Deployment: B4-2008

Deployment: 
B4-2008
Chief Scientist: 
Craig M. Lee (University of Washington, UW APL)
Co-Chief Scientist: 
Mary Jane Perry (University of Maine, U Maine DMC)
Scientist: 
Dr Kristinn Gudmunsson (Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland, MRI)
Dr Heddin Valdimarsson (Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland, MRI)
Student: 
Eric Rehm (University of Washington, UW APL)
Contact: 
Ivona Cetinic (University of Maine, U Maine DMC)
Technician: 
Mr Adam Huxtable (University of Washington, UW APL)
Mr Michael Ohmart (University of Washington, UW APL)
Maura Thomas (University of Maine)
Synonyms: 
B2008_04
Coordinated Deployments: 
B9-2008
B10-2008
KN193-03
Biofloat_48
SG140
SG141
SG142
SG143
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2008-04-01
End Date: 
2008-04-06
Location: 
subpolar North Atlantic, Iceland Basin, 58.8° to 59.2° N 20° to 20.9° W
Description

Deployment cruise:

R/S Bjarni Saemundsson departed 1 April 2008 10:00 from Reykjavik to deploy 2 floats (Biofloat 47 and 48 and 4 Seagliders (SG 140, 141, 142, 143); these were all successfully deployed on 4 April 2008. Biofloat 47 failed within a few weeks of deployment; therefore its data are not reported.

CTD profiles (n=9) and water samples were collected before and after the autonomous platform deployment. R/S Bjarni Saemundsson returned to Reykjavik on 6 April 2008.