Results & Evaluation

Everyone agreed the cruise was a success! All three goals were met: Lydie and Peter got samples from both "completely fresh" and "completely salty" water, we appeared to cross the ETM, and Suzanna and Kira collected samples from the cast (no. 8 at 1:33 PM) with the maximum turbidity. The graph below shows turbidity and salinity over time at station 3, at constant depths. We believe that the right group of peaks, showing a maximum turbidity during stratified and increasing salinity, represents the ETM.

The following graphs show in color the turbidity and salinity at all depths over time at station 3. Once again, the ETM is apparent in the lower right corner. The anomalous turbidity peak from the first graph may seem disproportionally prominent because it is so wide here, but this is only because there were no more casts for the next 30 minutes; it represents only one cast.