On Earth Day, April 22 2013, NANOOS partner University of
Washington will send its ship, the R/V Thomas G Thompson, to re-deploy two
NANOOS buoys off the Washington coast and host other scientific investigations.
The UW cruise will have a dual focus of research and
education. Onboard will be middle and high school classroom teachers,
volunteers from the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and Seattle
Aquarium and graduate students from the University of Washington’s School of
Oceanography to observe, participate in data collection and interact with
scientists. The educators and volunteers
will be communicating with their students and colleagues back on land
throughout the cruise. Once back on
shore they will bring their newly gained knowledge on current ocean science
research, monitoring ocean change, and real-time ocean data to their classrooms
and volunteer activities.
The primary research purpose
of the cruise is to deploy the NEMO (Northwest Enhanced Moored Observatory)
moorings off the Washington coast in water about 100 m deep. While at sea, the
team will also conduct science experiments to detect and track non-linear
internal waves (NLIWs) traveling across the continental shelf break. Surveys
with an echo sounder and the towed body SWIMS will be run from the shelf break
toward the mooring location as well as in the Juan de Fuca Canyon.
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