From March 15th to April 11th, 2017, a team of oceanographers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography were on the R/P FLIP to study and observe Langmuir circulations generated by the wind and waves at the surface of the ocean. Here are some photos to share with you our experience on the R/P FLIP during...
On 18th July, I had the opportunity to spend 10 days with other oceanographers on the Research Platform FLIP (https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ships/flip) for a test cruise to study the Langmuir circulation and the near-surface processes. Spending time on FLIP is like living in a large tree house in the middle of the ocean. Even though there were large...
