Research Cruises Tasman Sea 2015

Mar 10, 2015

In January and March 2015 I went on two research cruises on R/V Roger Revelle to the Tasman Sea. I oversaw technical details, logistics, deployments and recoveries of the 15 TTIDE moorings, some of them full ocean depth down to 4000 m. The TTIDE project aimed at understanding the dissipation and reflection of internal tides impinging on a continental shelf. Working close to the Southern Ocean turned out to be quite challenging with strong winds and high seas for most of the time.

For more info see the project website

grappling hook

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lab

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storm

tasmania

team

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Photos © Thomas Moore

ttide research-cruise
Physical Oceanographer

My research focus are small-scale physical oceanic processes and their role for the global ocean circulation.