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Cruise 2015-009, 7 - 22 June 2015 Cruise description Cruise personnel Map of cruise track and stations Table of sampling done Download cruise data Profiles Documents

Cruise description

This cruise was a success despite some strong winds at the beginning of the cruise. We had to cancel a few casts but we were able to visit these three stations on the return leg.
The mooring work at Station P went really well. The weather was good and all operations went very smoothly. Both the deployment of mooring PA-009 and the recovery of mooring PA-008 were total successes.
The pumping in the chains for Trace Metal went well despite some heavy winds at P4 and a few problems with some kinks in the clean hose.
Most casts that had to be performed at a specific time with respect to the sun position were done at the right time.
While we were offshore an important algal bloom was detected along the coast of North America. We were asked to do a few extra casts upon our return in coastal waters to verify the extent of the bloom in Canadian waters (see "extra" files for data).
On this cruise we deployed 10 weather data drifting buoys for NOAA.
The regular sampling done during this cruise was completed using a CTD, a Rosette, the Bongo, and the Multiple Plankton Sampler (MPS) to collect zooplankton to 3000 dbar at P20 and P26.
The Trace Metal sampling was performed by using the Teflon pump.
For further details see 2015-009_cruise_report.pdf in the Documents section.

Cruise personnel

Chief Scientist: Marie Robert Institute of Ocean Sciences (DFO)

Michael Arychuk (Institute of Ocean Sciences-DFO)
Mark Belton (Institute of Ocean Sciences-DFO)
Natalie Cohen (University of North Carolina)
Glenn Cooper (Institute of Ocean Sciences-DFO)
Michael Craig (NOAA/PMEL)
Niko Finke (University of British Columbia)
Jennifer Keene (NOAA/PMEL)
Céline Michiels (University of British Columbia)
Jade Shiller (University of British Columbia)
Amanda Timmerman (University of Victoria)
Benjamin Twining (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
Mariela White (University of Washington)
Doug Yelland (Institute of Ocean Sciences-DFO)

Captain: Don Gibson
Chief Engineer: Ryan Braidwood

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Map of cruise track and stations

Click on the cast types below to see at which stations the casts were done. To access data.

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Table of stations and sampling done

For microplastics research and zooplankton information contact Moira Galbraith
For Trace Metal data contact Benjamin Twining
For a list of data available in the CTD files please refer to
2015-009-ctd-channels.txt
For a list of data available in the Rosette files please refer to 2015-009-che-channels.txt
Please note that not all the bongo casts are analyzed yet. In the meantime please contact Moira Galbraith for further information.

Event	Station	Position	Date (UTC) Time (UTC)	Sampling
1	JF1	48°15.97 123°29.92	08-Jun-15 07:08	Loop sample for salinity, chlorophyll, nutrients
2	JF2	48°18.00 123°59.92	08-Jun-15 09:15	Loop sample for salinity, chlorophyll, nutrients
3	JF3	48°27.00 124°29.93	08-Jun-15 11:43	Loop sample for salinity, chlorophyll, nutrients
4	JF4	48°32.17 124°59.90	08-Jun-15 14:15	Loop sample for salinity, chlorophyll, nutrients
5	P1	48°34.48 125°29.99	08-Jun-15 17:04	Rosette to 113 dbar Ctd to 115 dbar
6	P2	48°36.08 125°59.99	08-Jun-15 20:29	Rosette (Deep&Céline cast) to 106 dbar Ctd to 110 dbar
7	P2	48°36.08 126°00.17	08-Jun-15 21:08	Bongo to 105 m
8	P2	48°36.05 126°00.18	08-Jun-15 21:20	Rosette (DMS cast) to 100 dbar Ctd to 101 dbar
9	P3	48°37.45 126°19.90	08-Jun-15 23:57	Rosette (& Niko) to 301 dbar Ctd to 817 dbar
10	P4	48°38.93 126°39.94	09-Jun-15 03:38	Rosette (Deep&Céline cast) to 1321 dbar Ctd to 1322 dbar
11	P4	48°38.99 126°39.99	09-Jun-15 05:19	Bongo to 250 m
12	P4	48°38.99 126°39.94	09-Jun-15 06:06	Rosette (Niko's cast) to 300 dbar Ctd to 302 dbar
13	P4	48°38.99 126°39.99	09-Jun-15 07:29	Rosette (UBC cast) to 1320 dbar Ctd to 1322 dbar
14	P4	48°38.99 126°39.99	09-Jun-15 09:05	Trace metal: pumping to 8 m
15	P4	48°38.99 126°39.99	09-Jun-15 11:29	Rosette (Amanda's cast) to 49 dbar Ctd to 152 dbar
16	P4	48°38.99 126°39.99	09-Jun-15 13:09	Rosette (Céline's cast) to 1323 dbar Ctd to 1324 dbar
17	P4	48°39.19 126°41.06	09-Jun-15 15:05	Rosette (DMS cast) to 299 dbar Ctd to 301 dbar
18	P8	48°48.93 128°39.89	10-Jun-15 03:45	Rosette to 2000 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
19	P9	48°51.37 129°09.97	10-Jun-15 08:12	Rosette to 65 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
20	P10	48°53.56 129°39.89	10-Jun-15 12:10	Rosette to 85 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
21	Loop21	48°54.99 129°54.91	10-Jun-15 14:56	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
22	P11	48°55.97 130°09.93	10-Jun-15 16:12	Rosette to 55 dbar Ctd to 2007 dbar
23	P12	48°58.18 130°39.93	10-Jun-15 19:58	Rosette (DMS cast) to 300 dbar Ctd to 302 dbar
24	P12	48°58.20 130°39.98	10-Jun-15 20:58	Rosette (Deep cast) to 3275 dbar Ctd to 3276 dbar
25	P12	48°58.19 130°40.03	11-Jun-15 00:48	Bongo to 250 m
26	P12	48°58.14 130°39.89	11-Jun-15 01:26	Rosette (Niko's cast) to 199 dbar Ctd to 200 dbar
27	P12	48°58.23 130°39.99	11-Jun-15 02:28	Rosette (Céline's cast) to 3276 dbar Ctd to 3278 dbar
28	P12	48°58.21 130°40.19	11-Jun-15 05:37	Bongo to 1200 m
29	P12	48°58.20 130°40.07	11-Jun-15 06:23	Rosette (UBC cast) to 2000 dbar Ctd to 2042 dbar
30	Loop30	48°58.19 130°39.96	11-Jun-15 08:45	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
31	P12	48°58.19 130°39.97	11-Jun-15 09:03	Trace metal: pumping to 25 m
32	P12	48°58.20 130°39.97	11-Jun-15 10:23	Rosette (Amanda's cast) to 59 dbar Ctd to 150 dbar
33	P13	49°02.62 131°39.83	11-Jun-15 15:36	Rosette to 34 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
34	P14	49°07.37 132°39.89	11-Jun-15 22:22	Ctd to 152 dbar
35	P14	49°07.42 132°39.89	11-Jun-15 22:39	Rosette to 49 dbar Ctd to 2010 dbar
36	P15	49°11.94 133°39.86	12-Jun-15 04:31	Rosette to 50 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
37	Loop37	49°15.19 134°19.85	12-Jun-15 08:44	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
38	P16	49°16.94 134°39.93	12-Jun-15 10:19	Rosette (Amanda's cast) to 45 dbar Ctd to 151 dbar
39	P16	49°16.92 134°39.93	12-Jun-15 10:56	Bongo to 250 m
40	P16	49°16.92 134°39.93	12-Jun-15 12:16	Bongo to 1200 m
41	P16	49°16.92 134°39.93	12-Jun-15 13:11	Rosette (Deep cast) to 3685 dbar Ctd to 3687 dbar
42	P16	49°16.97 134°39.95	12-Jun-15 16:39	Rosette (DMS cast) to 301 dbar Ctd to 303 dbar
43	Loop43	49°18.87 135°09.54	12-Jun-15 19:35	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
44	P17	49°20.97 135°39.89	12-Jun-15 22:10	Rosette to 50 dbar Ctd to 2007 dbar
45	P17	49°20.92 135°39.97	12-Jun-15 23:39	Ctd to 152 dbar
46	P18	49°25.94 136°40.09	13-Jun-15 04:52	Rosette to 50 dbar Ctd to 2005 dbar
46B	P18	49°25.99 136°40.31	13-Jun-15 06:17	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132559
47	Loop47	49°27.84 137°08.14	13-Jun-15 09:00	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
49	P19	49°29.97 137°39.96	13-Jun-15 11:04	Rosette to 49 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
50	P20	49°34.04 138°39.93	13-Jun-15 17:12	Rosette (Deep cast) to 4024 dbar Ctd to 4026 dbar
51	P20	49°33.99 138°39.98	13-Jun-15 21:06	Rosette (DMS cast) to 299 dbar Ctd to 300 dbar
52	P20	49°34.00 138°40.00	13-Jun-15 21:50	Trace metal: pumping
53	P20	49°33.91 138°40.06	13-Jun-15 23:40	Bongo to 250 m
54	P20	49°34.00 138°39.99	14-Jun-15 02:20	Multinet to 3000 m
55	P20	49°33.98 138°39.98	14-Jun-15 04:04	Rosette (Amanda's cast) to 54 dbar Ctd to 150 dbar
56	P20	49°33.98 138°40.07	14-Jun-15 04:24	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132479
57	P21	49°37.96 139°39.96	14-Jun-15 09:05	Rosette to 50 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
58	Loop58	49°38.74 139°50.02	14-Jun-15 11:27	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
59	P22	49°41.96 140°39.94	14-Jun-15 15:23	Rosette to 51 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
60	P22	49°41.92 140°39.98	14-Jun-15 15:35	Bulk water (250 gallon drum) for Andrew Ross
61	P22	49°42.04 140°40.06	14-Jun-15 17:00	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132488
62	P22	49°42.07 140°40.10	14-Jun-15 17:02	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132536
63	P23	49°45.94 141°39.97	14-Jun-15 21:37	Rosette (Calibration cast) to 2001 dbar Ctd to 2009 dbar
64	P23	49°46.04 141°39.90	14-Jun-15 22:50	Bulk water (2 cubes) for Kyle Simpson
65	P24	49°50.24 142°39.94	15-Jun-15 03:11	Rosette to 49 dbar Ctd to 2006 dbar
66	P24	49°50.26 142°40.24	15-Jun-15 04:23	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132467
67	P24	49°50.27 142°40.31	15-Jun-15 04:24	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132558
68	P25	49°59.96 143°36.26	15-Jun-15 08:39	Rosette to 31 dbar Ctd to 2008 dbar
69	Loop69	49°59.99 143°52.92	15-Jun-15 11:23	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
70	P35	49°59.88 144°18.22	15-Jun-15 13:19	Rosette to 49 dbar Ctd to 2005 dbar
71	P35	50°00.00 144°18.38	15-Jun-15 14:36	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132524
72	P35	50°00.01 144°18.42	15-Jun-15 14:37	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132539
73	Loop73	50°07.42 144°48.88	15-Jun-15 16:59	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
74	PA-009	50°07.84 144°50.39	15-Jun-15 23:18	Deploy PA-009 NOAA mooring
75	Loop75	50°07.84 144°50.39	15-Jun-15 21:15	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
76	PA-009	50°08.10 144°50.63	16-Jun-15 00:06	Rosette (UW cast) to 10 dbar Ctd to 502 dbar
77	P26	49°59.98 145°00.03	16-Jun-15 01:57	Ctd to 149 dbar
78	P26	49°59.99 144°59.99	16-Jun-15 02:18	Rosette (Deep cast) to 4316 dbar Ctd to 4317 dbar
79	P26	50°00.01 144°59.89	16-Jun-15 06:48	Rosette (Niko's cast) to 200 dbar Ctd to 251 dbar
80	P26	50°00.01 144°59.98	16-Jun-15 09:43	Trace metal: pumping to 45 m
81	Loop81	50°01.96 144°57.08	16-Jun-15 13:02	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
82	PA-008	50°02.26 144°53.64	16-Jun-15 14:58	Rosette (UW cast) to 10 dbar Ctd to 351 dbar
83	PA-008	50°02.73 144°52.53	16-Jun-15 17:30	Recover PA-008 NOAA mooring
84	P26	50°00.01 144°59.93	16-Jun-15 23:12	Ctd to 151 dbar
85	P26	49°59.99 144°59.98	16-Jun-15 23:45	Rosette (Céline's cast) to 3000 dbar Ctd to 3001 dbar
86	P26	49°59.99 144°59.98	17-Jun-15 02:32	Rosette (UBC cast) to 2000 dbar Ctd to 3002 dbar
87	P26	49°59.99 144°59.98	17-Jun-15 04:56	Rosette (Plastics cast) to 4318 dbar Ctd to 4319 dbar
88	Loop88	49°58.53 144°57.19	17-Jun-15 08:50	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
89	P26	49°59.97 145°00.00	17-Jun-15 10:58	Rosette (Amanda's cast) to 39 dbar Ctd to 150 dbar
91	P26	49°59.99 144°59.93	17-Jun-15 15:16	Rosette (UW cast) to 50 dbar Ctd to 201 dbar
92	P26	50°00.13 144°59.69	17-Jun-15 15:57	Bongo to 250 m
93	P26	49°59.92 144°59.92	17-Jun-15 19:13	Multinet to 3000 m
94	P26	49°59.93 144°59.96	17-Jun-15 20:57	Rosette (DMS & UW cast) to 300 dbar Ctd to 300 dbar
95	P26	49°59.94 144°59.71	17-Jun-15 21:28	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132560
96	P26	49°59.93 144°59.67	17-Jun-15 21:28	Deploy NOAA Drifter 132557
97	Loop97	49°41.72 140°45.74	18-Jun-15 14:48	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
98	Loop98	49°16.17 134°57.08	19-Jun-15 15:17	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
99	Loop99	49°10.10 133°29.07	19-Jun-15 21:06	Loop sample for salinity and chlorophyll
100	P8	48°49.01 128°39.98	20-Jun-15 16:05	Ctd to 250 dbar
101	P8	48°49.04 128°40.01	20-Jun-15 16:30	Bongo to 250 m
102	P7	48°46.57 128°09.92	20-Jun-15 18:41	Rosette to 30 dbar Ctd to 2007 dbar
103	P6	48°44.61 127°40.02	20-Jun-15 21:57	Rosette to 30 dbar Ctd to 2005 dbar
104	P5	48°41.53 127°10.00	21-Jun-15 01:19	Rosette to 40 dbar Ctd to 2005 dbar
105	ONC	48°39.73 126°50.80	21-Jun-15 04:00	Ctd to 1282 dbar
106	P4	48°39.00 126°39.97	21-Jun-15 05:38	Rosette to 1321 dbar Ctd to 1323 dbar
107	P4	48°38.95 126°40.09	21-Jun-15 07:08	Bongo to 250 m
108	P2	48°35.97 126°00.00	21-Jun-15 09:55	Rosette to 109 dbar Ctd to 109 dbar
109	P2	48°36.04 126°00.04	21-Jun-15 10:40	Bongo to 108 m
110	LC06	48°36.59 125°54.04	21-Jun-15 11:26	Ctd to 84 dbar
111	LC04	48°43.42 125°40.82	21-Jun-15 12:47	Ctd to 158 dbar
112	LC02	48°48.69 125°30.92	21-Jun-15 13:50	Ctd to 100 dbar
113	LC01	48°50.43 125°27.68	21-Jun-15 14:18	Rosette to 2 dbar Ctd to 86 dbar
114	P1	48°34.45 125°30.07	21-Jun-15 16:05	Rosette to 49 dbar Ctd to 127 dbar
115	P1	48°34.44 125°30.10	21-Jun-15 16:27	Bongo to 125 m
116	LB08	48°25.33 125°28.59	21-Jun-15 17:29	Rosette to 3 dbar Ctd to 142 dbar
117	LB08	48°25.32 125°28.50	21-Jun-15 17:50	Bongo to 130 m
118	LB06	48°32.18 125°15.54	21-Jun-15 19:05	Ctd to 106 dbar
119	LB04	48°35.75 125°08.82	21-Jun-15 19:55	Ctd to 102 dbar
120	LB02	48°39.02 125°02.51	21-Jun-15 20:41	Ctd to 48 dbar
121	LB01	48°40.35 124°59.38	21-Jun-15 21:07	Rosette to 2 dbar Ctd to 28 dbar

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Download data for the whole cruise

CTD data

List of CTD stations
Channels in CTD files

Chemistry (Rosette) data

List of Rosette casts
Channels in Rosette files

Zooplankton data
Please note that not all the bongo casts are analyzed yet. In the meantime please contact Moira Galbraith for further information.

Trace Metal Data
For the Trace Metal data contact Benjamin Twining

Thermosalinographs (TSG) data (text files)

Surface and Loop data in text format

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Profiles of T, S, Sigma-t, DO, and their anomalies

1000-dbar profiles and anomalies with respect to the 1956-1991 averages

Temperature	Temperature Anomaly
Salinity	Salinity Anomaly
Sigma-t	Sigma-t Anomaly
Dissolved Oxygen (ml/l)	No anomaly profile available

2000-dbar profiles and anomalies with respect to the 1981-2010 averages for Temperature, Salinity and Sigma-t,
and with respect to the 2001-2010 averages for Dissolved Oxygen

Temperature	Temperature Anomaly
Salinity	Salinity Anomaly
Sigma-t	Sigma-t Anomaly
Dissolved Oxygen (µmol/kg)	Dissolved Oxygen Anomaly(µmol/kg)

Documents

Cruise plan (PDF file)
Cruise report (PDF file)
Data processing report (2015-009-proc.pdf)
Cruise log book
Sampling log sheets
Chlorophyll and Phaeo-pigment duplicates (2015-009_CHL.pdf)
Dissolved Oxygen duplicates (2015-009_OXY.pdf)
Nutrients precision and duplicates (2015-009_NUT.pdf)
DMS duplicates (2015-009_DMS.pdf)
DMS Report (2015-009_DMS_report.pdf)
Salinity duplicates (2015-009_SAL.pdf)
Data Quality flags
Transmissivity Calculation
Sea-Bird Note 64-2_Jun2012
Carpenter, J.H. 1965. The Chesapeake Bay Institute Technique for the Winkler Dissolved Oxygen Method. Limmnol. & Oceanogr., 10: 141-143.
Culberson, C.H. 1991. Dissolved oxygen. In WOCE Operations Manual. Volume 3: The Observational Program. Section 3.1: WOCE Hydrographic Program. Part 3.1.3: WHP Operations and Methods. WHP Office Report WHPO 91-1 / WOCE Report No. 68/91.
Holm-Hansen, O., Lorenzen, C.J., Holmes, R.W., and Strickland J.D.H. 1965. Fluorometric Determination of Chlorophyll. J.du Cons. Intl. Pour l’Epl. De la Mer. 30:3-15.
Barwell-Clarke, J. and F. Whitney. 1996. Institute of Ocean Sciences Nutrient Methods and Analysis. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences, No. 182, 43 pp.
Nemcek, N. and Peña, M.A. 2014. Institute of Ocean Sciences Protocols for Phytoplankton Pigment Analysis by HPLC. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, No 3117, x + 80 pp.

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