Journals 2005/2006

James J. Dornicik
Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, New York

"Investigating Vertical Mixing at Eddy A4" R/V Oceanus July 14 - August 5, 2005

Journal Index: July 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20        21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27         28 - 29 - 30 - 31 August 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

July 24, 2005
Waiting in the middle of the Atlantic for Tropical storm Franklin to pass over our eddy and setting up sampling equipment

We kept our position 175 miles south of our eddy all day today. During part of the day we switched out some of the equipment we will be using. The sampling sled was put together and the gas chromatograph was set up to analyze the samples we will collect. We will probably return to the eddy on Tuesday and begin our samples to determine the vertical mixing that has occurred. The storm might be our some value since it will probably stir up the water and ensure greater mixing.