NOAA Ocean Explorer Podcast   /     NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: "Always Exploring" Expedition

Description

Watch a NOAA video podcast about the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's Continuous Plankton Tow from Guam to California and sampling work conducted through the 'Pacific Garbage Patch'. Learn why systematic exploration aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is an evolving operational model referred to as a 'sticks and boxes' approach. The variety of data being collected onboard the Okeanos during this cruise from Hawaii to California represents a step forward in the exploration that can be conducted with the at-sea time allotted to the ship. Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.

Summary

Watch a NOAA video podcast about the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's Continuous Plankton Tow from Guam to California and sampling work conducted through the 'Pacific Garbage Patch'. Learn why systematic exploration aboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is an evolving operational model referred to as a 'sticks and boxes' approach. The variety of data being collected onboard the Okeanos during this cruise from Hawaii to California represents a step forward in the exploration that can be conducted with the at-sea time allotted to the ship. Video courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program.

Subtitle
(October 19 - 29, 2010) Learn about the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's Continuous Plankton Tow from Guam to California and sampling work conducted through the 'Pacific Garbage Patch' in this video podcast about the mission.
Duration
6:38
Publishing date
2011-03-24 18:00
Contributors
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ocean Explorer
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Enclosures
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1006/background/media/movies/ex1006_podcast_h.264_qt480.m4v
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