BATS Program Overview

The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) was established to uncover mysteries of the deep by analyzing important hydrographic and biological parameters throughout the water column. Pursuing this goal has enabled BATS scientists and oceanographers worldwide to completely revise their perspective on the ocean's physical, chemical and biological processes. Sustained time-series data collection has challenged longstanding paradigms and has begun to uncover exciting new observations about the ocean.

Program Management

The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) is managed by the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). Prior to September 2006, BIOS was known as the Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc.(BBSR). According to the director of BIOS, the name changed occurred because BIOS "reflects the transformation of the research station into an independent institute focused on the study of marine and atmospheric systems."

Resident scientific programs strengthened in the 1980s as BBSR became a key link in an international effort to describe and understand the ocean/atmosphere system on a global scale. BIOS is now one of two U.S. centers for time-series studies on temporal variability in the ocean and the impact of the ocean on global climate change, under the auspices of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study.

In 1998, BBSR established the International Center for Ocean and Human Health, considered the first of its kind on an international scale to explore the ocean health/human health connection. In 1999, BBSR established the Center for Integrated Ocean Observations, which uses new technologies to build on almost a century of marine research.

Contact Information

BATS Research team:

• Dr. Michael Lomas, Associate
        Research Scientist

• Dr. Nicholas Bates, Senior Research
        Scientist

• Dr. Rod Johnson , Assistant Research
        Scientist, data management