CANON Data : CANON 2010 Sep MB Data Archive Description

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CANON 2010 Sep 9-20 Experiment Description:

Platforms: Western Flyer, Zephyr, Dorado CTD AUV, ESP Drifter
PIs: Chavez, Worden, Scholin, Rajan
Date: 2010 Sep 9-20
The goals of the cruise are several fold:
1. Make a CTD section along CalCOFI Line 67 out to 350 nm (station 67-135) to characterize the environment from the eutrophic inshore to the oligotrophic offshore waters.
2. Carry out a day-long time series in the offshore waters.
3. Return to the mesotrophic waters around station 67-70 and rendezvous with the Zephyr (ship) and Dorado (AUV) and carry out a 5 day ESP drift experiment to characterize the diel cycles in gene expression, growth, production and grazing. The Dorado will map hourly around the ESP from 0600 local to midnight daily.
The approximate timing of the cruise is for the Flyer to depart Moss Landing on September 9 and reach 67-135 by September 12. After the 24 hour station the Flyer will return to 67-70 and reach this site to begin operations by 0400 on September 14. The deployment of the ESP, Dorado and a CTD cast will be carried out by 0600. If everything goes as planned the ESP will drift for 5 days until September 19. The Dorado will survey a volume of water equivalent to 1 square kilometer hourly to 100 m. Every morning at ~0400 local there will be a deep (500m) CTD and large water collection exercise for diurnal incubations. Every four hours (0800, 1200, 1600, 2000, 2400) the Flyer will make a shallow (100 m) CTD next to the ESP and collect water at a few depths.

Data Locations

http://dods.mbari.org/data/ssdsdata/deployments/previous.html
- MO: 201006 2010-06-14 to 2010-11-09
- M1: 200910 2009-10-20 to 2010-10-27
- M2: 201004 2010-04-03 to 2011-09-29
SSDS: http://new-ssds.mbari.org/ssds/faces/explorer.jsp (Select "Mooring" from the drop down and explore the tree)
THREDDS (one stop shop): http://elvis.shore.mbari.org/thredds/OSMooringCatalog.html