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R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.

R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.
R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.
R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.
R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.
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Torres, Dan
R/V Knorr at the end of the rainbow in the North Atlantic.
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11/22/2011
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Images are from Dan Torres taken on Robert Pickart cruise Knorr KN203-II.
This project investigates the sources of water feeding the Denmark Strait Overflow Water. It is a collaborative field program between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the Marine Research Institute of Reykjavik (MRI), the University of Bergen (UIB), and the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). Our approach is to deploy a year-long set of moorings from August 2011 to August 2012, and carry out a shipboard hydrographic/velocity survey of the region during the mooring deployment and recovery cruises. Moorings will be maintained upstream of the Denmark Strait sill in the major components of the circulation, as well as in the overflow water at the sill itself (see the attached figure showing the mooring locations). The main scientific objective of the program is to quantify the different water mass components, transports, and pathways feeding the overflow water, and to understand the dynamics of the warm-to-cold conversion of water that forms the overflow.
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In August 2011, R/V Knorr sailed to the North Atlantic to deploy a set of moorings across the Denmark Strait. The moorings will remain in place for one year as part of a study led by WHOI physical oceanographer Robert Pickart to measure water flowing through the strait deep beneath the surface. A recently discovered flow known as the North Icelandic Jet is believed to be an important part of circulation patterns in the North Atlantic that helps regulate regional cimate patterns in North America and Europe. The team will return in August 2012 to retrieve the moorings and conduct additional surveys across the strait.
Photo by Dan Torres
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