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NAAMES Field Campaign

NAAMES is a five-year investigation to resolve key processes controlling ocean system function, their influences on atmospheric aerosols and clouds and their implications for climate. Information obtained during four targeted ship and aircraft field campaigns, combined with continuous satellite and in situ ocean sensor measurements, will enable improved predictive capabilities of Earth system processes for management and assessment of ecosystem change. The field campaign took place between November 2015 and April 2018.

NAAMES banner depicting sensors used to resolve key processes

[Jan-2016]

[May-2016] The R/V Atlantis in port.

[May-2016]

[May-2016]

The main lab about R/V Atlantis, created out of cargo containers

[May-2016] Aboard the R/V Atlantis, several cargo containers - assembled and outfitted to create a laboratory (shown ... MORE »

The R/V Atlantis during off-load of the submersible Alvin

[May-2016]

Oceanographer Peter Gaube describes the CTD instrument

[May-2016]

[May-2016] Bloggers from around the country listen to a presentation by Dr. Mike Behrenfeld (OSU).

[May-2016] NAAMES Chief Scientist Mike Behrenfeld explains the importance of plankton for life on Earth.

Social media users blog about the NAAMES field campaign

[May-2016]

Jason Graff (OSU) measures the carbon in phytoplankton and sorts species with a laser-based instrument

[May-2016]

Cleo Davie-Martin (OSU) measures volatile organic compounds emitted by phytoplankton

[May-2016]

Green seas in this satellite image show that phytoplankton are starting to bloom in the North Atlantic

[May-2016]

Image of a North Atlantic spring phytoplankton bloom

[Jan-2016]

R/V <em>Atlantis</em> steams away from Woods Hole for the North Atlantic

[May-2016]

[May-2016] The C-130, carrying airborne instrumentation, approaches Sable Island.

Preparing the C-130 to rendezvous with R/V Atlantis during the NAAMES field campaign

[May-2016]

[Jan-2016] Dendogram illustrating the parameters that will be studied during the NAAMES field campaign.

[Jan-2016] NAAMES is a five-year investigation to resolve key processes controlling ocean system function, their inf ... MORE »