Deployment: AESOPS_Array

1996-11-28 - 1998-01-27 Ross Sea, Southern Ocean Platform:JGOFS Sediment Trap (mooring)

Description

AESOPS sediment trap and current meter moorings

Mooring M1 was set at 53.031°S 174.730°W
in 5441 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M2 was set at 56.895°S 170.165°W
in 4924 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M3 was set at 60.283°S 170.056°W
in 3958 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M4 was set at 63.149°S 169.897°W
in 2886 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M5 was set at 66.161°S 168.672°W
in 3016 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M6 was set at 73.543°S 176.886°E
in 566 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M7a was set at 76.491°S 177.872°W
in 567 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

Mooring M7b was set at 76.495°S 178.022°W
in 582 meters of water during cruise NBP 96-5
and recovered during cruise NBP 98-2.

View a graphic showing the location
of AESOPS mooring arrays
, courtesy of Suzanne
O'Hara of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory,
Columbia University.


DatasetLatest Version DateCurrent State
Drifting-buoys, measuring Sea Surface Temperature and Optics (remote site) from Southern Ocean, 1994-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2002-01-24Final no updates expected
Downwelling irradiance from US JGOFS Sediment Trap sub-surface moorings, Ross Sea, Southern Ocean, 1997-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)1999-09-22Final no updates expected
Deep sea sediment trap amino acid data from US JGOFS Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean, 1996-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2009-03-17Final no updates expected
Deep sea sediment trap pigment data from US JGOFS Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean, 1996-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2009-03-17Final no updates expected
AESOPS study region map for the JGOFS Sediment Trap Array in the Ross Sea, U.S. JGOFS Southern Ocean (AESOPS) project2002-12-16Final no updates expected
Deep sea sediment trap particle flux data from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer and R/V Roger Revelle cruises and Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean, 1996-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)1999-03-20Final no updates expected
Radionuclides from moored sediment trap samples from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises and JGOFS AESOPS Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2002-09-17Final no updates expected
Deep sea sediment trap POC and carbohydrate flux from RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer cruises and JGOFS AESOPS Sediment Traps in the Southern Ocean in 1997 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2002-10-01Data not available
Deep sea sediment trap lipid data from U.S. JGOFS Sediment Traps deployed in the Ross Sea, Southern Ocean, 1996-1998 (U.S. JGOFS AESOPS project)2009-03-17Final no updates expected

People

Chief Scientist: Susumu Honjo
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Co-Chief Scientist: Jack Dymond
Oregon State University


Synonyms

AESOPS-M1

AESOPS-M2

AESOPS-M3

AESOPS-M4

AESOPS-M5

AESOPS-M6

AESOPS-M7a

AESOPS-M7b

sediment trap