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Hot off the press (3/20/2008)

Johns, W.E., L.M. Beal, M.O. Baringer, J.R. Molina, S.A. Cunningham, T. Kanzow, and D. Rayner, 2008: Variability of Shallow and Deep Western Boundary Currents off the Bahamas during 2004–05: Results from the 26°N RAPID–MOC Array. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38, 605–623.

 

Successful cruise onboard the RV Seward Johnson, April 2008

The RAPID-MOCHA team recently had a successful cruise onboard the RV Seward Johnson (HBOI). Click here to view a video (.wmv file) produced by Bill Johns of some of our activities last April 2008. The next US mooring cruise will be in the Fall of 2009. The next hydrographic cruise will be this coming Fall.

 

Our most recent proposal has been approved by the NSF (2007)

Our proposal entitled "An Observing System for the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Ocean Heat Transport in the Subtropical North Atlantic: Extension of the RAPID-MOCHA Program" has been recently approved by the NSF. The goal of the proposal is to maintain the existing MOC observing system along 26.5°N in the Atlantic for a decade (2004-2014), so as to provide the definitive data set necessary to document the spectrum of the observed MOC variability, and to assess the realism of MOC variability in ocean reanalysis models. The anticipated legacy of this program will be in laying the groundwork for long-term observation of the MOC, so that its relationship to observed climate fluctuations can be understood, and our ability to assess climate model predictions can be further improved.