from METEOR184 Blog

Surface to the Ocean Floor Survey with the CTD-Rosette

By Anne-Sophie Fortin As we move along the 53oN Array, we are performing “CTD casts” which consist of lowering a CTD-Rosette to the ocean floor and pulling it back up on deck. A CTD is an instrument that precisely measures the Conductivity and Temperature at every Depth. We can then compute the salinity from the […]

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How we “See” the Sea (English/中文/Deutsch)

CTD is pulled out of the water. Photo: Thomas Ronge, editing: Steffen Niemann

Have you ever boarded a research vessel? Have you ever been far away from land and explored the Pacific Ocean? Have you ever experienced a wonderful side of nature that you never get to see? Well, here we are. We’ve boarded RV SONNE and started sailing north, leaving the land behind us, and begun our […]