Deployment: ASCOS2008

Deployment: 
ASCOS2008
Chief Scientist: 
Dr Caroline Leck (Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University, MISU)
Dr Michael Tjernstrom (Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University, MISU)
Synonyms: 
Platform:
 R/V Oden
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2008-08-01
End Date: 
2008-09-08
Location: 
High Arctic Ocean (87degs N, 1-6degs E)
Deployment Report URL: 
http://articascos.blogspot.com/
Description
The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study is a scientific ice-breaker borne mission to the high Arctic Ocean.
The focus is on the physical and chemical processes leading to cloud formation, and scientists ranging from chemists and biologists to oceanographers and meteorologists will contribute.