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Scientists working on the Hawaii Ocean
Time-series (HOT) program have been making repeated observations of the hydrography,
chemistry and biology of the water column at a station north of Oahu, Hawaii since
October 1988. The objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive description
of the ocean at a site representative of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Cruises
are made approximately once per month to the deep-water Station ALOHA (A Long-Term
Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment; 22° 45'N, 158° 00'W) located 100 km north
of Oahu, Hawaii. Measurements of the thermohaline structure, water column chemistry,
currents, optical properties, primary production, plankton community structure, and
rates of particle export are made on each cruise.
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