Turbulence testing

Completed

Robert Gordon Sproul

Scripps Institution of Oceanography · USA

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PortPlanned routeMooring / vehicle

Planned route: 7 segments · ~4 hours steaming · 6 stations

Operating area: San Diego trough

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

Apr 3 – Apr 5, 20251 day at seaactual: departed Apr 3, 2025, arrived Apr 5, 2025

Mar 2025

Apr

Robert Gordon Sproul

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

TPADS — Offshore of San Diego Fe-ISE Pumped Profiles — Southern California Bight (San Pedro Ocean Time-series)Turbulence testing — San Diego trough Turbulence in La Jolla Canyon (TLC) — La Jolla Canyon ONR U/W Demonstration — Southern California OPAREA (Catalina Basin to San Diego Trough)

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Project aboard

We will be testing new equipment being developed under a DURIP award: the epsi-Wirewalker, the epsi-deep-Solo autonomous float, and the travel time espi fish profiler.

People aboard

Matthew Alford · Principal investigator

Party size: 6

Estimated vacant berths: 6

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Meteorological Data
Echosounder, 12kHz
ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SP2509 Couto · MFP reference 22/1885 · synced Sep 24, 2026