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Cruise Summary: All 75 scheduled stations were successfully occupied although station sequence was re-ordered to occupy northern stations during calmer conditions. Warm, relatively calm ocean conditions seen in July persist supporting the prediction of a weakening 2014 El Nino.
Data Files: 1411NH Preliminary Plots; 1411NH CTD (raw) Cast Files; 1411NH CTD + Btl FinalQC Data
Cruise Dates: 08 - 23 Nov 2014 (Sat - Sun)
Load Dates: 05 - 07 Nov 2014 (Wed - Fri) in San Diego, location 10th Ave Marine Terminal, San Diego
Offload Date: 24 Nov 2014 (Mon)
Ship: SIO RV New Horizon; (CalCOFI NH Layout)
Station plan: 75 Standard (66 CalCOFI + 9 SCCOOS)
Cruise Forms:  Ship Scheduling User Portal; Physical Ability to Work At Sea; Drug, Alcohol, & Sexual Harassment Policy; Medical Questionaire (optional)
Cruise Map: 75 Stations
   
Contacts: James Wilkinson, Chief Scientist, SIO-IOD
  Amy Hays, NMFS (Fisheries Technical Coordinator)

Please note that the anomalies are based on 50-year harmonics (1949-1999) and these data are 1m binavg Seasoft-processed CTD data that have not gone through thorough quality control checks or bottle corrections. They are presented to give a general impression of current conditions. Final data plots will be published after all data are processed.
 

 

CTD Processing Summary CalCOFI 1411NH CTD Final Data
Download 1411NH CTD raw cast files zipped Download 1411NH FinalQC CTD + bottle data & plots
General CTD Notes - data acquisition notes, logistics, processing - see below
CTD sensor corrections derived by comparing 4 secs of CTD sensor data (prior to bottle closure) to bottle samples
Dual T, S, & O2 Primary Sensor Secondary Sensor
Salinity offset (bottle - CTD salinity; > 350m only; Seabird SBE4) -0.0042 -0.0019
Oxygen ml/L (dual Seabird SBE43) y = 1.0249x - 0.0131
R² = 0.9998
y = 1.0486x - 0.0457
R² = 0.9997
Oxygen umoles/Kg (dual Seabird SBE43) y = 1.026x - 0.4136
R² = 0.9998
y = 1.0496x -1.8316
R² = 0.9996
Single sensors Linear Polynomial
Nitrate - ISUS 4sec ave voltage vs Bottle Nitrate (Satlantic MBARI-ISUS v2) y = 27.413x - 6.8241
R² = 0.9938
 
Fluorometer - linear & polynomial regressions

y = 6.5605x - 0.2086

R² = 0.8037

y = 2.8207x2+5.8663x-0.1789

R² = 0.8059

  
 
  Secondary CTD O2 Sensor vs Bottle O2
MBARI-ISUS Voltage vs Bottle NO3 Wetlabs ECO/FL Fluorometer Voltage vs Chlorophyll-a
 
General notes: These are cast & final CTD Processing Notes from 1411NH cruise

CalCOFI 1411NH General Cast Notes: This cruise occupied 75 stations: 66 standard, & 9 SCCOOS.  The station schedule was modified due to naval operations on lines 83 & 80 plus bad weather forecast. Refer to the map for the station order and cruise track. Coastal stations on line 83 & 80 (51, 50.5) & Santa Barbara Basin were done after lines 80 & 77 were completed.
CalCOFI 1411NH was on SIO RV New Horizon. Termination of the three conductor conductive wire was done by JRW using the 4-pin pigtail. Only the white conductor and shield were used for signal & ground.

CTD configuration was standard: Seabird 911+ with dual T, C, O2, & pumps;  Wetlabs C-Star 25cm transmissometer; Biospherical QSP200L PAR;  Datasonics/Benthos Altimeter; WET Labs ECO-AFL/FL; Seabird  pH; Satlantic ISUS v2 & battery. Please refer to the xmlcon files or cruise  prospectus for additional info.

Cast Notes:

Cast 01 - sat at depth while prodo bottle depths were calculated

Cast 03 - pressure offset of -0.05 was added pre-cast

Cast 05 - bottle #8 was replaced after cast - bottom cap problem; #18 bottom valve replaced - leaky

Cast 10 - ISUS not powered, no data; winch speed was over 60m/min for a brief time

Cast 11 - upcast different than downcast between 350-300m

Cast 12 - new ISUS battery installed - terminal was loose

Cast 17 - bottle #17 did not close, used #16 for prodo

Cast 22 - deep 3500m cast; PAR, ISUS + battery, pH sensors removed; O2 minimum at ~670m

Cast 23 - upcast different than downcast, especially O2; transmissometer zeroed on downcast @~375m, worked on upcast

Cast 26 - transmissometer dropped out below 400m, connector cleaned post-cast.

Cast 27 - ~2.5hr delay to sta 90.45, Naval ops; transmissometer dropped @415m on downcast

Cast 30 - transmissometer cut out @418m downcast

Cast 31 - personnel exchange before prodo station 90.28

Cast 35 - CTD landed on bottom due to misread of Knudsen, seems fine but terminal data may be influenced by suspended materials

Cast 36 - transmissometer outage at 453m downcast, upcast looks okay

Cast 37 - bottle #10 no closure, lanyard hung up

Cast 40 - transmissometer jumpy between 410-440m; rough weather, no net tows

Cast 41 - rough weather; PAR and pH caps left on, both caps came back, pH buffer replaced post-cast

Cast 42 - really rough weather, use loopedit to de-loop the slow ~27m/min downcast

Cast 44 - transmissometer voltage zeroed @~460m on downcast but back at 515m

Cast 45 - pressure offset -0.05 applied

Cast 46 - pressure offset -0.05 applied again, deck pressure often increases when CTD lands hard

Cast 48 - transmissometer out @~450m downcast

Cast 49 - 54 - transmissometer out below ~400m downcast, really need a backup

Cast 55 - calm night; transmissometer dropped after 450m

Cast 56 - 57 - transmissometer worked all the way!

Cast 58 - light rain during sample drawing; transmissometer good till ~470m downcast

Cast 59 - big rolls, ship rocking; primary oxygen bio-fouled on upcast from ~125m; sensor replaced post-cast

Cast 59 -61 - some deep noise in transmissometer

Cast 62 - transmissometer worked full cast

Cast 64 - ISUS battery not plugged in, no ISUS data; battery replaced after cast

Cast 65-66 - transmissometer outage @380m and again @465m

Cast 67 - 230m station; some strangeness on CTD acquisition PC, main plot went blank at 40m on upcast, data look fine but worth noting

Cast 68 - 60m shallow sta, big rolls

Cast 69 - SCCOOS sta 80.0 50.5, green water but not fluorescing much

Cast 71 - Santa Barbara Basin, wind causing wire angle; transmissometer noisy

File notes:
Seasoft-generated asc-hdr files were not renamed to YY-YYLLLLSSSS_###d or u.asc & .hdr. Voltages were not relabled. This practice makes it difficult to reprocess the CTD if necessary.
Mislabels found and corrected:

12Mar2015

 

Platform: RV New Horizon
Project Number: SIO NH1423
Project Title: CalCOFI 1411NH
Project Dates: November 8 2014 to November 25 2014
Prepared: August 20 2014
Chief Scientist: James R. Wilkinson, SIO

(Official NOAA Cruise Instructions PDF)

ITINERARY: Depart San Diego, California at 0800 on November 8, 2014. Proceed to first CalCOFI station 93.3/26.7 (position 32° 57.4'N/117° 18.3'W) and begin a standard CalCOFI pattern (see cruise track). The vessel will return to San Diego, California on November 25,
2014.
    I. Overview
        A. Brief Summary and Project Period - CalCOFI continues its 65-year hydrographic, fisheries, and ecosystem time-series survey of the Southern California Bight, occupying 75 stations. NOAA Fisheries will survey of the distributions and abundances of zooplankton, fish eggs & larvae plus their biotic and abiotic environments in the area of the California Current between Avila Beach, California and San Diego, California during the period of November 8 to November 25, 2014.
        B. Service Level Agreements - Of the 18 DAS scheduled for this project, 2 DAS are funded by CCE-LTER II (NSF-OCE-BIO) and 16 DAS are funded by CalCOFI 2014/15 (NOAA-NMFS).
        C. Operating Area - see map
        D. Summary of Objectives - Ecosystem survey of the Southern California Bight, CalCOFI Lines 93.3 - 76.7. Oceanographic ecosystem survey, with biotic and abiotic components, of the California Current between Avila Beach, California and San Diego, California.

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