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EXPORTS Field Campaign

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The goal of EXPORTS is to track the fate of ocean carbon and study its implications for EarthÂ’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. The field campaign took place in August 2018 in the North Pacific and Spring 2020 in the North Atlantic.
EXPORTS Field Campaign logo
The EXPORTS Field Campaign
Location of phytoplankton using a high-resolution model
Global Phytoplankton Model
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This illustration links the ocean biological pump and pelagic food web
Linking Pump and Web
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The R/V Roger Revelle (top) and the R/V Sally Ride (bottom)
EXPORTS Research Vessels
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Collage of plankton
A Plethora of Phytoplankton
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Satellite image of milky blue waters near Prince of Wales Island, AK
Coccolithophore Bloom
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Dr. Emmanuel Boss readies an Underwater Vision Profiler for sample collection
Underwater Vision Profilers
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Sentinel-2A view of Seattle, WA
A Satellite’s View of Seattle
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Neutrally Buoyant Sediment Traps (NBSTS) collect particles falling toward the sea floor
Neutrally Buoyant Sediment Traps
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Dr. Melissa Omand assembles a Wirewalker
Wirewalkers
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EXPORTS scientists prepare an IFC for operation
Imaging Flow Cytobots
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Participants from a NASA social media event pose by the R/V Sally Ride
Group Shot
Members of the EXPORTS team are shown on digital trading cards
Collect ’Em All!
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Scientists affiliated with the NASA EXPORTS field campaign discuss the upcoming mission
Stewards of the Earth
An enclosed, air-tight "bubble" in which to work
Working in a Bubble
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Phytoplankton incubators
Phytoplankton Incubators
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Ship-based radiometers
Ship-based Radiometers
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Dr. Norm Nelson, Co-chief Scientist of the R/V Sally Ride
R/V Sally Ride Tour
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Sampling tubes in the hydro lab
Sampling Tubes
The EXPORTS team deploys a Marine Snow Catcher
Catching Snow
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The MOCNESS is deployed
MOCNESS Deployment
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WHOI Marine Chemist Ken Buesseler (right) deploys a sediment trap
Sediment Trap Deployment
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Scientists prepare to deploy a Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD) instrument
CTD Deployment
The tops of NBSTs showing the opening through which marine snow drifts
NBST Tops
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Recovering an NBST at night
Nighttime Recovery
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EXPORTS researchers retrieve an NBST
NBST Retrieval
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Scientist Yuanheng Xion (UND) readies niskin bottles for a CTD cast
Sampling in the Gulf of Alaska
Steve Pike and Claudia Benitez-Nelson prepare filtration pumps for deployment
Pumps and Filters
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