Category: Cruises
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Volunteering
Volunteers on CalCOFI Interested in participating in an oceanographic cruise? Two volunteers are recruited for each cruise to help CalCOFI personnel deploy equipment, collect data, and draw/analyze seawater samples. General Criteria for Applicants: Sea-worthiness (experience at sea, recreational is acceptable) Good health; able to lift 50lbs Scientific background (must have completed at least two…
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0808NH Cruise Prospectus
CalCOFI 00808NH • 14 – 30 Aug 2008 • SIO RV New Horizon • San Diego to San Diego Number of participants: 18 scientists, technicians & volunteers CTD Sensors Bottle Samples Temperature Conductivity Oxygen Fluorescence Transmissometer PAR NO3 Salinity Oxygen Nutrients: Leg 1 only Chlorophyll-a, phaeopigments Primary Productivity, Leg 1 only HPLC, Leg 1 only LTER…
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0808NH Scientific Report
Week 1 Briefly, hydrographic data indicates distinctly a strong California Current (CC) as indicated by surface temp (-1 to -1.8) and salinity (-0.1 to – 0.35) anomalies and the location is confirmed by 100m Temp. The CC is strongest 200 to 300 miles off the coast from Pt. Conception and San Diego respectively. The flow…
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0804JD CTD Data
<span style=”font-size: small”><strong>CalCOFI 0804JD CTD Data</strong> include 1m binavg bottle-corrected sensor data from leg 1 (25 Mar – 8 Apr) and leg 2 (23 – 30 Apr). SIO, NMFS & CDF&G scientists occupied 59 stations (Casts 1 – 59) on leg 1. On leg 2, there were twenty-one CTD stations </span><span style=”font-size: small”>(casts 60-80, order-occupied…
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0810NH Cruise Prospectus
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,…
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0903FR Cruise Prospectus
CalCOFI 0903FR Cruise Prospectus (cruise announcement pdf) Current survey data & egg maps Loading Days: 14 – 15 Apr 2009, F/V Frosti at San Francisco Depart San Francisco on F/V Frosti 16 Apr 2009 Offloads in San Diego 9 May 2009 Station Plan: 38 central & northern CalCOFI stations are scheduled plus transects/stations in between standard lines occupied on 0903JD Number of Scientific Party: 6 scientists & technicians
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0804JD Cruise Prospectus
Leg I : Departs San Diego on NOAA R/V David Starr Jordan 0800 24 Mar 2008. Returns to San Diego 9 Apr 2008. Sixty-six standard and 9 SCCOOS stations are scheduled for Leg 1. Leg 2 : Departs San Diego on NOAA R/V David Starr Jordan 0800 11 Apr 2008. Returns to San Diego 1 May 2008. Trawling and CUFES surveying to Pt Conception then CUFES and station work northward to Line 60…
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Cruise Target Dates
CalCOFI conducts seasonal, quarterly cruises off southern & central California from nearshore to ~400nm offshore. The 70yr old program & time-series originally sailed monthly, surveying the entire California coastline with multiple ships. Since 1984, when the current 75 station pattern was established using a single ship. The quarterly cruises are scheduled within these desired start…