US GO-SHIP is part of the international GO-SHIP network of sustained hydrographic sections, supporting physical oceanography, the carbon cycle, and marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems. The US program is sponsored by US CLIVAR and OCB. Funded by the National Science Foundation and NOAA.
Read the cruise report from I07N for week 3. Does the crew receive clearance to enter the Seychelles Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), and are they able to recover the mooring which lost communication 5 years ago? Find out!
Read MoreRead the cruise report from I07N for week 2. After some suspense, the cruise continues on its path and the preliminary data and are coming in.
Read MoreRead the eight weekly cruise report from S04P. Yes, they are still at sea and going strong!
Read MoreRead the first weekly cruise report from I07N. The cruise is off to a great start!
Read MoreRead the seventh weekly cruise report from S04P. With almost 100 stations completed, the science party finds unexpected results in the data.
Read MoreDeparted Durban (South Africa) on April 23, 2018, headed for I07N
Chief scientist: Denis Volkov, NOAA-AOML/CIMAS
Co-chief scientist: Viviane Menezes, WHOI
About the cruise: NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown sets off on the third and fourth legs of its 2018 circumglobal navigation. From Durban, South Africa to Goa, India, the GO-SHIP IO7N cruise is part of a world-wide initiative to measure and investigate the ocean basins from coast to coast and from surface to bottom in order to help measure ocean interior changes overtime.
Read MoreRead the sixth weekly cruise report from S04P. The weather has not been kind, but science continues and spirits remain high.
Read MoreRead the fifth weekly cruise report from S04P, now week 5 of the cruise including the first week of MOB. Follow along as the cruise continues on its path without hitting any icebergs, and check out some of the preliminary data.
Read MoreRead the fourth weekly cruise report from S04P, with some spectacular photos you do not want to miss.
Read MoreRead the third weekly cruise report from S04P.
(Download Cruise Report Week #2 as a Word document)
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