OOI Pioneer-7, fall 2016

Ship

RV Neil Armstrong

Vehicles

Cruise Party

Paul Matthias: Principal Investigator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution LOSOS 213, MS#57 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543
+1 508 289 3672
pmatthias@whoi.edu

Albert Plueddemann: Chief Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Clark 202A, MS#29 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543
+1 508 289 2789
aplueddemann@whoi.edu

Departure: Woods Hole on Sep 27, 2016

Arrival: Woods HOle on Oct 14, 2016

Mobilization Date: Sep 26, 2016

Demobilization Date: Oct 15, 2016

Supporting documentation:

»Pioneer_CTD_HAZMAT_list_with_MSDS.pdf
»Surface_Buoy_Recovery_Procedure_with_MSDS.pdf
»Pioneer7_personnel_AR08_2016-08-26.xlsx
»Pioneer7_waypoints_v2.xls

Operations Area: Continental shelf and slope south of New England

Lat/Lon: 40° 0.0′ N / 71° 0.0′ W

Depth Range: 60 / 600

Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? N/A
Are visas or special travel documents required? no

Science objectives

This is the seventh major infrastructure deployment and servicing cruise for the Pioneer Array of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The Pioneer Array includes a network of moorings and autonomous robotic vehicles to monitor waters of the continental shelf and slope south of New England and, in particular, the shelfbreak front where nutrients and other properties are exchanged between the coast and the deep ocean. Data from the Pioneer Array will provide new insights into coastal ocean processes such as shelf/slope nutrient exchange, air-sea property exchange, carbon cycling, and ocean acidification that are important to the New England shelf, and to continental shelf ecosystems around the world. For further information, see http://www.oceanobservatories.org.

Science Activities

The Pioneer-6 cruise has multiple main objectives and several ancillary objectives. The main objectives can be grouped into five categories: 1) Deploy 3 Coastal Surface Moorings (CSMs) and recover 3 CSMs, 2) Deploy 5 Coastal Profiler Moorings (CPMs) and recover 5 CPMs, 3) Deploy up to 6 Coastal Pioneer (CP) Gliders and recover up to 6 CP Gliders, 4) Deploy two AUVs (singly or simultaneously) for ship-attended missions, 5) Perform field evaluation activities, including CTD casts with water sampling. The ancillary objectives include 1) Compare buoy and shipboard data, 2) Conduct cross-shelf CTD surveys in the vicinity of the moored array, and 3)
Conduct surveys using shipboard sensors (ADCP, EK-80, thermosalinograph, multibeam) in the Pioneer moored array region. Because all equipment cannot be fit on deck, the cruise will involve two legs (A and B) starting and ending in Woods Hole.

Pre-cruise planning meeting: Visit WHOI

Stations:

Funding Agency: NSF #OOI

- added NSF #OOI on Aug 12, 2016 4:56 PM by Albert J. Plueddemann

R/V Armstrong

Shipboard Equipment

Bathymetry System 12 kHz
ADCP 300 kHz
ADCP 150 kHz
A-Frame
Deionized Water System
Science Underway Seawater System
12 kHz Pinger for Wire Use
Navigation - Heading
Fume Hood
Navigation - Position
EK80 Sonar
Dynamic Positioning System
Plotters
Computer Network
Crane
EM710 MkII (40 to 100 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet

CTD/Water Sampling

Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength)
SBE43 oxygen sensor
911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors
Biospherical underwater PAR (1000m depth limit) with reference Surface PAR
Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor

Critical CTD Sensors: 

Hydrographic Analysis Equipment

Dissolved Oxygen Titration System (Brinkmann Titrator)
Oxygen Sample Bottles (available in 150 ml sizes)
Salinometer
Salt Bottles (2 cases of 125 ml provided)

MET Sensors

Barometric Pressure
Air temperature
Precipitation
Relative Humidity
Wind speed and direction
Short Wave Solar Radiation

Sample Storage

Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea.


Storage Notes: Freezer for chlorophyll and nutrient samples

Navigation

GPS

Navigation Notes:

Winches

Mooring / TSE winch
CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire

Winch Notes: Science party will supply Lantec heavy-lift winch.

Wire use and application

Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire


Wire Notes: Trawl winch is for possible dragging operations.

Slip ring required? no	Number of conductors:
Non-standard wire required? no	Type:
Traction winch required? no	Describe:

Other Science Vans:

Other Science Vans:

Science Van 1
Type/size: Generator or Storage, 20'		Location: Port side, main deck
Water: no		Power:yes
Science Van 2
Type/size: Flat rack, 20'		Location: Port side, main deck
Water: no		Power:no
Science Van 3
Type/size: Rigging van, 20' ISO		Location: Port side, main deck
Water: no		Power:yes

Over the Side Equipment

Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers instruments over the side? yes

Details: TSE winch, for mooring deployment and recovery; Lantec winch, for anchor deployment and recovery

Special Requirements

Elecrical Power: yes	Identify: TSE, rigging van: 440V 3 ph, Lantec: 480V 160A
Equipment Handling: no	Identify:
Inter/intraship Communications: no	Identify:
Science Stowage: no	Identify:
Water: no	Identify:

Additional Cruise Items/Activities

Explosive Devices: no Portable Air Compressors: no Flammable Gases: no

Small Boat Operations: yes SCUBA Diving Operations: no

Hazardous Material

Will hazardous material be utilized? yes

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes: no

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? yes

Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):  SSSG will be able to handle most activities. Occasional need for Bos'n and deck help (crane) for short periods, e.g. a glider deployment or recovery.

Other required equipment and special needs: 
Date Submitted: Aug 28, 2016 2:33 PM by Albert J. Plueddemann