Joel Alroe recently returned from the MISO Southern Ocean voyage. MISO stands for Multidisciplinary Investigations of the Southern Ocean and with 60 days at sea, it was the longest scientific voyage ever undertaken by the RV Investigator.
As a member of the Atmospheric Team on board, Joel oversaw a comprehensive suite of instruments measuring aerosol properties and gas-phase compounds. This included our compact Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (c-ToF-CIMS), nitrate Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (NO₃-CIMS), and Neutral Cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer (NAIS).
Joel was also part of the team conducting the first-ever experiments analyzing both air and water within special onboard incubation tanks (mesocosms). These experiments investigated how marine biota influence the emission of gases relevant to new particle formation. You can find out more about the mesocosm experiments in this blog post:https://aappartnership.org.au/a-miso-soup-unlike-any-other/
