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Deployment: SAV-12-14

Deployment: 
SAV-12-14
Chief Scientist: 
James Nelson (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, SkIO)
Co-Chief Scientist: 
Catherine Edwards (Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, SkIO)
Synonyms: 
LB 2012 Recovery Cruise
Platform:
 R/V Savannah
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2012-04-02
End Date: 
2012-04-05
Location: 
South Atlantic Bight (SAB) continental shelf off Long Bay (-79W, 32N; -77W, 34 N)
Description

Recovery of moored instrument packages at LB3 (150 kHz ADCP in large TRBM pod/frame, MicroCAT, ECO FLNTU fluorometer/turbidity), LB2 (ADCP, MicroCAT, ECOFLNTU), LB1 (two moorings – ADCP; Taut-line package with HOBO T-chain [two with C], 3 ECO FLNTU units);  Recovery of Ramses and Pelagia gliders; CTD section from upper slope to outer shelf (stations at 5 km intervals, LB+60 to LB+30, also at LB2 site), with samples for nutrients at selected stations/depths, some chlorophyll samples; Inter-calibration of the ECO FLNTU fluorometer/turbidity instruments after recovery of moorings (mounted on CTD/carousel for co-located sampling at two depths. This is the last CTD station). 

Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog.