Drs. Jason Graff, Nicholas Baetge, Toby Westberry (OSU Botany & Plant Pathology, The Phytoplankton Ecophysiology Lab) and Tara Conrad (MSc with Drs. Kimberly Halsey and Michael Behrenfeld) are currently in the field to collect surface ocean validation measurements in support of the hyperspectral ocean color instrument that was launched last year as part of the NASA PACE satellite. They are working aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship John P. Tully in collaboration with scientists from the Line P and La Perouse long-term sampling programs. Together, the programs will last approximately one month and cover both coastal-shelf and open ocean ecosystems. Conrad, Baetge and Graff pictured below in front of the CCGS Tully.
