EXPORTS North Atlantic eddy tracking
EXPORTS North Atlantic eddy tracking
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2022-10
Authors
Erickson, Zachary K.
Fields, Erik
Omand, Melissa M.
Johnson, Leah
Thompson, Andrew F.
D'Asaro, Eric A.
Carvalho, Filipa
Dove, Lilian A.
Lee, Craig M.
Nicholson, David P.
Shilling, Geoff
Cetinić, Ivona
Siegel, David A.
Fields, Erik
Omand, Melissa M.
Johnson, Leah
Thompson, Andrew F.
D'Asaro, Eric A.
Carvalho, Filipa
Dove, Lilian A.
Lee, Craig M.
Nicholson, David P.
Shilling, Geoff
Cetinić, Ivona
Siegel, David A.
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10.1575/1912/29464
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NASA/TM–20220009705
Abstract
The EXPORTS North Atlantic field campaign (EXPORTS-NA) of May 2021 used a diverse array of ship-based and autonomous platforms to measure and quantify processes leading to carbon export in the open ocean. The success of this field program relied heavily on the ability to make measurements following a Lagrangian trajectory within a coherent, retentive eddy (Sections 1,
2). Identifying an eddy that would remain coherent and retentive over the course of a monthlong deployment was a significant challenge that the EXPORTS team faced. This report details the processes and procedures used by the primarily shore-based eddy tracking team to locate, track, and sample with autonomous assets such an eddy before and during EXPORTS-NA.