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News Release 13-175
NSF awards grants for deployment of new observing system in the North Atlantic Ocean
Scientists begin major project to study ocean circulation, key component of global climate change
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OSNAP will span the Irminger Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean; the sea is known for rough weather.
Credit: Dan Torres, WHOI
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OSNAP deployment location in the North Atlantic Ocean; red arrows show warm water, blue cold.
Credit: WHOI
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Ice is kept away from instruments during an NSF-funded expedition off southeast Greenland.
Credit: Fiammetta Straneo, WHOI
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Mooring flotation balls, similar to those for OSNAP, deployed during a research expedition.
Credit: Chris Linder, WHOI
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Overhead view of a conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) water-sampling rosette.
Credit: Dan Torres, WHOI
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Deployment of a CTD recorder and an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP), like those in OSNAP.
Credit: Fiammetta Straneo, WHOI
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