Field Program
Tables and description details of deployments and recoveries dates, locations of all field components to the Long Bay Study.
Bottom Frame | Mid-Level | Near Surface | |
30 m | 15m | 5m | |
LB1 Inner Shelf |
ADCP (600kHz), CTD, Chl/Turb 1 release |
(15m) CT, Chl/Turb | (5m) CTDw/p, Chl/Turb |
75 m | 0-75m | ||
LB2 Shelf Break |
ADCP (300kHz), CTD, Chl/Turb 1-2 releases |
CTD,
DO, Chl/Turb/CDOM Seahorse Profiler |
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200 m | 0-200m | ||
LB3 Upper Slope | ADCP (150 kHz) CTD w/p, Chl 2 releases |
CTD, DO, Chl, Turb, Scatt Slocum Glider (Ramses) hold station and profile |
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0-100m | |||
Cross-Shelf | CTD,
DO, Chl, Turb, Scatt Slocum Glider (Pelagia) transects |
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Table 1. Overview of field program components.
Latitude | Longitude | Water Depth |
Deployed (UTC) |
Recovered (UTC) |
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Ship Operations |
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Deployment Cruise |
SAV11-40 | 2011-12-01 |
2011-12-02 |
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Deployment Cruise |
SAV11-44 | 2011-12-13 |
2011-12-16 |
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Deployment Cruise |
SAV12-02 | 2012-01-18 |
2012-01-21 |
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Leg 1 Cruise |
SAV12-03 | 2012-01-24 |
2012-02-02 |
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Leg 2 Cruise |
SAV12-05 | 2012-02-13 |
2012-02-26 |
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Leg 3 Cruise |
SAV12-11 | 2012-03-13 |
2012-03-23 |
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Recovery Cruise |
SAV12-14 | 2012-04-02 |
2012-04-05 |
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LB1 (Shelf) |
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Taut-line Mooring |
33 10.353 N |
78 19.800 W |
31 m | 2012-01-20 15:15 |
2012-04-04 |
Bottom Frame |
33 10.172 N |
78 20.007 W |
31 m |
2012-01-20 15:55 |
2012-04-04 13:40 |
LB2 (Shelf Break) |
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Seahorse Package | 32 56.491 N |
78 05.667 W |
76 m | 2012-01-19 19:50 |
2012-02-07 ** |
Bottom Frame |
32 56.419 N |
78 05.926 W |
76 m | 2012-01-19 20:50 |
2012-04-03 15:50 |
LB3 (Upper Slope) |
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Bottom Frame |
32 51.142 N | 78 00.793 W | 171 m | 2011-12-14 18:50 |
2012-04-03 17:30 |
Ramses (Jan 2012) | 2012-01-26 00:58 |
2012-02-14 13:28 |
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Ramses (Feb 2012) |
2012-02-15 20:45 |
2012-03-14 18:57 |
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Ramses (Mar 2012) |
2012-03-16 15:31 |
2012-04-03 20:24 |
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Cross-shelf |
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Pelagia (Jan 2012) | 2012-01-26 13:22 |
2012-02-14 17:19 |
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Pelagia (Feb 2012) |
2012-02-16 18:35 |
2012-03-08 14:42 |
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Pelagia (Mar 2012) |
2012-03-16 21:03 |
2012-04-04 12:16 |
Table 2. Details of mooring and glider deployments. All times are UTC unless otherwise noted.
** Inductive Modem stopped -- early Feb, 2012 (unmoored in March, 2012 -- still tracking as of Nov 2012)