Mooring Recovery Cruise - W0108B - Final Report

The mooring recovery cruise returned to Newport at 1030 local 31 August 2001. Thanks to the hard work of the crew of the Wecoma and the scientific party, all objectives were achieved. The weather also cooperated... A summary of the tasks completed is given below.

MOORINGS:
All 7 moorings, instruments and anchors were retrieved, except the anchor at NM. The spar on the NM mooring was cut loose preventing diving operations; some instruments were also damaged on this mooring.

Lat                     Long                    Depth   

North Shelf Break (NB):
44 deg 59.994' N        124 deg 12.655'W        130 m           
North Mid Shelf (NM)
45 deg 0.011' N         124 deg 6.995' W         81 m      
Meteorological Buoy (M)
44 deg 59.757' N        124 deg 6.998' W         79 m           
North Inner Shelf (NI)
45 deg 0.04' N          124 deg 4.102' W         50 m           
South Shelf Break (SB)
44 deg 12.967' N        124 deg 54.802' W       132 m           
South Mid Shelf (SM)
44 deg 12.983' N        124 deg 28.104' W        99 m            
South Inner Shelf (SI)
44 deg 12.993' N        124 deg 10.346' W        51 m            

CTDs:

Casts were made at the following stations:

CH-5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10                   8/28/01 0320 to 0930 UTC
CP-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12  8/30/01 0115 to 0910 UTC
44 13.5'N, 125 20' W                   8/30/01 simultaneous casts with AXBTs
SL-1, 2, 3                             8/31/01 slope stations

ADCP:
Survey along NH line to NH-55 morning 8/29/01

Murray Levine
Chief Scientist, R/V Wecoma