* Scientific NEWS *
THOR Cruise planned at MRI Island in the second half of August 2010
More coming soon.
Contact person: Hedinn Valdimarsson at hv(at)hafro.is
RV Pelagia (Sept. 22 - Oct. 15, 2009)
The research cruise 64PE312 of RV Pelagia was carreid out by THOR partner NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) surveying the AR7E section from Greenland to Ireland, including servicing a mooring in the central Irminger Sea. The Cruise Report is now available to download
FRV Scotia (October 1st - 20th, 2009)
The FRV Scotia is a research vessel of Marine Scotland, formerly the Scottish Fisheries Research Services. Some of the work to be undertaken during the trip feeds into THOR WP 3 "Observation of the North Atlantic THC" and will be jointly carried out by THOR's subcontractor Marine Scotland, partners SAMS UK and KNMI Netherlands.
Click here to view the trip blog ...
Cruise Report on RV MARIA S. MERIAN
2009-07-13
In the present state of our climate the northern North Atlantic is one of the major sources for the deep waters of the World Oceans and thus influences or even determines the global deep ocean circulation. Dense water from the Nordic Seas and the Labrador Sea move southward at depth and is replenished near the surface by a northward flow of
warm water. During RV MARIA S MERIAN cruise MSM12-1 we studied the three major sources of North Atlantic Deep Water: the overflow through Denmark Strait, the
entrainment of ambient waters into the overflow plume and the production and export of deep water from the Labrador Sea... read more
Posters on research results can be viewed here
THOR on Tour
MARIA S. MERIAN | 2009.05.13 - 2009.06.15 
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Leg MSM12/1 | During the cruise (Ponta Delgada-Reykjavik) the research team led by Professor Detleft Quadfasel from the Institute of Oceanography of University of Hamburg plans to study three major sources of North Atlantic Deep Water: the production and export of deep water from the Labrador Sea, the Overflow through Denmark Strait and the environment of ambient waters into the overflow plume. The work focuses on the recovery and redeployment of long-term current meter moornings, but synoptic hydrographic work is done as well. The major part of this research tour is funded by the North Atlantic project of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Germany and the EU project THOR.
The weekly briefing (German version only) on MSM 12/1 Pt. Delgada - Reykjavik is now available to download:
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05-11 | 05-18 | 05-25 | 06-02 | 06-09 | 06-15 |
Click here to read more about Maria S. Merian Cruise. The scientific programme of Leg MSM 12 can be viewed in page 13-16.
"THOR" oder das Überleben des Golfstroms 
Hamburg/Programm zur Europawahl 05.2009
Herausgeber: Europa-Union Hamburg Landesverband Hamburg e.v.