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Dates: 23 September – 16 October 2023
Start-Finish: Nuuk (Greenland) — Ponta Delgada (Azores)
Vessel: RV Maria S. Merian
Lead scientist: Christian Mertens, U.Bremen
Work area: Flemish Cap, Grand Banks (NW Atlantic)
Key objectives: Deployment of PIES (pressure-equipped inverted echo sounders) and tall moorings with CTDs and current meters; Ship-based CTD-LADCP casts measuring ocean temperature, salinity, and velocity.
EPOC partners involved: University of Bremen, Universität Hamburg, Ifremer
EPOC is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.