Aug 29, 2012

Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918 stephen e cole@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-165

NASA, WHOI TO HOLD MEDIA BRIEFING ON OCEAN SALINITY EXPEDITION

WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded researchers are making final preparations at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Mass , for an ocean-going campaign designed to shed new light on the link between ocean salinity and shifts in global precipitation patterns

Reporters are invited to attend a media briefing on the expedition at 10 a m EDT, Wednesday, Sept 5, at WHOI Media also can participate via telephone

NASA's field campaign, named the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Region Study (SPURS), will take the research vessel Knorr to a high-salinity region in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal The six-week voyage will deploy numerous instruments, many of which will make autonomous measurements over the course of a year to create a three-dimensional picture of salinity beneath the ocean surface

The panelists on the briefing are:

-- Raymond Schmitt, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution -- Eric Lindstrom, physical oceanography program scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Dave Fratantoni, associate scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Reporters who attend the briefing will meet SPURS researchers, tour the Knorr and see the variety of instruments and vehicles that will be deployed at sea The instruments will collect data to complement observations from NASA's salinity-sensing instrument aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D (Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas) observatory launched in June 2011

To participate in the media briefing in person or via telephone, reporters must contact Steve Cole at stephen e cole@nasa gov or 202-358-0918; or Stephanie Murphy at samurphy@whoi edu or 508-289-2271

For information on SPURS, visit:

http://spurs jpl nasa gov/SPURS/

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