by Ruth Curry | Jul 16, 2020 | Anna, Jack, Minnie |
In March 2019, when MAGIC launched a collaborative 2-year field program combining gliders and ship-based observations to assess the strength of the biological carbon pump, no one anticipated two major problems – a global pandemic and sharks! In response to COVID-19,...
by Ruth Curry | Nov 7, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie |
Jack is soloing in the water at the BATS site this fall after a very full Winter–Summer Field Campaign from Jan through July. The timeline for glider deployments (Fig. 1) depicts the significant ramp up of activities associated with the Spring Bloom and BIOS-SCOPE...
by Ruth Curry | Jul 4, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie |
All 3 gliders are back in the water (Figure 1). Anna has been profiling at Hydrostation S (HS) since Feb 20. Minnie (carrying a SUNA sensor) was redeployed at BATS on June 16 following a very successful 3-month Spring Bloom mission, and is again keeping station to...
by Ruth Curry | Jun 14, 2017 | Anna, Jack, Minnie |
This week Minnie and Jack are being rotated in and out of the water while Anna continues to hold station at Hydrostation S (HS) (Figure 1). Sea surface temperatures are 24.7ºC at HS and 23.2ºC, about a degree and one half cooler, at BATS. Pronounced deep chlorophyll...