MUSE Activity Log

• RF field testing between UCSC site and UAM array site aboard the Shana Rae (Matthews)

August 11

• MVP mooring (T1) deployed from Shana Rae at location 36 55.335N, 122 08.464W; depth 69m; MVP to be attached on August 18 (Stone);
• RF field testing between Long Marine Lab site and UAM array site aboard the Shana Rae (Matthews)

August 15

• UAM moorings (U1-U3) deployed from Shana Rae (Frye)
  • U1 - 36 56.974N, 122 08.031W; depth 40m
  • U2 - 36 55.563N, 122 04.717W; depth 43m
  • U3 - 36 53.365N, 122 07.438W; depth 86m
• RF communications link at UCSC installed (Matthews);
• RF communications link at Long Marine Lab installed (von der Heydt);
• Benthic moorings (T4,T6) deployed by Ventana from Pt. Lobos (Barry)
  • T4 - 36 54.9383 N, 121 57.6987 W; depth 28.7m; instruments: benthic respirometer, Hydroscat II
  • T6 - 36 55.2742 N, 122 8.3821 W; depth 62m; instruments: benthic respirometer, Hydroscat II, S4 current meter

August 16

• UAM mooring (U4) deployed from Shana Rae at location 36 54.935N, 122 10.368W; (Frye)
• UAM acoustic testing from Shana Rae (Johnson)
• UW glider (S/N-003) deployed from John Martin (Eriksen) at C-Line
• JPL drifter deployed at M2 from Vito C; further drifter deployment cancelled due to weather (Chao)
• JPL salinity sensor aircraft 

August 17  

• SIO glider deployed and recovered from John Martin (Sherman)
• UAM acoustic testing from Shana Rae (Johnson)
• MVP tested from Cypress Sea (Kelley)

August 18

• UW glider (S/N-001) deployed from John Martin (Eriksen) at C-Line
• UW glider (S/N-003) nearing end of C-line with over 80 profiles
• MVP deployment on T1 cancelled due to weather; retrying on August 23 from Cypress Sea (Kelley)
• LBL transponders (L1-L4) deployed and surveyed from Shana Rae; L5 deployment cancelled due to high (30-knot) winds (Gashler)
• R/V New Horizon leaves Redwood City and reaches waypoint "Fran" at 2000h (Chavez)
• JPL salinity sensor aircraft takes off from Moffett Field and flies over New Horizon track to calibrate sensor (Chao)

August 19 

• UAM acoustic testing from Shana Rae (Johnson)
• New Horizon enters Monterey Bay and begins initial survey (Chavez)

August 20

• UAM acoustic testing from Shana Rae (Johnson)
• ADCP mooring deployed from Shana Rae (Stone)
• UW glider (S/N-003) returning on C-line (Eriksen)
• New Horizon completes nightly towfish survey (Chavez)

August 21

• AUV acoustic communications testing from Shana Rae (Johnson)
• UW glider (S/N-004) deployed and recovered on S-line (Eriksen)
• New Horizon completes nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos completes day-time frontal survey (Hamner)
• Ed Ricketts completes day-time drifter study (Hamner)

August 22  

• Pt. Sur mobilization (Bellingham)
• Pt. Lobos completes nighttime frontal survey (Hamner)
• Ed Ricketts day-time drifter study (Hamner)
• New Horizon completes nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Ed Ricketts completes daytime drifter study (Hamner)

August 23

• Pt. Sur leaves port and begins AUV testing (Bellingham)
• MVP deployed from Cypress Sea (Kelley)
• UW gliders S/N-003 and 002 complete four and five transects on C-line, respectively
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon completes nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos completes nighttime frontal survey (Hamner)
• Ed Ricketts completes day-time drifter study (Hamner)

August 24

• Bioluminescence sensor deployed on M1 from Cypress Sea (Kelley)
• UW glider (S/N-004) deployed and recovered at C-line from John Martin (Eriksen)
• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Environmental Sample Processor deployed from Shana Rae (Scholin)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos nighttime frontal survey (Hamner)
• Ed Ricketts completes daytime drifter study (Hamner)

August 25

• UW glider (S/N-004) deployed at S-line from John Martin (Eriksen)
• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Ed Ricketts completes daytime drifter study (Hamner)

August 26

• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)

August 27

• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)

August 28

• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos nighttime bioluminescence survey (Widder)
• New Horizon cruise report (in MS-Word; Johnson)

August 29 

• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos nighttime bioluminescence survey (Widder)
• UW gliders recovered from John Martin; UW group departs

August 30

• AUV sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• Nighttime bioluminescence sampling from Shana Rae (Haddock)
• Nighttime AUV bioluminescence sampling from Pt. Sur (Bellingham)
• New Horizon nightly towfish survey (Chavez)
• Pt. Lobos nighttime bioluminescence survey (Widder)