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