Comments on: Ocean Salinity Viewed from Sea and Space http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/?src=fromthefield-rss NASA scientists are in the field and write home to tell about it. Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:52:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Eric Lindstrom http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28989 Eric Lindstrom Sat, 08 Sep 2012 13:14:58 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28989 Edwin,
Thanks for your interest in SPURS. The cause of the high salinity area is primarily evaporation (dry air coming off the Sahara picks up moisture in this area of the Atlantic). There is no need to invoke undersea volcanos in this instance and no evidence that they are a factor. We are working over the mid-atlantic ridge and it has volcanism is some localized vents. Signatures of such features have been seen and are largely confined to the deep ocean. If we do discover a volcano out there, I’ll be email you right away!
Regards
Eric (on R/V Knorr @ http://www.knorr.whoi.edu/n_index.shtml )

]]> By: Eric Lindstrom http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28984 Eric Lindstrom Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:36:54 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28984 We are now enroute to the SPURS study area and the mooring will be deployed in about one week. From that point we begin to obtain many salinity profiles with a host of different instruments we plan to deploy over the ensuing weeks. Hope you have solved any issues with downloading educational materials.
Regards
Eric Lindstrom

]]> By: Eric Lindstrom http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28983 Eric Lindstrom Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:30:07 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28983 Dear Naomi,
it was great to meet you in Woods Hole and thanks for seeing us off at the wharf on Thursday morning. I am looking forward to interaction with your class. Its probably easiest to respond to questions via this blog. Also, if you have ideas for content (writing and photos) that would interest you, I can try to work your ideas into daily postings.
Kindest regards,
Eric

]]> By: Eric Lindstrom http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28982 Eric Lindstrom Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:22:01 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28982 Thanks for your interest! We are now at sea headed toward our primary study location (25N, 38W). Dodging Hurricane Leslie to get there!

SPURS results will be more widely applicable to the high salinity regions which exist in other subtropical oceans (S.Atlantic, N&S Pacific, and Indian Oceans). In the future we would also like to examine in detail a low-salinity, high precipitation region (the other extreme) to bracket the range of conditions occurring over the ocean. Better accounting of salinity processes in global models will improve understanding the water cycle on the planet (for which the ocean is the central player).

]]> By: PJ Friello http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28981 PJ Friello Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:38:47 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28981 This is a great opportunity to teach numerous facets of Earth-Space Science in my class. Are the salinity profiles to depth at the mooring site available? I am also having difficulty downloading the student and teacher resources, but hoping this will be soon resolved.
thank you

]]> By: Naomi Harper http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28980 Naomi Harper Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:10:53 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28980 The press conference today at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and subsequent tour of the Knorr made the purpose of the upcoming expedition clear and understandable. The students at Will Rogers Middle School in Fair Oaks, California will be following your blog with anticipation and excitement. Your blog will bring the ocean right into our classroom.

]]> By: edwin http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28977 edwin Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:48:32 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28977 im starting to believe that
that might been the caused of the tsunami in japan

]]> By: edwin http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28976 edwin Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:39:42 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28976 water vapor
ocean surface salinity
leads to drier dry places and wetter wet places
“ocean deserts,”
they are the subject of specialized measurements and have a big impact on our interpretation of salinity variations.
if you mix all of this
what do you get ???
something is boiling that water in that place where salinity and vapor is taking effect
but since its making a global impact dont you think its coming from under water
i think i believe it might be a volcano (that still hasnt been discovered
i mean thats what it looks like to me
just an opinion

]]> By: A http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28974 A Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:26:37 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28974 Interestin to determine how far below salinity stage is fresh water found to be transfered to the surface to be used on land.

]]> By: S.Markanday http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2012/08/15/ocean-salinity-viewed-from-sea-and-space/comment-page-1/#comment-28969 S.Markanday Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:08:08 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/?p=4343#comment-28969 Wow !! that is an interesting project – interesting enough for some one practicing applied Oceanography for almost three( 3) decades to return to Physical Oceanography.
Is there any plan to extend this study to other Oceans ??
If so What is the scope ??
Please inform where progress on this will be reported .
Thanks .

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