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NeMO Date: August 2, 2000
Ship's Location: en route to Seattle, WA

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Participant Interview:
Dana Greeley
Physical Scientist

University of Washington, Vents Program

When I asked some of the scientists who I should interview Dana Greeley's name kept coming up. I finally tracked Dana down on his 8pm to 8am watch.

Dana is a physical scientist employed by NOAA's PMEL Division and has a BA in Geography from the University of Washington. After graduation he wanted to travel so he signed on as crew on various ships. He was at sea four to six months a year and traveled the world. Dana started working for NOAA in 1986 as a Survey Technician. With his Geography background he continued to meet his goal of seeing the world. He sailed on ships that were part of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) which took him to ports all over the world. He has crossed both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and spent time in the Equatorial Pacific. I was intrigued by his travels in American Somoa, New Zealand, Tahiti, Easter Island, Brazil, Portugal and Iceland.

In his present job Dana spends two months at sea and the remainder of the year at the PMEL labs. He collects water samples and runs tests for PMEL's Dr. Richard Feely. In addition to the VENTS research, Dr. Feely is researching the role of CO2 and global warming. One of the main tests Dana runs for the lab is pCO2 and dissolved inorganic carbon. On past cruises he has tested water samples for salinity, oxygen and chlorofluorocarbons.

In his time off Dana enjoys skiing, hiking and backpacking. When I want to check the identity of a pelagic bird for my life list I ask Dana. Everyone was right, the interview with Dana was interesting, entertaining and has a great sense of humor.

Thanks Dana for giving us a great interview. Carol

 


Dana collecting CO2 samples aboard the Brown.