Sifting water in front of the Mauretanian Coast / Wasser sieben vor der Küste Mauretaniens

The week is starting onboard POSEIDON. Slowly the sun rises, immersing the sea for a brief moment in orange-red light. Eight o’clock. The work on the deck and in the laboratories is going on. The day begins with the measurement of the microstructure sonde, followed by the CTD. In addition to this station work, so-called […]

The drifter II and the microstructure / Der Drifter II und die Mikrostruktur

A focus of this trip is on the drifter, which tracks the course of an upwelled water patch of ​​deep water. After we deployed the drifter on January 27, we followed it for several days. We also surveyed the area around the drifter by doing east-west and north-south sections, always returning to the drifter. On […]

What`s a CTD? / Was ist eigentliche eine CTD?

Three times a day, water samples are taken on the R/V POSEIDON using the CTD rosette. CTD stands for conductivity, temperature, and depth, which is determined by measuring the pressure. CTD sampling provides a vertical profile of the water and brings water from different depths to the surface. The CTD rosette on board consists of […]

Reaching the research area – first test CTD

In the early morning of the 23th of January 2018 the R/V POEIDON left Las Palmas and sailed in the following two days to the coast of Mauritania. During the transit the scientists set up their labs, took initial test measurements and checked the functionality of all their equipment for the upcoming research. Using satellite […]

The expedition starts with the setup of the equipment

Las Palmas. Yesterday we started the setup for the upcoming expedition on board the POSEIDON. Almost all of the equipment arrived with the ship in a container, which had to be emptied upon arrival. With all equipment on deck, the setup in the different labs and on deck could start. Melf installed a mast on […]