FS METEOR

Dr. Alshuth participated in a two-month oceanographic expedition METEOR 8 (1+2) to the Arctic Sea in 1988 - a journey into the endless night, aboard the research vessel METEOR of the  Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany) in collaboration with scientists from Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla CA . This Greenland Sea Project's (GSP) expedition – aimed at observing and modeling the atmospheric, ice, oceanic and biological processes relevant to understanding the role of the Nordic Seas in the Global Climate System was part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) – an interdisciplinary World's Climate Research Program investigating the ocean's role in global climate change. On this expedition, Dr. Alshuth studied Arctic ecology and reproduction studies of Arctic zooplankton as well as physiological experiments of Arctic copepods. Her oceanographic research included collection of oceanic plankton with Ring, Neuston sledge and Bongo nets. Chemical oceanography studies included water sampling with Rosette, Hydrocast and CTD water samplers, physical oceanography data collection with Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ACDP), ARGO floats, Shallow and Deep Ocean current meters and Drifter Buoys, analysis and evaluation of expedition samples, identification, distribution and abundance of Arctic copepods, statistical evaluation and preparation of reports, and publications including:

Note: Peer-reviewed publications are listed in associated marine research laboratories section.


Alshuth, S. 1993.  Journey into the everlasting night.  Arctic expedition of the RV METEOR. (German – Text and Photography). Köhlers Flottenkalender 1994, 86-99.


Alshuth, S. 1990.  Eastern Atlantic 90 - Expedition of the RV METEOR (German – Text and Photography). Schiffahrt international 41 (5), 187-188.


Alshuth, S. 1990.  Life in icy darkness.  Plankton of the Arctic Ocean (German – Text and Photography).  Mikrokosmos 79 (3), 74-79.


Alshuth, S. 1989.  Distribution and abundance of dominant Arctic copepods in early winter. ICES C.M. 1989/L:8, Biol. Ocean. Cttee., 11 pp.



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ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION

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ARCTIC OCEAN EXPEDITION

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