Cruise Dates: 16 - 31 July 2021 (Fri-Sun; 16 DAS) 
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14 - 15 July 2021 (Wed-Thur) board ship, load, setup Nimitz Marine Facility San Diego

Offloading: 1 Aug 2021 (Sun) offload onto pier MarFac, gear to SIO 2 Aug (Mon)
Ship: RV Sally Ride
Station plan: 75 stations scheduled (see below)
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Contacts: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Chief Scientist, SIO
   

 

     
Proposed station work: Seabird CTD / 12bottle 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
    Primary Productivity
  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:
  Met, Underway continuous surface and meterological measurements
  Ancillary LTER , Plankton abundance, biomass, Chl a size fractionations, POC, DOC
  ADCP
  DIC (limited)
  Seabirds , Visual Observations
  Cetaceans, Visual and Acoustic Surveys
  Aerosol Sampling
  Mini Wave Buoys
  Lagrangian Drifters