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Argo float deployments

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Pelican

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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PortStation

Operating area: Gulf of Mexico

Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States

Sep 30 – Oct 5, 20225 days at seaactual: departed Sep 30, 2022, arrived Oct 5, 2022

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Project aboard

Argo floats will be deployed to maintain a steady population in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

People aboard

  • D R. Watts · Principal investigator
  • Heather Furey · Chief scientist

Party size: 3

Estimated vacant berths: 13

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Echosounder, 12kHz
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Watts · MFP reference 21/677 · synced Sep 24, 2026