Announcement: CalCOFI 1901RL was delayed by the government shutdown until Feb so please refer to 1902RL since CalCOFI did not sail in Jan.
Cruise Dates:  07 Jan 2019 (Mon) -  24 Jan 2019 (Thu), 18 Days at sea
Loading: Early loading & setup 17-19 Dec 2018 then final setup 02-04 Jan 2019 with departure 07 Mon 2019
Offloading: 25 Jan (Fri) 2019 San Diego, CA
Partiicpant Forms: NOAA Medical Forms - required for all cruise participants sailing Jan 09 2018
Ship: FSV Reuben Lasker
Station plan: 104 Stations (95 CalCOFI + 9 SCCOOS) - standard 75 stations then additional stations, weather & time-permitting in 18 DAS
Cruise Map:
   
Contacts: Bryan Overcash, Chief Scientist, NMFS
  Dan Schuller, IOD (SIO Technical Coordinator)
   
     
Proposed station work: Seabird CTD / 24 bottle rosette cast (500m depth permitting)
  CTD Sensors: Bottle Samples:
  Temperature Salinity
  Conductivity Oxygen
  Oxygen Nutrients
  Fluorescence Chlorophyll-a
  Transmissomter Phaeopigments
  PAR HPLC
  pH DIC
  ISUS Nitrate NCOG DNA/RNA
  Altimeter LTER ancillary
     
  Nets:
  CalBOBL(Bongo) net, 210m - all stations
  MANTA neuston net, all stations
  PRPOOS vertical net, lines 80 & 90, 86.7 & 83.3 coastal only
  Pairovet vertical net, 100m (coastal stations only ( to 70)
   
  Supplementary Data:
  SCS, Underway continuous surface and meterological measurements
  Ancillary LTER , Plankton abundance, biomass, Chl a size fractionations, POC, DOC
  Fisheries Acoustics
  DIC, 2014-17 24 station sampling pattern
  Seabirds , Visual Observations
  Cetaceans, Visual and Acoustic Surveys