Partnering with NASA
Mission Overview
At the same time an OTZ team was out in the Atlantic on the Henry B. Bigelow, a group from WHOI was in the Pacific split between two ships operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography: R/V Roger Revelle and R/V Sally Ride. The expedition had been long in the works as part of the $40 million NASA- and NSF-funded EXPORTS (EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing) program. The partnership with EXPORTS strengthens the OTZ project’s ability to study how the twilight zone influences Earth’s climate.
Quick Facts
| Dates | August- September 2018 |
| Location | Northeastern Pacific Ocean |
| Ship | R/V Sally Ride R/V Roger Revelle |
| Chief Scientist | Ken Buessleler, Ph.D. |
| Science Questions | Understand the fate of the small organisms that play a critical role in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and in the ocean’s carbon cycle |
| Technology | Sediment Traps Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) Check out other technology our partners are using on the EXPORTS website |
| Partners | NASA NSF EXPORTS program |