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Cruise Summary

Summary:

CalCOFI 2208 sailed on the Bold Horizon on 14 August 2022 at 1200DST from 10th Avenue Marine Terminal, San Diego. 66 of 75 science stations were successfully occupied. CTD casts and various net tows were completed at each science station.  Underway science conducted while under transit included visual observations of avifauna and marine mammals, continuous pCO2/pH, and meteorological measurements.  The cruise ended at 10th Avenue Marine Terminal, San Diego on 29 August 2022 at 0600DST. 

Cruise Dates:

14 – 29 August 2022 (Sun – Mon; 16 DAS)

Loading:

10 – 13 Aug 2022

Offloading:

30 Aug 2022

Ship:

RV Bold Horizon

Contacts:

Kelsey Vogel, Chief Scientist, SIO

Cruise Map:

Station Data Collected:

CTD Sensors:

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

Bottle Samples:

  • Salinity
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Nutrients
  • Chlorophyll-a & Phaeopigments
  • 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
  • CUFES (Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampler)
  • ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)
  • pCO2 (partial pressure of carbon dioxide)
  • ALF (Advanced Laser Fluorometer)
  • Fisheries Acoustic Observations (EK60)

Preliminary Plots

Please note: these data are 1m-bin-average Seasoft-processed CTD data that have not gone through quality control checks or bottle corrections. Anomalies are based on 50-year harmonics (1949-1999).

10 meter Preliminary CTD Data Contours

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10 meter Anomaly Contours (50 yr mean)

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100 meter Preliminary CTD Data Contours

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100 meter Anomaly Contours (50 yr mean)

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200 meter Preliminary CTD Data Contours

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200 meter Anomaly Contours (50 yr mean)

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300 meter Preliminary CTD Data Contours

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300 meter Anomaly Contours (50 yr mean)

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