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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
[Jan-2017]
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A satellite image shows the cruise track against a background of ocean color data
[Feb-2017] A satellite image shows the cruise track against a background of ocean color data. Colors indicate the am ... MORE »
Noah Walcutt inspects mangled sediment traps
[Feb-2017] Noah Walcutt (URI) inspects mangled sediment traps recovered from the first sampling site. Shark damage w ... MORE »
A rosette is recovered at night
[Oct-2016] A rosette is recovered at night.
Philipp Guenther retrieves sediment traps in heavy seas
[Feb-2017] Philipp Guenther retrieves sediment traps in heavy seas.
Sampling in the open ocean presents many challenges
[Oct-2016] Working on the ocean presents many challenges, including the threat of rough seas, inclement weather, nos ... MORE »
Hugo Berthelot, Biogeochemical Oceanographer, onboard the R/V Falkor
[Feb-2017] Nitrogen is a key nutrient at the very base of the food chain, and its availability directly impacts the ... MORE »
Antonio Mannino measures rates of biological processes
[Jan-2017] Dr. Mannino measures biological process rates.
Colleen Durkin, Oceanographer, studies particle size and distribution
[Feb-2017] Oceanographyer Colleen Durking studies particle size and distribution.
The contents of a sediment gel trap
[Feb-2017]
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Zrinka Ljubesic uses a microscope to identify phytoplankton and zooplankton in seawater samples
[Jan-2017] Zrinka Ljubesic (University of Zagreb) uses a microscope to identify phytoplankton and zooplankton in sea ... MORE »
Dr. Antonio Mannino installs a Coulometer in the on-board wet lab
[Feb-2017] Dr. Antonio Mannino installs a Coulometer in the on-board wet lab to measure particle productivity in wat ... MORE »
Seaver Wang supplies water to a mass spectrometer
[Jun-2020] The R/V Falkor contains wet and dry laboratory space, a control room for sonar and ROV operations, and of ... MORE »
Varied light levels of the photosynthetron
[Feb-2017] Designed to simulate naturally available light at different times and depth, the electro-squid 4000 exper ... MORE »
Phytoplankton are incubated in a one-of-a-kind photosynthetron
[Feb-2017] Phytoplankton are incubated in a one-of-a-kind photosynthetron, an incubation chamber used to study and m ... MORE »
Digital images of particles
[Feb-2017] Water is fed through the FlowCam at a specific magnification wherein a camera is triggered to take a digi ... MORE »
Aimee Neely uses a FlowCam to study particles suspended in seawater
[Feb-2017] Biological Oceanographer Aimee Neely uses a FlowCam to study particles suspended in seawater. The FlowCam ... MORE »
High-resolution images of suspended particles
[Feb-2017] High-resolution images of suspended particles are captured with an Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB). The IFCB - ... MORE »
Stephanie Schollaert Uz monitors the speed and direction of water flowing under the ship
[Feb-2017] Stephanie Schollaert Uz monitors the speed and direction of water flowing under the ship with an Acoustic ... MORE »
A plot of the Wirewalker’s track as it drifted freely for three days
[Feb-2017] A plot of the Wirewalker’s track as it drifted freely for three days.
Melissa Omand and the Wirewalker
[Feb-2017] The Wirewalker is a vertical profiling instrument package propelled by ocean waves. When attached to a ca ... MORE »
Chief Officer Philipp Guenther assembles a Wirewalker
[Jan-2017]
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A neutrally buoyant sediment trap (NBST) is deployed
[Jan-2017] A neutrally buoyant sediment trap (NBST) is deployed off the R/V Falkor.
An aluminum block below one trap holds an iPhone camera programmed for time-lapse image collection
[Jan-2017]
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Scientists prepare to deploy a sediment trap
[Jan-2017] Melissa Omand, Colleen Durkin, Phillipp Guenther and Ben Knorlein prepare a sediment trap for deployment.
Three sediment trap designs
[Jun-2020] Sediment traps collect particles falling toward the sea floor. These particles - marine snow - are made u ... MORE »
Kirsten Carlson poses with a replica of a cyanometer
[Feb-2017] Artist at Sea Kirsten Carlson poses with a replica of a cyanometer, a tool used to measure ’bluenes ... MORE »
Melissa Omand reacts to the first Virtual Reality experience created on board R/V Falkor
[Feb-2017] Melissa Omand reacts to the first virtual reality experience created on board R/V Falkor: holographic ima ... MORE »
Scientist Benjamin Knorlein integrates virtual reality with a digital holographic microscope
[Feb-2017] Computer Scientist Benjamin Knorlein (Brown University) integrates virtual reality with a digital hologra ... MORE »
A holographic picture of a diatom chain
[Feb-2017] A holographic picture of a diatom chain.
Noah Walcutt examines a holographic camera installed on a rosette
[Feb-2017] Noah Walcutt examines a holographic camera installed on a rosette. The camera can capture 40,000 images i ... MORE »
A sampling rosette carrying a CTD is deployed
[Oct-2016] A sampling rosette carrying a CTD is deployed off the R/V Falkor at night.
A sampling rosette
[Jun-2020] A CTD may be incorporated into an array of Niskin bottles (referred to as a rosette). The bottles close a ... MORE »
A CTD
[Jun-2020]
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Dr. Antonio Mannino stands next to the HypeSAS radiometer
[Feb-2017] Research Oceanographer Dr. Antonio Mannino stands next to the HyperSAS radiometer.
The HyperPro radiometer
[May-2018] The HyperPro radiometer is an in-situ, free-fall profiling unit designed to measure the apparent optical ... MORE »
Waves crash over the bow of the R/V Falkor
[May-2018] A view of the HyperSAS radiometer in the bow during rough seas. The lenses of the radiometer must be clea ... MORE »
The HyperSAS radiometer, installed in the bow
[Feb-2017]
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Radiometer
[Feb-2017] Radiometers observe and capture the color of sea and sky by measuring different wavelengths of light. The ... MORE »
Average chlorophyll concentration during spring from 1998 to 2004
[Oct-2016]
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The R/V Falkor departs Honolulu
[Jan-2017]
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A carbon cycle diagram drawn by Artist at Sea Kirsten Carlson
[Feb-2017] The carbon cycle consists of processes that exchange carbon within and between the ocean, atmosphere, Ear ... MORE »
Poster of plankton
[Jun-2020] Phytoplankton are critical to our existence. They produce much of the world’s oxygen and remove carbon di ... MORE »
Chief Scientist Ivona Cetinic´
[Jan-2017] The focus of Chief Scientist Dr. Ivona Cetinic´ (USRA/NASA) and her multidisciplinary team of oceanograph ... MORE »
The R/V Falkor cruise track superimposed on a map of sea surface temperature
[Jan-2017] The R/V Falkor cruise track superimposed on a map of sea surface temperature. The cruise will take 28 day ... MORE »
Carlie Wiener (SOI) examines a model of the <em>R/V Falkor</em> made out of legos
[Jan-2017] Carlie Wiener (SOI) examines a model of the R/V Falkor made out of legos.
Schematic illustrating the layout and configuration of the R/V Falkor
[Oct-2016] R/V Falkor was originally built as the Seefalke in 1981 in Lübeck, Germany as a fishery protection vessel ... MORE »
The R/V Falkor
[Oct-2016] Scientists from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) will collect data in collaboration with the Schmi ... MORE »
Logo for the Sea to Space Particle Investigation cruise
[Jan-2017] The Sea to Space Particle Investigation aims to improve the accuracy of particle size distribution produc ... MORE »