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John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.

John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.
John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.
John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.
John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.
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Whelan, Sean Patrick
John Lund and Bob Weller deploy a float in Gulf Stream off R/V Oceanus.
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11/01/2005
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 3, Pg. 15:
Gulf Stream—
Exposed to wintry air, warm waters just south of the Gulf Stream surrender their heat to the atmosphere, become colder and denser, and then sink. They form a distinct water mass, discovered in 1959 by WHOI oceanographer Val Worthington and called (after their characteristic Celsius temperature) “Eighteen- Degree Water,” or EDW. Formed over successive winters, this water mass constitutes a long-term memory of the climate system. In November, WHOI oceanographers made the first expedition in a five-year, nine-institution project to understand the formation, storage, and evolution of EDW. The research team aboard R/V Oceanus, led by Dave Fratantoni and Bob Weller (in yellow jacket, with WHOI researcher John Lund) deployed five moorings, five surface drifters, and 17 floats to track EDW. The team will return to the area on R/V Atlantis in February.
Photo by Sean Patrick Whelan
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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