Cruise Dates: 31October - 15November (Sun-Mon; 16 DAS) 

COVID:

15October2021  Proof of vaccination due

22October2021  Begin shelter-in-place. Begin symptom tracking by conducting daily self health assessments

27October2021  Obtain PCR test

Loading:

Gear to MarFac 28October.  29 - 30 October 2021 (Fri-Sat) board ship, load, setup Nimitz Marine Facility San Diego

Offloading: 15 Nov 2021 (Mon) offload onto pier MarFac, gear to SIO 16Nov (Tue)
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)
  Cetaceans, Visual and Acoustic Surveys
  e-DNA
  Mini Wave Buoys
  Lagrangian Drifters