Overview
The U.S. GEOTRACES GP15 Transect took place in the Pacific Ocean aboard the R/V Roger Revelle. The ship departed Seattle, Washington on 18 September, 2018 and arrived in Papeete, Tahiti on 24 November, 2018. The Chief Scientist was Dr. Gregory Cutter (Old Dominion University, ODU) and the Co-Chief Scientists Dr. Karen Casciotti (Stanford University, SU) and Dr. Phoebe Lam (University of California Santa Cruz, UCSC).
Additional information can be found in the Cruise Information and Datasets Section below.
Dates: 26 - 29 June 2007
Location: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The meeting announcement, workshop objectives, agenda, participant list, group photo and report are available to download.
Additional information for participants: general meeting information, restaurants, other useful links.
Dates: 1 - 3 October, 2008
Location: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
The meeting announcement, agenda, participant list and the Implementation Workshop Report are available to download.
Additional information for participants: driving directions and USC campus map; transportation between the hotel and USC (Taxis); transport between LAX and the hotel/USC (SuperShuttle); accommodations.
Dates: 5 - 7 October 2016
Location: La Jolla, California, USA
The Breakout Groups Reports, Plenary Presentations and Statements of Interest are available to download.
Dates: 7 - 9 March, 2018
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
The Agenda and the List of Participants to the workshop are available to download.
Dates: 14-16 March, 2022
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
The Agenda for the workshop is available to download. The meeting was held in hybrid format, and with the large number of participants online, it was not possible to obtain a list of participants. Altogether (in person and online) there were about 70 participants.
Cruise Information
- Cruise Report (pdf format)
- Blogs
- Station Locations
To generate the cruise track map with Ocean Data View (ODV) use the linked file. Save the file to your computer as a .gob file (e.g. GP15_Stations.gob). How to use the file: within ODV, right click on a surface map an use -> Extras -> Add Graphic Objects from file -> GOB File, then select the *.gob file you wish to use.
- Spreadsheet version of the cruise track and station plan.
- This shared document (GP15 Organizing Page) provides the following cruise information: cruise track and station details; chemical waste plans; customs forms; lab and deck layouts; shipping to Seattle; chemical waste handling; files from ODU pre-cruise meeting.
Additional information is available the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R):
Datasets
Parameters sampled and other relevant metadata available from the Biological & Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO):
Link to GP15-related peer-reviewed papers database.
Proposal Preparation
Proposals to participate in the PMT should be submitted to the NSF Chemical Oceanography program by the 15th of February 2017 proposal deadline. To aid NSF staff in managing the GEOTRACES proposals, all proposal titles should begin with "US GEOTRACES PMT: ........" where the description of the proposed work follows 'PMT'.
Relevant documents for use in preparation of research proposals:
Guidelines for proposal preparation to participate in GP15 (U.S. GEOTRACES Alaska – Tahiti section)
Prioritized Parameter List Approved by the SSC (SSC Meeting October 7, 2016)
Additional documents:
Statements of Interest (Alaska-Tahiti Section Planning Workshop, La Jolla, 2016)
Breakout Group Reports (Alaska-Tahiti Section Planning Workshop, La Jolla, 2016)
Plenary Presentations (Alaska-Tahiti Section Planning Workshop, La Jolla, 2016)
Information on grants awarded to submitted Management Proposals
Management Proposal funded by NSF Division of Ocean Sciences.
Awards: Collaborative Research: Management and implementation of the US GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect: NSF 1657944, NSF 1657781.
Funding and Support
