Thank you to the OOIFB and Pioneer Array data team for a terrific workshop this week in Norfolk, VA. The workshop provided an overview of the data, science and outreach opportunities offered by the array, relocated to our backyard earlier this year (see this link for details from OOI). I see PA as the closest thing to a particle accelerator or large telescope facility that our oceanographic research community has access to.
It will be exciting to integrate and compare our upcoming TEAL-SHIPS results with PA collections and continue to make regional connections. Some preliminary analysis courtesy of the Global Drifter Program surface floats suggests a ~10 day time scale for surface material from near the TEAL-SHIPS transect (see the magenta line in the above plot) to arrive at the array.
Seasick Suanda 