Since the late 1970s, the container vessel Oleander has transported all manner of goods to Bermuda while also serving as a “volunteer observing ship” that collects oceanographic data while in transit. The Oleander’s weekly travel between Bermuda and New Jersey provides an invaluable opportunity to obtain data for scientific research purposes from ecologically and climatically important regions of the western North Atlantic Ocean.
The Oleander Project
Packing science into a shipping vessel
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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE-2241601. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Velocity data
Access the high-resolution acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data
XBT data
View and access XBT profiles from 1977 to the present
TSG data
View and access underway surface Thermosalinograph (TSG) data
Scientific impact
Discover over three decades of sustained observations from the Oleander Project
The Oleander Project
Partners
The Oleander Project is a scientific collaboration between Bermuda Container Line / Neptune Group Management Ltd, ASU BIOS, NOAA/AOML, Stony Brook University, the University of Hawaii, the University of Rhode Island, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.