Earth Science Project Office
ESPO supports joint NOAA/NASA/NSF science mission Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:22:35 -0800
Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment
ESPO is supporting the NOAA-led Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (GasEx), which will be conducted on the Research Vessel Ronald H. Brown in the South Atlantic Ocean in 2008. ESPO will be providing management and logistic support to the NASA-funded scientific investigators on the mission. The NASA portion of the GasEx mission is under the direction of Dr. Paula Bontempi, the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program Manager in NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
The mission is currently scheduled to depart Punta Arenas, Chile on February 28, 2008, and arrive in Montevideo, Uruguay on April 9, 2008. For more information, go to the GasEx mission Web site.
