Sebastian Mieruch-Schnülle¹, Angelicque E White², Fernando Carvalho Pacheco², Lance A Fujieki², James T Potemra³, Fernando Santiago-Mandujano³, David M Karl² and Reiner Schlitzer¹, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, United States, (3)University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States