HOT-16 Cruise Report R/V Wecoma 11-15 Apr. 1990 Personnel List: --------------- David Karl UH Max Cremer UH Fred Dobbs UH John Dore UH Dale Hebel UH Ricardo Letelier UH Roger Lukas UH George Parish UH Stewart Reid UH Marc Rosen UH Jef Snyder UH Chuck Stump UW Cruise Schedule: ---------------- 11 April (Wednesday) 0800 ETD Honolulu 1100 ETA Kahe Pt. Station 1400 ETD Kahe Pt. Station 2400 ETA ALOHA Station 12 April (Thursday) 0000 Deploy sediment traps 0200 Begin WOCE deep hydrocasts 1300 Light profile 1400 Continue CTD casts 13 April (Godd Friday the 13th!!) 0300 Primary productivity cast 0500 Deploy primary productivity array 0600 Continue CTD casts 1200 Locate primary productivity array 1300 Continue CTD casts 1800 Locate and recover primary productivity array 2000 Continue CTD casts 14 April (Saturday) 2000 Locate sediment trap array 2100 Recover sediment trap array 2200 ETD ALOHA Station 15 April (Sunday) 0800 ETA Snug Harbor HAPPY EASTER !!! Narrative: ---------- HOT-16 departed Snug Harbor at 0900 on 11 April 1990 aboard the R/V Wecoma. Samples were collected at Kahe Point and regular sampling work was conducted at Station ALOHA. The ship returned to Snug Harbor at approximately 1800 on April. WOCE & JGOFS Sampling All WOCE & JGOFS primary sampling was complete on this cruise. CTD and XBT Operations There were no CTD problems on this cruise. No XBTs were deployed. Primary Production and Sediment Trap Measurements Primary production was measured during 12-hour in situ incubations and during 24-hour on-deck incubations. Sediment trap samples were obtained without significant problems. Optical Measurements Optical casts were completed at Kahe Point. Ancillary projects Samples for dissolved gases were collected for Charles Keeling of Scripps and for Steve Emerson and Paul Quay of the University of Washington.
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