Cruise Plan

Cruise Plan

>Cruise plan, Robert Gordon Sproul, February 18-24, 1998
>Joan M. Bernhard, Chief Scientist
>
>February 18 (W)
>0800 hrs		leave MarFac, steam toward Santa Barbara Basin
>
>February 19 (Th)
>0500 hrs		arrive on station (34o13.5âN, 120o03âW; ~590 m)
>0530 hrs		commence coring (multicore or box core depending on
>			seastate and weather); once undisturbed core on deck,
>			slowly steam parallel to shipping lanes for most stable ride while
>			sample processing.
>1300 hrs		arrive at 34o17.5âN, 120o02âW (~550 m),
>			commence coring
>1600 hrs 		plankton tow (1hr; begin at 34o16âN, 120oW)
>2100 hrs		plankton tow (1 hr, same area)
>
>February 20 (F)
>0530			commence coring at 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW (~590 m;
>			replicate mid-basin)
>1230 hrs		commence coring at 34o17.5âN, 119o55âW (~490 m)
>1630 hrs		pick up personnel in Santa Barbara harbor (M. Latz, etc.),
>			steam toward center of Basin
>2200 hrs		commence mid-water trawl for shrimp at 34o16.2âN,
>			119o55.5âW (M. Latz in charge)
>
>February 21 (Sa)
>0300 hrs		end trawling operations
>0530 hrs		commence coring at 34o17.5âN, 120o02âW (~550 m, replicate)
>1200 hrs		drop off personnel in Santa Barbara Harbor (M. Latz, etc.),
>			steam toward Basin
>1530 hrs		commence coring at either 34o17.5âN, 119o55âW (~490 m)
>			[OR commence coring at  1800 hrs at 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW;
>			~590 m; site depends on success of prior collections]		
>
>February 22 (Su)
>0530 hrs		commence coring outside basin sill (34o18âN, 120o41âW; 590 m)
>1300 hrs*		commence coring outside basin sill (34o18âN, 120o41âW;
>			590 m replicate)
>
>February 23 (M)	
>0530 hrs		commence coring at site to be determined, pending prior
>			collections-- site will be in vicinity of 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW
>			(i.e., within the basin)
>1000 hrs		depart for San Diego
>
>February 24 (Tu)
>0800 hrs		arrive MarFac
>
>*If time and weather permit and all desired cores are collected by
>1500 hrs on February 22, we will steam to the Santa Monica Basin
>(34o46âN, 118o49âW) for coring at one or two stations (approximate
>water depth of 940 m) and return to MarFac from there.






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