CRUISE NARRATIVE: A22_2003

HIGHLIGHTS WHP CRUISE SUMMARY INFORMATION


WOCE section designation: A22_2003
Expedition designation (ExpoCode): 316N173_2

Chief Scientists and their affiliations:
Dr. Terrence M. Joyce/WHOI*, Dr. William M. Smethie Jr./LDEO**

Dates: 2003 OCT 23 to 2003 NOV 13
Ports of call: Port of Spain, Trinidad -Woods Hole, Ma.
Number of stations: 82 Stations'

Geographic Bounds:11° 0.02'N - 40° 0.63'N   70° 0.45'W - 64° 09.37'W

Floats and drifters deployed: 3 ARGO floats deployed (one failed)
Moorings deployed or recovered: 0
Contributing Authors: T. Joyce, F. Delahoyde

*Terrence M. Joyce Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
360 Woods Hole Rd., Mail Stop 21
Woods Hole MA 02543 USA
Phone: 508-289-2530
Fax: 508-457-2181
E-mail: tjoyce@whoi.edu

**Dr. William M. Smethie Jr.
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University
Route 9W PO Box 1000
Palisades NY 10964-8000
Phone: 914-365-8566
Fax: 914-365-8155
E-mnail: bsmeth@ldeo.columbia.edu


PRELIMINARY CRUISE REPORT

present version from one submitted by
Oceanographic Data Facility
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0214

SUMMARY

A hydrographic survey consisting of LADCP/Ctd/rosette sections and float deployments in the western North Atlantic was carried out October to November 2003. The R/V Knorr departed Port of Spain, Trinidad on 23 October 2003. A total of 82 LADCP/Ctd/Rosette stations were occupied, and 3 profiling ARGO floats were deployed from 23 October - 13 November. Water samples (up to 36), LADCP and Ctddata were collected in most cases to within 10 meters of the bottom. Salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrient samples were analyzed from every bottle sampled on the rosette. The cruise ended in Woods Hole, Ma. on 13 November 2003. The cruise was successful, making 3 more stations than initially planned when the cruise began.

INTRODUCTION

A sea-going science team gathered from ten oceanographic institutions around the U.S. participated on the cruise. Several other science programs were supported with no dedicated cruise participant. The science party and their responsibilities are listed below:

 

SCIENTIFIC PERSONNEL:

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NAMEAFFILIATION DUTIES E-MAIL
Terrence Joyce WHOI Chief Scientist tjoyce@whoi.edu
William Smethie LDEO Co-Chief Scientist bsmeth@ldeo.columbia.edu
Jane Dunworth-Baker WHOI BTL jdunworth@whoi.edu
David Cooper Miami CFC fleece@eritter.net
Ryan Ghan LDEO CFC rng14@columbia.edu
Fred MenziaMiami CFC menzia@pmel.noaa.gov
Rick Wilke Miami CFC wilke@bnl.gov
Timothy Newberger LDEO LADCP tnewberg@ldeo.columbia.edu
Dana Greeley NOAA DIC greeley@pmel.noaa.gov
Chris Sabine NOAA DIC sabine@pmel.noaa.gov
Mareva Chanson RSMAS TALK .
Vanessa Koeler RSMAS TALK vkoeler@rsmas.miami.edu
Peter Landry WHOI Helium/Tritium plandry@whoi.edu
Susan Becker SIO Nutrients sbecker@ucsd.edu
John Calderwood SIO Deck/O2 jcalderwood@ucsd.edu
Cambria Colt SIO Deck/Salts restech@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
Frank Delahoyde SIO Ctd/DP fdelahoyde@ucsd.edu
Scott Hiller SIO ET/Deck/Salts shiller@ucsd.edu
Dan Schuller SIO Nutrients dschuller@ucsd.edu
Tina Sohst SIO Deck/O2 .
Craig Carlson UCSB CDOM carlson@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Stu Goldberg UCSB CDOM s_goldbe@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Jon Klamberg UCSB CDOM jon@icess.ucsb.edu
Kate Boyle (GRA) SIO watchstander kaboyle@ucsd.edu
Monica Byrne (GRA) WHOI/MIT watchstander mcbyrne@mit.edu
Dr Julian Castaneda Venezuela observer julianc@cumana.sucre.udo.edu.ve

OTHER SCIENCE PROGRAMS:

Eric Firing U. Hawaii Shipboard ADCP
Jules Hummon U. Hawaii Shipboard ADCP
Ann McNichol WHOI Surface C14
Robert Key Princeton Surface C14
Paul Quay UW C13 profiles
Allyn Clarke BIO Profiling ARGO floats
Wilf Gardner TAMU Transmissometer profiles