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<p>The RRS James Cook is part of the Government funded national sustained observational
programme called RAPID. This long-term programme’s aim is to monitor the meridional
overturning circulation (MOC) in the North Atlantic at the latitude of 26 degrees
north. The MOC determines the Atlantic ocean’s transport of heat, freshwater, carbon,
and other environmental properties. It is central to understanding the role of the
thermohaline circulation in global climate change. The RRS James Cook recovered and
redeployed a number of oceanographic moorings fitted with conductivity and temperature
sensors, which were distributed at a range of depths on moorings.</p>
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