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HOT-12: Chief Scientist Report


Chief Scientist: C. WINN


HOT-12 Cruise Report
R/V Moana Wave
26-29 Nov. 1989 



Personnel List:
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Steve Chiswell		WOCE
Chris Winn		GOFS
John Dore		GOFS
Ursula Magaard		GOFS
Stewart Reid		WOCE
Jef Snyder		WOCE
Audrey Slagle		WOCE
Ken Shultis		WOCE
Marc Rosen		WOCE/GOFS
Cynthia Pace		GOFS
Fred Dobbs		GOFS
Terri Rust		GOFS
Eric Firing		ADCP
Chuck Stump		U.W. Oxygen
	 


Itinerary (approximate local time):
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24 Nov.
  0800 Depart Snug Harbor
  1100 Arrive Kahe Pt
  1400 Depart Kahe Pt
  2200 Arrive HOT-site: deploy sediment traps
25 Nov.
  0000 Commence ADCP sampling
  0300 WOCE deep casts
  1300 Light cast
  1700 Commence CTD sampling
       including:
26 Nov.
  0300 Primary productivity cast
  0500 Deploy in situ primary production array
  0600 Continue CTD profiling
27 Nov.
  0400 Cease continuous CTD sampling
  0500 ADCP profiling
  0800 Locate traps
  1200 water collection/additional casts
  1500 Recover traps
28 Nov.
  0800 Arrive Snug Harbor



Narrative:
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Problems with the ship's gearbox, combined with tight ship schedules,
limited this cruise to 36 hours on station. The sediment traps were
therefore not deployed. In addition, the number of hydrocasts was
limited and the Kahe Point station was not visited.