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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:08:41 -0700
To: sylvia@sio.ucsd.edu (Sylvia McDonald)
From: ews@coast.ucsd.edu (Erik Suhonen)
Subject: Re: Winant cruise


MMS CRUISE NO. 12
R/V SPROUL
18-25 March 1996


Cruise Goals

     This is a mooring ops and survey cruise, focused on the Southern
California Bight.

     Mooring Ops: deploy 35 m and 350 m moorings along CAMP, PAIN and ABMI
transects, weather permitting recover ANIN and ANOF (diving involved).

     Surveys: CTD at either end of SBC, ADCP, XBT and Met. within the SBC
and SMB.


Dates

Summary:  0900 18 March 1996 - leave San Diego
     0900 25 March 1996 - return San Diego


18 March  Leave Nimitz Marine Facility at 0900 heading for CAMP then ABOF.

19 March  Deploy ABOF 1000.  Deploy ABIN @ 1600.  Anchor in Pt. San Luis
outer harbor to reset deck and check instrumentation.

20 March  Deploy PAIN (in 35 m) 0600, deploy PAOF 1000, steam to Government
Pt. to reset deck and check instrumentation.  Deploy CAIN (CAMP inshore)
1800, deploy CAOF 2200.

21 March  Begin SMIN - SMOF CTD line @ 0100.  Steam towards Pt. San Luis @
1000.  Begin ADCP - XBT survey @ 1700.

22 March  Continue survey.

23 March  End survey @ ANOF at 1000.  Recover ANOF, recover ANIN @ 1400,
begin ANOF - ANIN CTD line @ 1800.

24 March  Steam towards SD.

25 March  Tie-up at 0900 at Scripps Nimitz Marine Facility.

(Note that there is a one day allowance for weather, according to the
schedule.  The Sproul needs to be back in SD before 0900 on 26 March.)


Personnel

Dr. Clinton D. Winant    Chief Scientist, Professor
Dr. Myrl C. Hendershott  Professor
Mr. Douglas Alden   Development Engineer
Mr. Robb Contreras  Programmer
Mr. Charles Coughran     Development Engineer
Mr. Matt Crosby     Development Technician
Mr. Paul Harvey     Development Engineer
Ms. Erika Lawson    Programmer
Mr. John Lyons Development Technician
Mr. Grant Mills     Electronics Engineer
Ms. Kari Richards   Graduate Student
Mr. Gabrio Veratti  Development Technician
Mr. Seth Mogk  Resident Technician


Mooring Locations

Acronym   Name Latitude (N)   Longitude (W)  Depth (m)

ABOF Avila Beach Offshore     TBD  TBD  350
ABMI Avila Beach Middle  35 06.586 120 50.464     100
ABIN Avila Beach Inshore TBD  TBD  35
SAOF Pt. Sal Offshore    TBD  TBD  350
SAMI*     Pt. Sal Middle 34 48.492 120 46.967     100
SAIN Pt. Sal Inshore     TBD  TBD  35
AROF Pt. Arguello Offshore    TBD  TBD  350
ARMI**    Pt. Arguello Middle 34 31.211 120 41.821     100
ARIN Pt. Arguello Inshore     TBD  TBD  35
SMIN San Miguel Inshore  34 23.760 120 27.132     100
SMOF San Miguel Offshore 34 09.259 120 27.031     100
ANMI Anacapa Middle 33 03.254 119 18.785     200

NC23 NOAA NDBC 46023     34 18.000 120 42.000
NC54 NOAA NDBC 46054     34 16.200 120 25.980
NC53 NOAA NDBC 46053     34 13.980 119 49.980
NC25 NOAA NDBC 46025     33 42.000 119 06.000

Subsurface Moorings:

ANIN Anacapa Inshore     34 15.742 119 16.792     6
ANOF Anacapa Offshore    34 00.827 119 21.497     10

Notes:
TBD = To be determined on Cruise 12.
* - was preveviously named PAIN.
** - was preveviously named CAMP.