A Month at Sea Scientists to Set Sail for NASA’s S MODE Mission

In early October, the research vessel Bold Horizon set sail from Newport, Oregon, and joined a small fleet of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean’s shapeshifting physics. NASA’s Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment (S-MODE) looks at whirlpools, currents, and other dynamics at the air-sea boundary. The goal is to understand how these dynamics drive the give-and-take of nutrients and energy between the ocean and atmosphere and, ultimately, help shape Earth’s climate. Music credit: “Blue Switch,” “The Journey Begins,” “Sunbeams” from Universal Production Music Drone Footage Credit: Leon Delwiche of NewFields Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Kathleen Gaeta (GSFC AIMMS): Lead Producer Dr. Andrey Shcherbina (APL): Lead Scientist This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio at: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14242 If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: / nasagoddard Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASAGoddard · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc