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Sea to Space Particle Investigation

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The Sea to Space Particle Investigation aims to improve the accuracy of particle size distribution products gathered from satellite and remote-sensing data. These data contain critical information that can improve our understanding of how Earth's living marine resources and carbon sequestration are responding to rising carbon dioxide levels and climate changes. The field campaign took place from January 24 through February 20, 2017.
A view of the R/V <em>Falkor</em> at sunset
R/V Falkor at Sunset
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A satellite image shows the cruise track against a background of ocean color data
Ocean Color Data
Noah Walcutt inspects mangled sediment traps
Shark Attack!
A rosette is recovered at night
Night Recovery
Philipp Guenther retrieves sediment traps in heavy seas
White Caps
Sampling in the open ocean presents many challenges
Neither Heavy Seas Nor Gloom of Night
Hugo Berthelot, Biogeochemical Oceanographer, onboard the R/V Falkor
Who is Doing What?
Antonio Mannino measures rates of biological processes
Complexity at the Controls
Colleen Durkin, Oceanographer, studies particle size and distribution
Particle Size Matters
The contents of a sediment gel trap
What Have We Caught?
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Zrinka Ljubesic uses a microscope to identify phytoplankton and zooplankton in seawater samples
Microscopic Examinations
Dr. Antonio Mannino installs a Coulometer in the on-board wet lab
Coulometry
Seaver Wang supplies water to a mass spectrometer
Onboard Labs
Varied light levels of the photosynthetron
A One-of-a-Kind Photosynthetron
Phytoplankton are incubated in a one-of-a-kind photosynthetron
Phytoplankton Incubation
Digital images of particles
Passing Particle Photographs
Aimee Neely uses a FlowCam to study particles suspended in seawater
FlowCams
High-resolution images of suspended particles
Imaging FlowCytobots
Stephanie Schollaert Uz monitors the speed and direction of water flowing under the ship
Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers
A plot of the Wirewalker’s track as it drifted freely for three days
Drifting and Sampling
Melissa Omand and the Wirewalker
Walking the Waves
Chief Officer Philipp Guenther assembles a Wirewalker
Wirewalkers
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A neutrally buoyant sediment trap (NBST) is deployed
Neutrally Buoyant Sediment Traps
An aluminum block below one trap holds an iPhone camera programmed for time-lapse image collection
Plankton Selfies
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Scientists prepare to deploy a sediment trap
Trap Deployment
Three sediment trap designs
Sediment Traps
Kirsten Carlson poses with a replica of a cyanometer
Cyanometers
Melissa Omand reacts to the first Virtual Reality experience created on board R/V Falkor
The Virtual Reality Show
Scientist Benjamin Knorlein integrates virtual reality with a digital holographic microscope
Plankton Up Close
A holographic picture of a diatom chain
A Holographic Diatom
Noah Walcutt examines a holographic camera installed on a rosette
Holographic Camera
A sampling rosette carrying a CTD is deployed
CTD Deployment
A sampling rosette
Sampling Discretely
A CTD
CTDs
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Dr. Antonio Mannino stands next to the HypeSAS radiometer
Dr. Antonio Mannino
The HyperPro radiometer
HyperPro Radiometer
Waves crash over the bow of the R/V Falkor
A Wild Ride
The HyperSAS radiometer, installed in the bow
HyperSAS Radiometer
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Radiometer
Radiometers
Average chlorophyll concentration during spring from 1998 to 2004
Chlorophyll Concentrations in Spring
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The R/V Falkor departs Honolulu
Bon Voyage!
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A carbon cycle diagram drawn by Artist at Sea Kirsten Carlson
Carbon Cycle Diagram
Poster of plankton
Plankton Poster
Chief Scientist Ivona Cetinic´
Chief Scientist Ivona Cetinic´
The R/V Falkor cruise track superimposed on a map of sea surface temperature
The Cruise Track
Carlie Wiener (SOI) examines a model of the <em>R/V Falkor</em> made out of legos
Falkor in Legos
Schematic illustrating the layout and configuration of the R/V Falkor
R/V Falkor Schematic
The R/V Falkor
The R/V Falkor
Logo for the Sea to Space Particle Investigation cruise
The Sea to Space Particle Investigation