US GO-SHIP is part of the international GO-SHIP network of sustained hydrographic sections, supporting physical oceanography, the carbon cycle, and marine biogeochemistry and ecosystems. The US program is sponsored by US CLIVAR and OCB. Funded by the National Science Foundation and NOAA.
Read the first weekly cruise report from S04P, MOB and departure from Hobart.
Read MoreDeparted Hobart on March 9, 2018, headed for S04P
Chief scientist: Alison Macdonald, WHOI
Co-chief scientist: Ellen Briggs, SIO
About the cruise: 67 days at sea! We depart from Hobart Tasmania on March 9, 2018 on the R/V Nathaniel Brown Palmer and follow 67°S along the Ross sea ice shelf. At approximately 158 stations we will sample the water column for physical, chemical, and biological tracers. In the final week we will cross the Drake Passage and take port in Punta Arenas Chile on May 14, 2018. Follow our journey!
Read MoreRead the final message from the Chief Scientist.
Final week of P06 Leg 2
This morning we arrived Valparaiso, Chile ending Leg 2 of GO-SHIP P06.
A total of 250 CTD stations were occupied, 143 on Leg 1 and 107 on Leg 2, for a successful completion of the section.
Read MoreRead the cruise report from leg 2 of P6 week #5, along with continuously updated blog posts.
Read MoreRead the cruise report from leg 2 of P6 week #4, along with continuously updated blog posts.
Read MoreRead the cruise report from leg 2 of P6 week #3, along with continuously updated blog posts.
Read MoreRead the cruise report from leg 2 of P6 week #2, along with continuously updated blog posts.
Read MoreRead the first cruise report from leg 2 of P6, along with continuously updated blog posts.
Read MoreGreetings,
We are looking for students to participate in a hydrographic cruise (~43 days duration) in February-March 2018 in the western Indian Ocean on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown, as part of US GO-SHIP. The US GO-SHIP program collects data for global CO2 and climate variability programs.
The website is https://usgoship.ucsd.edu.
Deadline for applications (see below for details): September 22, 2017
Read MoreGreetings,
We are looking for students to participate in a hydrographic long-line cruise (67 days) in early 2018 in the South Pacific on the RVIB N.B. Palmer of the US Antarctic Program (USAP). The US GO-SHIP program collects data for global CO2 and climate variability programs.
The website is https://usgoship.ucsd.edu.
Deadline for applications (see below for details): September 22, 2017
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