Cruise Summary: All 75 scheduled stations were successfully occupied although station sequence was re-ordered to occupy northern stations during calmer conditions. Warm, relatively calm ocean conditions seen in July persist supporting the prediction of a weakening 2014 El Nino.
Data Files: 1411NH Preliminary Plots; 1411NH CTD (raw) Cast Files; 1411NH CTD + Btl FinalQC Data
Cruise Dates: 08 - 23 Nov 2014 (Sat - Sun)
Load Dates: 05 - 07 Nov 2014 (Wed - Fri) in San Diego, location 10th Ave Marine Terminal, San Diego
Offload Date: 24 Nov 2014 (Mon)
Ship: SIO RV New Horizon; (CalCOFI NH Layout)
Station plan: 75 Standard (66 CalCOFI + 9 SCCOOS)
Cruise Forms:  Ship Scheduling User Portal; Physical Ability to Work At Sea; Drug, Alcohol, & Sexual Harassment Policy; Medical Questionaire (optional)
Cruise Map: 75 Stations
   
Contacts: James Wilkinson, Chief Scientist, SIO-IOD
  Amy Hays, NMFS (Fisheries Technical Coordinator)
Participants: Wilkinson, James R. (Chief Scientist) Programmer/Analyst, SIO
  Dovel, Shonna Staff Research Associate, SIO
  Ekern, Lindsey (nutrient chemist) Staff Research Associate, SIO
  Faber, David N. Staff Research Associate, SIO
  Hays, Amy Fishery Biologist, NMFS
  Manion, Sue (Leg 2) Fishery Biologist, NMFS
  Jiorle, Ralph Staff Research Associate, SIO
  Griffith, Dave (Leg 1) Fishery Biologist, NMFS
  Schlatter, Emma Volunteer, SIO-LTER
  Borowicz, Alex Volunteer, SIO-LTER
  Morales, Mark Volunteer, SIO-LTER
  Anne Simonis Acoustic Technician, SIO
  Wolgast, David M. Staff Research Associate, SIO
Marine Mammal Observers:   Whittaker, Katherine Staff Research Associate, SIO
  Regina Guazzo Staff Research Associate, SIO
Bird Observer:  Sophie Webb Bird Observer
  Tom Johnson Bird Observer Trainee
     
Proposed station work: Seabird CTD / 24 bottle rosette cast (500m depth permitting)
  CTD Sensors: Bottle Samples:
  Temperature (2 x SBE3+) Salinity
  Conductivity (2 x SBE4) Oxygen
  Oxygen (2 x SBE43) Nutrients
  Fluorescence (Seapoint) Primary Productivity
  Transmissomter (Wetlabs 0.25cm) Chlorophyll-a
  PAR (Biospherical) Phaeopigments
  pH (SBE18) HPLC
  ISUS Nitrate DIC
  Altimeter LTER ancillary
    Fukushima Cesium-134 (Cs-134)
    NCOG
  Nets:
  CalBOBL(Bongo) net, 210m - all stations
  MANTA neuston net, surface tow - all stations
  PRPOOS vertical net, lines 80 & 90, 86.7 & 83.3 coastal only
  Pairovet vertical net, 70m (coastal stations out to 70)
   
  Supplementary Data:
  CUFES , fish egg survey; SWFSC
  ADCP, Jules (Julia M.) Hummon
  MET, Underway continuous surface and meterological measurements
  Primary Productivity, Daily C14-uptake incubations
  Ancillary LTER , Plankton abundance, biomass, Chl a size fractionations, POC, DOC
  ALF, Advanced Laser Fluorometrics
  DIC, Dr Andrew Dickson
  Cetaceans and Avifauna, Visual and Acoustic Surveys
  APEX Profilers, NAVOCEANO; stations: 93.3 45.0, 90.0 53.0, 86.7 45.0
  Fukushima Cs-134 detection seawater collection at sta 83.110 & 80.100