Category: Cruises

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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).&nbsp; SIO, NMFS &amp; CDF&amp;G scientists occupied 59 stations (Casts 1 – 59) on leg 1.&nbsp; On leg 2, there were twenty-one CTD stations </span><span style=”font-size: small”>(casts 60-80, order-occupied…

  • 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,…

  • 0903FR Cruise Prospectus

    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

  • 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…

  • 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…