layered organization in the coastal ocean (loco) brief program overview
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Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean(LOCO)
Brief Program Overview
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LOCO Program Objectives
• Describe the spatial and temporal scales of thin layers
• Understand the processes that lead to the formation, maintenance, and destruction of thin layers
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Kinds of Thin Layers
Acoustical Bacterial Bioluminescent
Chemical Marine snow Microzooplankton
Optical Phytoplankton Physical
Toxins Zooplankton Bubbles (?)
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Quicklook Sites
Orcas Island WA (2)
Cape Perpetua, OR
Santa Barbara (3) & Rincon CA
Oceanside CA
Pensacola FLDestin FL
Charleston SC
Monterey Bay CA
Exploration of Fourteen Coastal Ocean Sites 2001 - 2003http://es.ucsc.edu/~coestl
McManus, Holliday, Greenlaw, Donaghay, Sullivan
Corpus Christi TXTerrabone Bay LA
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Process Study Area (arrow)
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Surface Chlorophyll Distribution
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ORCAS
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TAPS Profiling Mode
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TAPS Data - 700 kHz - Monterey Bay LOCO Site
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LOCO Principal Investigators
• Brian Concannon / Jennifer Prentice (NAVAIR) – Mapping thin layers with shipboard LIDAR
• Tim Cowles (OSU)– Fine-scale planktonic vertical structure: horizontal extent and the controlling physical
processes
• Percy Donaghay & Jim Sullivan (URI)– 4-D Assessment of Thin Layer Structure, Dynamics and Impacts
• Margaret McManus (UHI) / John Ryan (MBARI) / Mark Stacey (UCB)– Quantify interactions of physical, biological and optical properties of thin layers
• Al Hanson (URI & SubChem Systems)– The Role of Nutrient Gradients in the Episodic Formation, Maintenance and Decay of Thin
Plankton Layers in Coastal Waters
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LOCO Principal Investigators
• Van Holliday / Charles Greenlaw (BAE Systems)– Moored zooplankton acoustics; multi-beam fish / fish larvae sensor;
multi-frequency acoustical sensor for photosynthesis related bubble formation in thin layers
• Dave Fratantoni (WHOI)– Physical context for thin layers, measured with AUVs (Gliders)
• Lou Goodman (UMASSD) / Ed Levine (NUWC Newport)– REMUS - based turbulence measurements and mapping
• Jan Rines (URI)– Characterization of phytoplankton species (in and out) of thin layers
• Kelly Benoit-Bird (OSU)– Predator / prey interactions in thin layers; horizontal migration and
dynamics of of predator distributions
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Cowles, OSU
Moored Up-looking Sounders
LIDAR Profiler
Shipboard ADCP
Not to scale
High-resolution vertical profiling
Cowles & Benoit-Bird, (OSU); Concannon & Prentice (NAVAIR)
Slow-Drop Profiler
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AUV & Shipboard Survey Area (“Plan A”)McManus (UHI) / Ryan (MBARI) / Stacey (UCB)
LOCO
CIMT
MBARI
AUVTrack
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LOCO Process Study SiteDonaghay / Sullivan / Rines (URI)
Holliday / Greenlaw (BAE Systems); Goodman (UMASSD) / Levine (NUWC)
ORCAS TAPSADCP’sFish ScanBubble Scan
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Large Ships & Small Boats
R/V Shana RaeLength: 52’
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R/V ParagonLength: 32’
R/V Soquel PointLength: 22’
Visualize a very tiny boat
R/V New HorizonLength: 170’
R/V Robert Gordon Sproul
Length: 125’
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Schedule & Ship Support (2005)January 24, 2005 AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15M T W R F S S M T W R F S S M T W R F S S M T W R F S S M T W R F S S M T W R F S S M T W R
SPROUL R/V SPROUL SCHEDULED
NEW HORIZON R/V NEW HORIZON SCHEDULED
PROCESS STUDY PROCESS STUDY
HOLLIDAY AND GREENLAWTAPS-X D BAT R
TAPS-Y D BAT R
TAPS-Z D BAT R
BubbleScan D BAT R
FishScan/ADCP D BAT R
CTD casts / plankton net / science daysDAYS 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
BENOIT-BIRDUp-looking Sounders D R
DAYS 0.5 0.5
DONAGHAY, SULLIVAN, HANSON AND RINESIOP-x D BAT BAT BAT BAT R
IOP-y D BAT BAT BAT BAT R
IOPC-z D BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT BAT R
HI-RES CASTSPLANKTON SAMPLESDAYS 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
MCMANUSTHERMISTOR/ADCPS D R
DAYS 0.5 0.5
SCIENCE DAYSDAYS 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
FRATANTONIGLIDERS D D R R
DAYS 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
GOODMAN/LEVINEREMUSDAYS 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
D deploy
R recover
BAT battery
Solid Color science day
Unsched Maintenance 1.0 1.0 0.5
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Thin Layers in East Sound, Puget Sound, WA
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Thin Layers of Zooplankton in Monterey Bay
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LOCO 2006
LOCO 2006 Site(s) tbd after the 2005 Montery Bay Field Work