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We set sail on R/V Armstrong on January 3, 2023 from Woods Hole heading to Pensacola, FL on a cruise designed to build partnerships and opportunities between STEMSEAS and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Our group includes 12 people and 10 institutions represented, including 6 HBCUs. Before getting underway we explored the dynamics of ocean currents in a rotating table top wave tank with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Assistant Scientist Alex Gonzalez (see this resource and other affordable materials for geoscience teaching here, https://diynamics.github.io/) demonstrations. In the evening, Chief Scientist Magdalena Andres introduced the group to the nature of eddies in the Gulf Stream and other physical properties of the North Atlantic Ocean. We look forward to learning more about these loop currents as we steam towards Cape Hatteras where we will collect CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth) data, among other things.
Lisa White
