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Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.

Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.
Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.
Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.
Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.
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Decoteau, Kenneth
Alec Bogdanoff catching some sleep during a work break.
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09/18/2012
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Just because it's known as a research "cruise" doesn't mean life is easy for the scientists, engineers and students on board. During a recent, month-long expedition on R/V Knorr, MIT/WHOI Joint Program graduate student Alec Bogdanoff made the difficult transition from normal sleep rhythms to life on the midnight-to-noon shift while continuing to keep up with work and life on shore. Bogdanoff and his colleagues were part of SPURS, a study of the North Atlantic salinity maximum, where the sea surface is among the saltiest in the world. Understanding changes in sea surface salinity helps shed light on changes in the global water cycle.
On or about 6 September 2012, you will depart Woods Hole, MA on Voyage KN209-01. Upon completion of science activities, the vessel shall transit to the port of Ponta Delgada, Azores on or before 9 October 2012.
The science objectives of this cruise are as follows:
Deploy three surface moorings in the North Atlantic salinity maximum at 25N, 38 W. Deploy floats, gliders and other AUV's. Perform microstructure and mixing measurements with free profilers. Perform CTD casts and log underway thermosalinograph data in the region of the surface salinity maximum.
The scientific personnel participating on this cruise are under the direction of Dr. Raymond Schmitt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Photo by Ken Decoteau
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/spurs/
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