Dates: 30 July – 2 September 2025
Start-Finish: Ponta Delgada, Azores – St John’s, Newfoundland
Vessel: RV Meteor
Lead scientist: Christian Mertens, U.Bremen
Work area: Flemish Cap, Grand Banks (NW Atlantic)
Key objectives: High-resolution measurements of transports into and out of the Transition Zone (TZ) between the subtropical and the subpolar North Atlantic. Recovery of PIES (pressure-equipped inverted echo sounders) deployed in 2023.
EPOC partners involved: University of Bremen, Universität Hamburg, GEOMAR, Ifremer
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