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:

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