common? The answer is visual representations of fluid...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Student Opportunity: The Calm Before the Storm
Julianna and I have been sailing on Falkor for a few days now. The science team is all settled in as we make our way...
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SOI/ Carlie Wiener
Student Opportunity: Prologue
This year, Schmidt Ocean Institute started a student opportunities program, and the Mixing Up the Tropical Pacific cruise is the inaugural expedition to host the...
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SOI/Carlie Wiener
Will the Real El Niño Please Stand Up
2015 has been a record breaker. Global average land and ocean surface temperatures for June were the highest in the 136-year instrumental record (NOAA National...
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