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IWS2

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Robert Gordon Sproul

Robert Gordon Sproul

Scripps Institution of Oceanography · USA

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PortPlanned routeMooring / vehicle

Planned route: 2 segments · ~1 hours steaming · 1 station

Operating area: Shelf Break on the California Shelf

Route: San Diego (California) - United States → San Diego (California) - United States

Jul 7 – Jul 8, 20231 day at seaactual: departed Jul 7, 2023, arrived Jul 8, 2023

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Project aboard

Deployment and recovery of deep bottom lander moorings at depths > 1000 m

People aboard

  • Jeff Book · Principal investigator

Party size: 5

Estimated vacant berths: 7

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Underway Seawater System
  • Meteorological Data
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Other Seafloor Sampling Equipment

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SP2315 Book · MFP reference 22/2190 · synced Sep 24, 2026