General Information

  • Departs San Diego on SIO R/V New Horizon 0800 14 Oct  2008.
  • Returns to San Diego  30 Oct 2008.  
  • Station plan: 66 standard CalCOFI and 9 SCCOOS stations are scheduled.
  • Number of participants: 14 scientists, technicians & volunteers.

CTD Sensors

  • Temperature
  • Conductivity
  • Oxygen
  • Fluorescence
  • Transmissometer                   
  • PAR
  • NO3  

Bottle Samples

  • Salinity
  • Oxygen
  • Nutrients: NO3, NO2, PO4, Sil, NH3
  • Chlorophyll-a, phaeopigments
  • Primary Productivity
  • HPLC
  • DIC
  • LTER ancillary sampling

Proposed station work:

  • 500m Seabird CTD/24 10L bottle rosette cast (depth permitting)
  • 100m Pairovet vertical net tow (coastal stations only - out to sta 70)
  • 210m Bongo net  tow - all stations
  • MANTA neuston net tow - all stations
  • PRPOOS vertical net tow - Lines 80, 90, coastal stas on lines 86.7, 83.3
  • ADCP - Dr. Teresa K. Chereskin 
  • SCIMS - shipboard continuous integrated measurement system; continuous surface and meterological measurements
  • Daily primary productivity C14-uptake incubation experiments.
  • Bird & marine mammal observations and acoustic recording
  • Ancillary LTER water samples - size fractionations, slides

Contact:

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  • This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. NMFS for additional information or request for  participation.