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Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.

Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.
Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.
Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.
Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.
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Whelan, Sean Patrick
Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield (JP) deploying a VMP.
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10/02/2015
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Image Of the Day caption:
Brian Hogue and Sophia Merrifield assist WHOI Senior Scientist Louis St. Laurent in deploying a Vertical Microstructure Profiler (VMP) from the deck of the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer during the Dynamics on Mid-Ocean Ridge flank Experiment (DoMORE) expedition off the coast of Chile in the fall of 2015. The VMP measured turbulence on millimeter scales during its free-fall dives into deep canyons of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. St. Laurent and his collaborator Andreas Thurner of Columbia University are investigating how cold currents of the ocean conveyor loop interact with the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountains, potentially mixing deep waters to shallower depths.
Photo by Sean Patrick Whelan
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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