By Eric Lindstrom As I mentioned in my previous post, our cruise will depart from Woods Hole, MA on September 6. Roughly, it will take eight days for our ship, R/V Knorr, to transit from Woods Hole to the SPURS central mooring site at 25N, 38W, the saltiest spot in the subtropical North Atlantic. Then […]
By Eric Lindstrom On September 6, a bunch of NASA-funded scientists, and me among them, will depart on an expedition across the North Atlantic Ocean to study salt concentration levels of seawater. But why do we want to spend six weeks at sea measuring ocean saltiness? Hopefully, over the coming months you will come to […]
Greenbelt, MD 84°F High 74° F low Sunny The transition from a remote-area scientific expedition to everyday life comes fast and hard. Even though the flight from Tura to Baltimore consumes over 24 hours, those are the last slow moments that the scientist will experience. The moment the aircraft touches down, the race begins. It […]
Kochechum River 64°42’31’’M 100° 54’ 14’’ E 10:19 p.m. Siberia 10:19 a.m. EDT 79°F High 48°F Low Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We have finally just landed on a camping spot, after a long day on the Kochechum. We spent about hours on the river today. Last night’s camp was about 100 miles upriver – a […]
Embenchime River 65°16’35’’N 101°9’21’’E 11:00 p.m. Siberia 11:00 a.m. EDT 78° F High 49°F Low Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We hopped out of our tents early this morning, broke camp, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed into the forest to make our measurements. We were in the woods by 8:30 this morning, and didn’t return […]
Embenchime River 66.34 N 100.63 E 11:30 p.m. Siberia, 11:30 a.m. EDT 78°F High 52°F Low Partially cloudy Dr. Ranson reports: I am tired tonight. Actually, I think everyone is tired, because it was a very long and intense day. The day started early. Really early. As in, today’s work started late last night. As […]
Sab Kim Jet Propulsion Laboratory Updates on the vegetation conditions are provided here, monitored by the crop structure team. There were localized thunderstorms on July 15th, which gave 8 mm rainfall according to the local weather data. I happened to be in the field(!) and believe the campaign fields received much more. Some fields outside […]
Embenchime River 66.57 N 99.28 E 79°F High 45°F Low 10:15 p.m. Siberia 10:15 a.m. EDT Dr. Ranson reports: Tonight, I’m calling in from my tent. I’m not going to bed – I’ve turned it into an office, because it makes it easier to work on the computer and the data terminal if I’m shaded […]
Embenchime River 9:35 p.m. Siberia 9:35 a.m. EST 74°F High 46°F Low Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: Today we chugged down the river. We’re heading towards the junction of the Embenchime and the Kochechum Rivers. Just before we get there, we have a series of plots we really want to measure. That confluence is still a […]
Embenchime River 9:30 p.m. Siberia, 9:30 a.m. EDT 65°F High 54°F low Rain Dr. Ranson reports: We’re at the end of another long journey on the Embenchime. We’ve covered 38 kilometers in a straight line – with the twists and turns, of the river, multiply that by about 1 ½ – so it’s more like […]
