Summary: CalCOFI 1607OS sailed from 10th Ave marine Terminal San Diego July 10 2016 at 0800PDT. The typical 75-station summer station pattern was scheduled. Due to high winds and rough seas, only 68 of the 75 stations were successfully occupied. Approx. 26 hours were lost due to weather and transit times were significantly impacted late in the cruise. Stations missed: 77.100, 77.70, 77.60, 77.55, 77.51, 77.49, SCCOOS 85.8 35.8.
Cruise Instructions: Instructions Web Page  | NOAA Cruise Instructions PDF
Load Dates: 08 - 09 Jul 2016 (Fri-Sat), 10th Ave Marine Terminal, 1839 Water Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Cruise Dates: 10 - 27 Jul 2016 (Sun - Wed)
Offload Date: 27 Jul 2016 (day-of-return; Wed) at 10th Ave Marine Terminal, San Diego CA
Ship: RV Ocean Starr
Station plan: 75 Standard (66 CalCOFI + 9 SCCOOS)
Cruise Map:  
75 Stations
   
Contacts: Amy Hays, Chief Scientist, SWFSC-NOAA
  Dave Wolgast, Technical Coordinator, IOD SIO-CalCOFI
  Jennifer Rodgers-Wolgast, IOD SIO-CalCOFI Volunteer Coordinator
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-pH
  Altimeter LTER ancillary seawater samples
     
     
Nets: CalBOBL(Bongo) net, 210m - all stations MANTA neuston net, surface tow - all stations
  Pairovet vertical net, 70m (coastal stations out to 70) PRPOOS vertical net, lines 80 & 90, 86.7 & 83.3 coastal only
     
Supplementary Data: ADCP, Jules (Julia M.) Hummon
  CUFES, Underway continuous surface and meterological measurements; fish egg survey
  EK60 Fisheries Acoustics, Dr Dave Demer
  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
  pCO2 & pH, Dr Todd Martz
  Cetaceans and Avifauna, Visual and Acoustic Surveys