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Planned route: 4 segments · ~15 days steaming · 3 stations
Operating area: Central Equatorial Pacific near 140°W
Route: Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States → Honolulu (Hawaii) - United States
Nov 5 – Dec 8, 202433 days at seaactual: departed Nov 5, 2024, arrived Dec 8, 2024
Project aboard
Not yet available from the NSF award page.
People aboard
- Caitlin Whalen · Principal investigator
Party size: 12
Estimated vacant berths: 12
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Dynamic Positioning (DP)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
- HDSS (140kHz + 50kHz)
- Multibeam - Deep Water (EM122, EM124)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Winch Pool Portable Winch
Science party brings
- Science-provided vans ×2
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ202417S · MFP reference 21/755 · synced Sep 24, 2026