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Daily Discussions

WHOI scientists in the lab of the R/V Neil Armstrong confer about the data collected in the previous 12-hour watch and plan for the next day. Because Armstrong is a new ship, “science verification” cruises are underway to test sampling, sensing, and data collection with the ship’s systems. The June 2016 cruise focused on plankton, fish, and physical processes at the edge of the continental slope off Massachusetts. From left, scientist emeritus Peter Wiebe, scientist Glen Gawarkiewicz, Joint Program student Jacob Forsyth, scientist Weifang Gordon Zhang, researcher Dan Torres, and cruise chief scientist Gareth Lawson. (Photo by Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)