U.S. GO-SHIP

From Leticia Barbero and Carmen Rodreguez **(Co-Chief Scientists) Ahoy land-dwellers! Week 2 of our I09N cruise seems to have flown by as we have settled into our routine of 3-4 stations per day. The weather has been fantastic and we have been working under calm seas. We can definitely tell that we have entered tropical waters now. The temperatures at …

From Leticia Barbero and Carmen Rodreguez **(Co-Chief Scientists) Ahoy land-dwellers! The third occupation of the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigation Program (GO-SHIP) I09N line (“I” for Indian Ocean) is underway and has just completed its first week. During the next 5 weeks we will occupy over 100 stations, closelyfollowing the station planning of the last two I09N cruises. Most of …