NASA NAAMES

The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) is a five year investigation to resolve key processes controlling ocean system function, their influences on atmospheric aerosols and clouds and their implications for climate. Observations obtained during four, targeted ship and aircraft measurement campaigns, combined with the continuous satellite and in situ ocean sensor records, will enable improved predictive capabilities of Earth system processes and will inform ocean management and assessment of ecosystem change.

Our group seeks to track and assess the temporal and spatial dynamics of DOM, its compositional variability, as well as the mechanisms that control its accumulation, persistence and export in the North Atlantic (NA). We will be able to achieve this through our participation in four planned cruises (2015-2018) along a repeated meridional transect (35°N to 57°N; 45°W) in the NA.

Affiliated Researchers

Craig Carlson

Professor
Studies the interaction between microbes and the biogeochemical processing of marine organic matter.
BIOS-SCOPE
Coastal Oceanography
Microbial Ecology and Coral Reefs
NASA EXPORTS
NASA NAAMES
US GO-SHIP
Project ACIDD

Nicholas Baetge

Graduate Student Researcher
Microbial oceanography, focused on linking marine bacterioplankton to the cycling the elements through their consumption of dissolved organic matter.

Elisa Halewood

Specialist/Laboratory Manager
Responsible for curating DOM and microbial datasets, overseeing day-to-day operations in the lab, and facilitating fieldwork on the variety of projects ongoing in our lab group.
NASA EXPORTS
BIOS-SCOPE
NASA NAAMES
US GO-SHIP
Coastal Oceanography
Microbial Ecology and Coral Reefs
  • R/V Atlantis at port in Woods Hole
  • Massive wave off starboard during station transit
  • Collecting water at the rosette
  • view into the main lab on R/V Atlantis