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Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean (LOCO)

Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean (LOCO). Brief Program Overview. 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. Kinds of Thin Layers. Quicklook Sites.

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Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean (LOCO)

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  1. Layered Organization in the Coastal Ocean(LOCO) Brief Program Overview

  2. 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

  3. Kinds of Thin Layers

  4. Quicklook Sites Exploration of Fourteen Coastal Ocean Sites 2001 - 2003 http://es.ucsc.edu/~coestl Orcas Island WA (2) Cape Perpetua, OR Monterey Bay CA Santa Barbara (3) & Rincon CA Oceanside CA Charleston SC Destin FL Pensacola FL Corpus Christi TX Terrabone Bay LA McManus, Holliday, Greenlaw, Donaghay, Sullivan

  5. Process Study Area (arrow)

  6. Surface Chlorophyll Distribution

  7. ORCAS

  8. TAPS Profiling Mode

  9. TAPS Data - 700 kHz - Monterey Bay LOCO Site

  10. 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 LOCO Principal Investigators

  11. 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

  12. High-resolution vertical profiling Shipboard ADCP Slow-Drop Profiler LIDAR Profiler Moored Up-looking Sounders Not to scale Cowles & Benoit-Bird, (OSU); Concannon & Prentice (NAVAIR) Cowles, OSU

  13. AUV & Shipboard Survey Area (“Plan A”)McManus (UHI) / Ryan (MBARI) / Stacey (UCB) LOCO MBARI CIMT AUV Track

  14. ORCAS TAPS ADCP’s Fish Scan Bubble Scan LOCO Process Study SiteDonaghay / Sullivan / Rines (URI)Holliday / Greenlaw (BAE Systems); Goodman (UMASSD) / Levine (NUWC)

  15. Large Ships & Small Boats R/V New Horizon Length: 170’ R/V Robert Gordon Sproul Length: 125’ Visualize a very tiny boat R/V Shana Rae Length: 52’ R/V Paragon Length: 32’ R/V Soquel Point Length: 22’

  16. Schedule & Ship Support (2005)

  17. Thin Layers in East Sound, Puget Sound, WA

  18. Thin Layers of Zooplankton in Monterey Bay

  19. LOCO 2006 LOCO 2006 Site(s) tbd after the 2005 Montery Bay Field Work

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