U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)
Cruise Descriptions
Cruises aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer
Site Survey
(NBP-96-4)
Cruise dates: 8/30/96 - 9/24/96
Chief Scientist: Robert Anderson
Ross Sea Process Study 1
(NBP-96-4A)
Cruise dates: 10/02/96 - 11/08/96
Chief Scientist: Walker Smith
Moorings Deployment
(NBP-96-5) m1 Cruise Reports
Cruise dates: 11/11/96 - 12/01/96
Chief Scientist: Jack Dymond
Location of AESOPS mooring array
, graphic courtesy of Suzanne O'Hara
of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Ross Sea Process Study 2
(NBP-97-1)
Cruise dates: 1/13/97 - 2/11/97
Chief Scientist: John Marra
Ross Sea Process Study 3
(NBP-97-3)
Cruise dates: 4/04/97 - 5/11/97
Chief Scientist: Hugh Ducklow
Ross Sea Process Study 4
(NBP-97-8)
Cruise dates: 11/05/97 - 12/13/97
Chief Scientist: Walker Smith
Benthic Process and Mooring Recovery
(NBP-98-2)
Cruise dates: 02/25/98 - 04/03/98
Chief Scientist: Sus Honjo
Cruises aboard the R/V Roger A. Revelle
Polar Front Survey I
(Revelle KIWI 6)
Cruise dates: 10/20/97 - 11/24/97
Chief Scientist: Timothy Cowles
SeaWiFS transmits images to US JGOFS scientists aboard Palmer
,
for first time on November 23, 1997.
Polar Front Process I
(Revelle KIWI 7)
Cruise dates: 12/02/97 - 01/03/98
Chief Scientist: Dick Barber
Polar Front Survey II
(Revelle KIWI 8)
Cruise dates: 01/08/98 - 02/08/98
Chief Scientist: Kenneth Coale
Polar Front Process II
(Revelle KIWI 9)
Cruise dates: 02/13/98 - 03/19/98
Chief Scientist: Wilf Gardner
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