2508SR

Cruise Summary

Summary:

CalCOFI 2508SR will sail on SIO Sally Ride in the summer of 2025 from MarFac, 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 at MarFac.

Cruise Dates:

TBD

Loading:

TBD

Offloading:

TBD

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)