A Month at Sea: Scientists Prepare to Set Sail for NASA’s S-MODE Mission
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- Written by:
- Kathleen Gaeta
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- Produced by:
- Kathleen Gaeta
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In early October, the research vessel Bold Horizon set sail from Newport, Oregon, and joined a small fleet of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean’s shapeshifting physics. NASA’s Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) looks at whirlpools, currents, and other dynamics at the air-sea boundary. The goal is to understand how these dynamics drive the give-and-take of nutrients and energy between the ocean and atmosphere and, ultimately, help shape Earth’s climate.
Music credit: “Blue Switch” “The Journey Begins” “Sunbeams” from Universal Production Music
Drone Footage Credit: Leon Delwiche of NewFields
Credits
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Writer
- Kathleen Gaeta (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
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Producer
- Kathleen Gaeta (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.) [Lead]
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Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)