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EXPORTS Field Campaign, August 2018

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The goal of EXPORTS is to track the fate of ocean carbon and study its implications for Earth's carbon cycle. EXPORTS will use advanced ocean observing tools and satellite observations to build a more complete picture of these complex processes. Understanding the location and characteristics of phytoplankton is key to discovering their role in the ocean ecosystem. A second EXPORTS field campaign is scheduled for the North Atlantic in Spring 2021.

Steve Pike and Claudia Benitez-Nelson prepare filtration pumps for deployment

[Sep-2018]

Scientist Yuanheng Xion (UND) readies niskin bottles for a CTD cast

[Aug-2018] Scientist Yuanheng Xion (UND) readies Niskin bottles before a CTD is cast in the Gulf of Alaska.

EXPORTS researchers retrieve an NBST

[Aug-2018]

Recovering an NBST at night

[Aug-2018]

The tops of NBSTs showing the opening through which marine snow drifts

[Aug-2018]

Scientists prepare to deploy a Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) instrument

[Aug-2018] Scientists prepare to deploy a Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) sensor, which generates a verti ... MORE »

WHOI Marine Chemist Ken Buesseler (right) deploys a sediment trap

[Aug-2018]

The MOCNESS is deployed

[Aug-2018]

The EXPORTS team deploys a Marine Snow Catcher

[Aug-2018]

Sampling tubes in the hydro lab

[Aug-2018] In the hydro lab on board the R/V Revelle, a row of sampling tubes await deployment.

Dr. Norm Nelson, Co-chief Scientist of the R/V Sally Ride

[Aug-2018]

Ship-based radiometers

[Aug-2018]

Phytoplankton incubators

[Aug-2018]

An enclosed, air-tight "bubble" in which to work

[Aug-2018]

Scientists affiliated with the NASA EXPORTS field campaign discuss the upcoming mission

[Aug-2018] Scientists affiliated with the EXPORTS field campaign discuss the upcoming mission.

Members of the EXPORTS team are shown on digital trading cards

[Aug-2018]

Participants from a NASA social media event pose by the R/V Sally Ride

[Aug-2018] Participants from a NASA social media event pose by the R/V Sally Ride before it embarks on its August 20 ... MORE »

EXPORTS scientists prepare an IFC for operation

[Aug-2018]

Dr. Melissa Omand assembles a Wirewalker

[Aug-2018]

Neutrally Buoyant Sediment Traps (NBSTS) collect particles falling toward the sea floor

[Aug-2018]

Sentinel-2A view of Seattle, WA

[Aug-2018]

Dr. Emmanuel Boss readies an Underwater Vision Profiler for sample collection

[Aug-2018]

Satellite image of milky blue waters near Prince of Wales Island, AK

[Aug-2018]

Collage of plankton

[Jun-2018]

The R/V Roger Revelle (top) and the R/V Sally Ride (bottom)

[Jun-2018]

This illustration links the ocean biological pump and pelagic food web

[May-2018]

Location of phytoplankton using a high-resolution model

[May-2018]

[Jun-2020] The goal of EXPORTS is to track the fate of ocean carbon and study its implications for Earth’s car ... MORE »