2508SR

Cruise Summary

Summary:

CalCOFI 2508SR will sail on RV Sally Ride on 18 July 2025 from the Nimitz Marine Facility, San Diego. Number of science stations to be completed is TBD.  CTD casts and various net tows will be completed at each science station.  The cruise will end on 31 July 2025 at the Nimitz Marine Facility, San Diego.  Note: Dates have not been finalized.

Cruise Dates:

18 – 31 July 2025 (14DAS)

Loading:

16 – 17 July 2024

Offloading:

1 Aug 2025

Ship:

RV Sally Ride

Contacts:

Kelsey Vogel, Chief Scientist, SIO

Cruise Map:

Station Data Collected:

CTD Sensors:

  • Temperature
  • Conductivity/Salinity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Fluorescence
  • Transmittance
  • PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation)
  • Altimetry
  • Nitrates (SUNA)

Bottle Samples:

  • Salinity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Nutrients
  • Chlorophyll-a & Phaeopigments
  • Primary Productivity
  • Phytoplankton
  • HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography)
  • DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon)
  • DNA/RNA

Nets:

  • Bongo
  • Manta
  • Pairovet
  • PRPOOS

Underway Data Collected:

  • Surface & Meteorological Measurements
  • Marine Mammal Visual & Acoustic Observations
  • Seabird Visual Observations
  • ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)
  • pCO2 (partial pressure of carbon dioxide)
  • ALF (Advanced Laser Fluorometer)
  • Fisheries Acoustic Observations (EK60)