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Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.

Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.
Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.
Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.
Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.
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Kowalski, Amanda
Arctic hooded seal on the ice with NATO research vessel Alliance in background.
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04/18/2006
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WHOI physical oceanographer Robert Pickart is currently leading an international team on board the NATO research vessel Alliance to get a close-up look at a poorly understood, but critical, part of the ocean: the North Atlantic in winter. Pickart and his team are looking at coupled atmosphere-ocean processes that occur between Iceland and Greenland, particularly periodic intrusions of cold air off the pack ice into a region where ocean currents release heat to the atmosphere as part of Earth's climate system. In addition to ship-based measurements, their work is being bolstered by data gathered during periodic overflights of their study area by an aircraft flown by a collaborating team of meteorologists.
Photo by Amanda Kowalski
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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