The COASTAL DYNAMICS - FERRIES working group is composed of individuals and/or groups engaged in data analyses and the operations of the ONC: Strait of Georgia Ferries Monitoring Program. This community shares broad interests in measuring and understanding spatio-temporal variation of the physical, chemical and biological surface properties of the southern-central Strait of Georgia.
The ONC: Strait of Georgia Ferries Monitoring Program currently maintains instruments onboard three BC Ferries routes (see map above) transiting between Vancouver Island and the mainland along: 1) the 'southern route' between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen (F/V Spirit of Vancouver Island; started 2014); 2) the 'central route' between Duke Point and Tsawwassen (F/V Queen of Alberni; started 2012); and 3) the 'northern route' between Departure Bay and Horseshoe Bay (F/V Queen of Oak Bay; started 2015). Core measurements on each ferry include: 1) Sea-surface monitoring - salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity and coloured dissolved organic matter; and 2) Meteorological monitoring - wind speed/direction, air pressure, relative humidity and downward irradiation. Underway measurements are continuous and time- and location-stamped every 10 seconds. All data is available online in near real-time at www.oceannetworks.ca.
The purpose of the working group is to provide a forum for: 1) regular updates on maintenance and sensor status for each of the instrumented ferries; 2) reports on any aspect of collected data; and 3) the discussion of new or ongoing issues, new project ideas, potential publications and the addition of new instrumentation.
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Recent Updates:
Date
Item
Comments
18/5/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
Instrument cleaning and benchmarking
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
11/5/2017
QofOB
Scheduled maintenance trip
Instrument cleaning and benchmarking
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
01/5/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip / POD inspection - Ferry in dock for 2-3 day mini-refit
Benchmarks and cleaning
Inspect pCO2 membrane - new flow restrictor installed and measured flow to instrument
diver POD inspection - inspection report uploaded
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
21/4/2017
QofOB
Scheduled maintenance trip
Instrument cleaning and benchmarking
Solve pump problem (System appeared to stop pumping April 15th – constant temperature)
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
11/4/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
Benchmarks and cleaning
Inspect pCO2 membrane - new flow restrictor installed and measured flow to instrument
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
06/4/2017
QofOB
Scheduled maintenenace trip
Instrument cleaning and benchmarking
Investigate low flow issues
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
29/3/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
Benchmarks and cleaning
Swap a new CO2-Pro instrument for the previous failed one
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
22/3/2017
QofOB
Instrument cleaning and benchmarking
Investigate trouble with SAS instrument s/n 003
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
16/3/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
Benchmarks and cleaning
New air separator installed in-line
Install new power supply and RS485 Converters
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
2/3/2017
QofOB
Scheduled maintenance trip
Benchmarks and cleaning
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
1/3/2017
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
Benchmarks and cleaning
New pyrgeometer and pyranometer installed upside
Troubleshoot ongoing issues with Vector GNSS and new SAS-tracker instrumentation
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
15/2/2017
QofA
Vessel back in service
Instruments re-installed; includes new Pro-Oceanus pCO2 sensor
Bubbles observed in system on the Tsawwassen-Duke Point run - may be an external pod issue?
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
20/1/2017
QofOB
Vessel returns to service
Instruments re-installed and running
2/12/2016
QofOB
Vessel maintenance trip on 1/12/2016
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
2/12/2016
QofA
Vessel leaves service on 2/14. Instruments will be bench-marked and removed by 17/11
02/11/2016
QofOB
Scheduled maintenance trip
New QofOB maintenance report uploaded
20/10/2016
QofA
Scheduled maintenance trip
New QofA maintenance report uploaded
19/10/2016
SOVI
Seakeeper system shut off. Instruments removed in anticipation of re-design between now and early 2017.
New SOVI maintenance report uploaded
15/10/2016
General
All systems running with no major issues
15/10/2016
SOVI
SOVI SeaKeeper instruments to be removed week of October 17, 2016 in anticipation of re-configuring the system during early 2017 when the ferry will be in dry dock
SOVI will be operating at reduced service during the winter
09/2016
QofA
5 regular maintenance trips since July 5, 2016
Recent pump failure and manifold clogging requiring future cleaning of POD
Data either poor or offline Aug 20-22, Aug 25-30, Sept 5-15
QofA in refit between Nov 18-Dec 6 (planned installation of Pro-Oceanus pCO2 sensor)
09/2016
QofOB
5 regular maintenance trips since July 14, 2016
5 UVIC-Spectral lab trips since July 14, 2016
No major issues. Sampling for CDOM and calibration of SAS tracker continuing