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1.0 Introduction

2.0 WOCE/HOT cruise organization

3.0 WOCE/HOT data collection

3.1 Hydrographic data acquisition

3.1.1 System description

3.1.2 CTD cast preparation

3.1.3 CTD data collection

3.1.4 Water sample collection (up-cast)

3.1.5a Termination of cast. Laboratory procedures

3.1.5b Termination of cast. Deck procedures

3.1.6 Summary of Console Operations Procedures

3.1.7 Water sampling from Niskin bottles

3.1.8 Data management and documentation

3.1.9 On-board Processing

3.1.10 Plotting data

3.1.11 Sea surface (bucket) temperature

3.2 Advanced procedures. Use and modifications of CTD acquisition and plotting routines

3.2.1 SEASAVE acquisition system

3.2.2 Creating and modifying the configuration files (SEACON)

3.2.3 Updating the sensor configuration files for SEASAVE (UPDCON)

3.2.4 Updating the configuration files for SEAPLOT

4.0 Additional oceanographic measurements

4.1 Meteorological observations

4.1.1 Data measurements

4.1.2 Data entry and plotting

4.2 XBT sampling

4.3 ADCP operation

4.4 Thermosalinograph operation

4.5 Thermosalinograph Bottle Samples

4.6 Supplements

4.6.1 Regular check of continuous sampling instruments

4.6.2 HOT Cruise Checklist

4.6.3 HOT CTD Deployment / Recovery Procedures aboard R/V Ka'Imikai O Kanaloa

Purpose
Tools and Supplies
Pre-Launch Procedure
Launch Procedure
Pre-Recovery Procedure
Recovery Procedure

5. References

6. Appendices

6.1 APPENDIX A Sample log sheets and plots

6.2 APPENDIX B CTD front panel

6.3 APPENDIX C Configuration files used during HOT cruises

6.4 APPENDIX D Duplicate salinity measurements

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. OCE 9303094, 9811921, 0117919, and 0327513. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.