Sr. Thesis cruise 2023

Completed

Thomas G. Thompson

University of Washington · USA

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Planned route: 18 segments · ~12 days steaming · 16 stations

Operating area: South Pacific

Route: Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States → Suva - Fiji

Feb 24 – Mar 11, 202315 days at seaactual: departed Feb 24, 2023, arrived Mar 11, 2023

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Thomas G. Thompson

University of Washington

Gradients +1 — N. Pacific subtropical gyre, equatorial divergence zone Sr. Thesis cruise 2023 — South Pacific Hikurangi CORKs -transit — East coast of North Island of New Zealand Hikurangi CORKs +1 — East coast of North Island of New Zealand

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Project aboard

In this 3-quarter long series of courses (OCEAN 443, 444 and 445), students are closely mentored by a faculty team to design, execute and communicate an original research project on a topic of their own choosing. This option usually included senior cruise on our research vessel, the R/V Thompson somewhere in the world's ocean. The Bachelor's of Science requires these courses. The Bachelor's of Arts does not.

People aboard

Mark Warner · Chief scientist
Robert Kamphaus · Principal investigator

Party size: 22

Estimated vacant berths: 13

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Dynamic Positioning (DP)
Underway Seawater System
pCO2
Meteorological Data
ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)

Pooled / portable

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code TN-413 Senior Cruise · MFP reference 22/1583 · synced Sep 24, 2026