Recent cruises
aboard
R/V Clifford A. Barnes

This information is presented to give an idea of the scope of missions Barnes is capable of supporting, it is not intended as a scientific resource. Links to relevant web sites have been provided where available.


Index of recent cruises


ADCP and CTD on Columbia River

19 February to 6 March 1998

Barnes worked out of Astoria Oregon on the Columbia River for
Dr. David Jay. Dr. Jay is one of many scientists involved in the LMER project in the Columbia River estuary and the CORIE project of Oregon Graduate Institute's Center for Coastal and Land-Margin Resarch. Barnes was fitted with a hull mounted ADCP for this work. This was Barnes' third cruise in the Columbia River and part of an ongoing study that will continue through 1998 and beyond

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Landers and coring in Effingham and Saanich Inlets

20 May to 2 June 1997

Dr. Ellery Ingalls from University of Texas and Dr. Timothy Lyon studied benthic fluxes in Effingham Inlet on Vancouver Island's west coast and and Saanich Inlet on the island's east coast. Barnes deployed two landers and took gravity and box cores.

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Ocean 201 undergraduate cruise

13 April to 18 April 1997

Barnes was used by the School of Oceanography's undergraduate students for their Ocean 201 research cruise.
Dr. Richard Sternberg and Dr. Bruce Frost instructors. Kathy Newel Teaching Assistant. We occupied an anchor station near Gedney Island for 5 days on a 12 hour rotation for the students.The student's training involved studying currents, salinity, temperature, chemistry, biological sampling and bottom sampling. Tim Matsui of the University of Washington Daily has an article in the May 1 1996 edition covering the 1996 Ocean 201 cruise.

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Ocean 460 undergraduate cruise

7 April to 11 April 1996

Barnes was one of four vessels used by the School of Oceanography's undergraduate students for their
Ocean 460 senior research projects in Elliot Bay and Duwamish River.

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Lander deployment

24 and 25 September 1996

Dr. Alan Devol's lander was deployed and recovered in Liberty Bay by Dean Lambourn and Hilairy Hartnett. The deployment was a test for an upcoming cruise to Mexico. Barnes has been used extensively by Dr. Devol during the development and testing of the lander.

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Hydrophone streamer and coring

6 August to 11 August 1996

Working in Puget Sound and Lake Washington, Barnes towed a hydrophone streamer and sound source for
Dr. Robert Karlin and Dr. Mark Holmes. Piston and gravity cores were collected in several areas. Dr.s Karlin and Holmes are studying earth quake related faults in Western Washington. This is the second year of an ongoing study that will continue through 1997.

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Current meter moorings in Elliot Bay

20 May and 23 May 1996

Barnes was recently engaged by
Evans Hamilton Inc. on a monthly basis to deploy and service ADCP and Anderra instrument moorings, conduct CTD studies and deploy drift cards in Elliot Bay. Evans Hamilton was working on contract to King County Metro related to extending the Denny CSO.

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Box coring in Eagle Harbor

3 March 1996

Dr. Jody Deming uses Barnes in an ongoing bioremediation study of Eagle Harbor. Dr. Deming's crew collects bottom samples with a spade box corer to monitor the sediments in Eagle Harbor. Eagle Harbor was the site a creosote manufacturing plant.

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CTD in Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet

19 December to 20 December 1995

Barnes is used periodically by Dr. Jan Newton of
Wasington State DOE to conduct ongoing water sampling.

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ADCP, CTD and instrument moorings on Willapa Bay

22 May to 9 June 1995

Barnes worked in Willipa Bay for
Dr. Barbara Hickey and Dr. David Jay deploying current meter moorings, using a hull mounted ADCP and a winch operated CTD.

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Last update 13 July 1998
Send comments or corrections to Ray McQuin
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