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CalCOFI 1001NM: 12 Jan - 6 Feb 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Departs San Diego, returns to San Diego. Loading days: 7-11 Jan 2010.
CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 1: 23 Mar - 10 Apr 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman. Departs San Diego, Offloads Port Hueneme
CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 2: 11 Apr - 23 Apr 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman. Departs San Francisco, Offloads San Diego
CalCOFI 1004MF Leg 3: 27 Apr - 17 May 2010 on NOAA R/V Miller Freeman. Departs San Diego, Offloads Port Hueneme.
CalCOFI 1008NM: 30 Jul - 17 Aug 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Loading days 27 - 29 Jul 2010.
CalCOFI 1010NM: 21 Oct - 7 Nov 2010 on SIO R/V New Horizon. Loading days 18-20 Oct 2010.

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:27

Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 01 July 2009 09:45
New links added to the Data menu: Ichthyoplankton - Datazoo link added offering queryable fish egg and larvae data for 12 California Current 'sentinel' species; more species data are available through Southwest Fisheries Science Center - contact Datazoo information managers for more information. Changes Timeline - blog entries that describe changes to data, analytical method or equipment changes. Also changes or additions to data products or formats. Under Bottle Data Bottle Data Query - submenu under Bottle Data; link to Datazoo's CalCOFI hydrographic data query form. Under CTD Data CTD Data Notes - submenu under CTD Data; blog entries that describe changes to data, data processing, filenaming, formats; new or changed equipment or techniques.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 January 2010 16:56

Written by Administrator
Thursday, 09 July 2009 17:00
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 January 2010 16:53

News Release 2 Mar 2010

Written by Robert Monroe
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 11:28
Image source: NASA DACC Improved Near-real-time Tracking of 2010 El Niño Reveals Marine Life Reductions Researchers search for answers to warming coastal water, thinning marine populations The ongoing El Niño of 2010 is affecting north Pacific Ocean ecosystems in ways that could affect the West Coast fishing industry, according to scientists at NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Researchers with the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) at Scripps and NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center report a stronger than normal northward movement of warm water up the Southern California coast, a high sea-level event in January and low abundances of plankton and pelagic fish — all conditions consistent with El Niño. Sea surface temperatures along the entire West Coast are 0.5 to 1 degree Celsius (0.9 to 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than normal and at points off Southern California are as much as 1.6 degrees Celsius (2.9 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than normal. The most unusually high temperatures were mapped around Catalina and San Clemente islands. While strong winter storms caused an increase in coastal sea levels, scientists are investigating whether the higher sea levels are primarily a result of El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon characterized by warming eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean waters.
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Written by Administrator
Wednesday, 06 January 2010 16:49
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 March 2010 12:49

CalCOFI Report Vol 50, 2009 pdfs are online.