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Bow of the R/V Oceanus

Bow of the R/V Oceanus
Bow of the R/V Oceanus
Bow of the R/V Oceanus
Bow of the R/V Oceanus
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Linder, Christopher L.
Bow of the R/V Oceanus
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04/08/2005
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January-February 2005
R/V Oceanus 407
Cape Hatteras - Winter Cruise - Finch II
Chief Scientist: Glen Gawarkiewicz
High resolution hydrographic surveys of continental shelf and slope north of Cape Hatteras and deployment of shallow water mooring array.
Image of the Day caption:
In January 2005, an expedition led by WHOI physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz set out on R/V Oceanus for the tumultuous waters off the coast off Cape Hatteras, North Carolinaaptly nicknamed the graveyard of the Atlantic. There, the warm, salty Gulf Stream converges with a strong, southward-flowing current at the edge of the continental shelf that carries colder, fresher water from the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans. The two water masses have different densities, so they don't blend seamlessly into each other, but rather collide. Like low- and high-pressure air masses in the atmosphere, these two form fronts, or boundaries, which continually interact with each other.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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