VOCALS Regional Experiment

 
Schedule for the R/V Ron Brown
 2008   
Sept 22-26     (Charleston, S.C.)
Load
September 29-  0800
Sail
October 2  Key West, Florida
Departure
Oct 5  Arrive Panama Canal (Caribbean)
Cristobal, Panama
Oct 6 Transit Panama Canal Rodman (personnel on, personnel off)
Repairs Panama Canal
Rodman, Panama
October 18
Begin VOCALS Leg 1
October 25 - IMET buoy (20°S, 85°W)
72 hrs on station
October 30 - SHOA 2 (19°S, 75°W)
72 hrs on station
November 3 - arrive Arica, Chile End Leg 1- change science crew
November 4-7 - in port
crew rest Arica
November 9-    depart Arica
Begin Leg 2
December 2 - return to Arica
offload equipment
Note:   Please contact Bob Weller at WHOI for further information.
(updated 22 October 2008)

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