Platform: JGOFS Sediment Trap
Project: U.S. JGOFS Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Process Study (AESOPS)
Type: mooring
Deployment: AESOPS_Array
Synonyms: AESOPS-M1,AESOPS-M2,AESOPS-M3,AESOPS-M4,AESOPS-M5,AESOPS-M6,AESOPS-M7a,AESOPS-M7b, sediment trap
Coordinated deployments: None
Start date: 11/28/1996
End date: 1/27/1998
Location: Ross Sea, Southern Ocean
Locations table:
List

Deployment report: None

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.

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