Deployment: JC214

Deployment: 
JC214
Chief Scientist: 
Deborah K. Steinberg (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VIMS)
Synonyms: 
EXPORTS
Platform:
 RRS James Cook
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2021-05-01
End Date: 
2021-06-01
Location: 
Porcupine Abyssal Plain North Atlantic, approximately 49˚N, 16.5˚W
Description

Objective:
The aim of the EXPORTS 2021 North Atlantic deployment is to sample the demise of the annual spring bloom. Hence our requested May 1 start of sampling somewhere near the PAP site (49N 16.5W). The exact location will be dependent upon the oceanographic features observed from remote sensing and autonomous vehicles beforehand. We will attempt to measure all aspects of the biological carbon pump – vertical fluxes, food web processes, physics, geochemistry, etc. Hence, there are officially 54 PIs collaborating on EXPORTS, although many will not sail.

(from https://www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/inventories/cruise_inventory/report/17792/)