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F.G. Walton Smith

F.G. Walton Smith

University of Miami · USA

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Planned route: 121 segments · ~4 days steaming · 120 stations

Operating area: Miami, Keys reef tract , and West Florida Shelf

Route: Miami (Florida) - United States → Miami (Florida) - United States

Aug 9 – Aug 17, 20258 days at seaactual: departed Aug 9, 2025, arrived Aug 17, 2025

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Project aboard

AOML SFP regional surveys over the southwest Florida shelf and the Florida Keys reef tract have been routinely performed via the University of Miami's R/V F. G. Walton Smith on a bimonthly basis. Sampling methodologies similar to those utilized on AOML SFP bay surveys (discrete sampling and flow-through measurements) have been employed on these regional research cruises.

People aboard

  • Ian Smith · Principal investigator
  • Ian Smith · Chief scientist

Party size: 12

Estimated vacant berths: 2

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Underway Seawater System
  • pCO2
  • Meteorological Data
  • Echosounder, 12kHz
  • Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 30m (e.g. 600kHz-1200kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SFER-NOAA: WS25221 · MFP reference 24/4927 · synced Sep 24, 2026