Berths available on AR02 in 2011 and 2012 - The 2011 and 2012 German AR02 cruises have berths available for groups doing nutrients and carbon. This section was occupied in 2007 (full section) and the western part was reoccupied in 2009. Funding exists for reoccupations in 2010-2013. For more information, contact Monika Rhein: mrhein@physik.uni-bremen.de. For participation in the 2011 cruise, please notify Monika no later than October 2010. For the 2012 cruise, notificaiton is needed by November 2011.
Updated Maps and Tables Available - New maps and tables are now available for cruises from 2010 and onward. The new map is color-coded to show cruises by country. The tables now include a list of measurements planned or proposed for future cruises.
GO-SHIP International Planning Meeting Report Available - GO-SHIP held an international planning meeting on 21 February in Portland Oregon. The all-day meeting was attended by more than 50 participants, and speakers from 12 countries presented cruise plans. Download the report (pdf | 2MB). National reports, synthesis projects and data assembly / management presentations are provided under Natoinal Program Information in the righthand column.
Open sea and Ice trials for new icebreaker Araon - The Korean Polar Research Institute (KORPI) will launch its new research icebreaker the Araon in January with open sea and ice trials between Christchurch and Cape Burks Antarctica. The Araon (“ara”=sea; “on”=all) has been designed to carry out multidisciplinary research in the Arctic and Antarctic regions and to provide logistics support for Antarctic research stations. International cooperation is sought for future research programs. For more information, download the Araon brochure (pdf 780 KB) and presentation (ppt 8MB), or contact the Mr. Sang Heon NAM, Head of Polar Operation Department, KOPRI at shnam@kopri.re.kr.
Ocean Climate Memory (MOC2) program (Spain) will carry out sections along 0° and 8°N in February and April 2010 on the R/V Hesperides. PI is Jose Luis Pelegri. See project description and cruise map (pdf 172KB | Download).
S04P section planned for 2011 (USA). Will extend from McMurdo to Punta Arenas along 67° S with southward extensions along P14, P15, P16, P18. See map (pdf 120 KB | Download).
FICARAM section from Ushuaia to Cartegena (Spain) following WOCE A17 from 10° S to 36° N along 28° W will be repeated in 2013.
JAMSTEC has planned the following cruises: Indian Ocean sections I02 + I10 from 8° S + 111° E in 2011-2012. PI is A. Murata. Indian Ocean and Western Pacific sections S04/S04I + S14S, 62° S (33.5° E-168° E) + 174° E in 2012-2013. PI is T. Kawano.
OVIDE / A25 North Atlantic Section Greenland 60°N to Portugal 40°N:
June-July 2010: led by LPO (Ifremer-INSU, France), PI is Herlé Mercier, collaborators A. Rios, F. Perez, P. Morin. Parameters will include T, S, O2, nutrients, freons, carbon.
June-July 2012: led by IIM Vigo (CSIC, Spain), PI is Aida Rios, collaborators H. Mercier, P. Lherminier. Parameters will include T, S, O2, carbon. Funding pending.
June-July 2014: led by the French Geotrace community. Collaborators H. Mercier, P. Lherminier, A. Rios, and F. Perez. Parameters will include T, S, O2, carbon, geotraces variables.
Upcoming UK cruises (all have full CTDO, inorganic nutrients, TIC, TAlk, CFCs):
5 January to 17 February 2010 Atlantic 24°N, RRS Discovery/PI Brian King
March 2010, the western part of S04A (eastern part of S04A was done in January 2009 on RRS James Cook but was terminated early due to a medical emergency.)
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GO-SHIP reference sections are coast-to-coast (or ice) repeat sections following WOCE station spacing with full-depth sampling of core variables. See the GO-SHIP strategy for details.
 GO-SHIP Sections Map (pdf)
GO-SHIP Sections Table (pdf)
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