Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
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Ship | |
R/V Knorr | |
Cruise Party | |
Gary Davis: Principal Investigator SPAWAR USA +1 619 553 2624 gary.davis@navy.mil Peter Guest: Principal Investigator Naval Postgraduate School USA +1 831 656 2451 pguest@nps.edu Melville Kendall: Principal Investigator Organization Name USA +1 858 534 2061 kmelville@ucsd.edu Luc Lenain: Chief Scientist 9500 Gilman Drive Mail code 0213 San Diego, CA USA 92093-0213 +1 858 534 2061 llenain@ucsd.edu Lee Rogers: Principal Investigator SPAWAR SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC 53160 HULL STREET SAN DIEGO, CA USA 92106 +1 619 553 1416 ted.rogers@navy.mil Robert Shearman: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator 104 CEOAS Admin Bldg Corvallis, OR USA 97331 +1 541 223 2291 shearman@coas.oregonstate.edu Eric Terrill: Principal Investigator Organization Name USA +1 858 822 3101 eterrill@ucsd.edu Qing Wang: Principal Investigator Naval Postgraduate School USA +1 831 656 7716 qwang@nps.edu |
Departure: Jul 13, 2013 | |
WHOI | |
Arrival: Jul 18, 2013 | |
WHOI | |
Operations Area | |
East of Norfolk VA | |
Lat/Lon: 36° 48.128′ N / 75° 28.522′ W | |
Depth Range: 10 / 100 | |
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | no |
Science Objectives | |
Background: In recent years there has been increasing interest and emphasis placed on developing and fielding unmanned systems to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission areas. The Navy Strategic Plan, Defense Planning Guidance and other Program Objective Memorandum guidance cite an urgent need to employ unmanned systems in forward operating areas and augment Carrier/Expeditionary Strike Group and Theater ISR assets. Systems fielded under the CNO Littoral Battlespace Sensing . Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) program have significantly increased dimensional oceanographic sensing capability and capacity in support of Undersea Warfare (USW); leading to significant changes in operational TTP and UUV employment. The Naval Oceanography Program is poised to expand its unmanned systems portfolio to include UAV- and USV- based sensing capabilities in support of optimized sensor employment, improved maritime forecasting, UxV platform mission planning and environmental hazard avoidance and mitigation, and rapid hydrographic survey operations. The availability of high resolution UxV-based METOC observations, typically in data sparse or contested areas, will inevitably lead to significant changes in fleet TTPs. Science Objectives: Utilize observations from unmanned air, surface, and undersea vehicles (UxVs) to assess the impact of in-situ observations on the representation and prediction of the Ocean Battlespace Environment and subsequent tactical impact on predictions of the electromagnetic (EM) propagation characteristics in the coastal marine atmospheric boundary layer. | |
Science Activities | |
Planned Observing Platforms (July 13-18): - 5 days on station R/V Knorr (sfc met, sst, current profiles, single station rawinsondes and sfc fluxes) -50 ScanEagle UAV Flight Hours (~10 sorties @50 Kts) (met profiles, sfc wave lidar) -4 Waveglider USVs (sfc met, sst, current profiles) -5 Scripps drifting wave buoys (sfc wave spectra) -1 to 2 NPS Flux Buoys (sfc met, sfc fluxes) -6 ÂÂÂÂto 10 SLOCUM Seaglider UUVs (ocean temp, salinity, optical profiles) - R/V Knorr single station VHF/UHF/SHF/EHF radio range, power, SNR observations. - 288 High density P3 dropped AXBT observations before/during/after TW’13 Intensive Observation Period (IOP) Aircraft Sensing (POC: Lenain (SIO), Melville(SIO), Eber(NSWCDD)) Specific flight profiles for best sampling strategy against likely synoptic and mesoscale regimes and refractivity features. Aircraft can fly between 100-15,000 ft at ~50 kts for up to 10 hours, day or night. Typical mission day is 2 x 5hr flights. 1-Hz data resolution is ~90 ft horiz/ 10 ft vertical. Measured variables (realtime: lat/lon/ht, t, p, q, u, v, time) (stored onboard: imagery, wave spectra, turbulence data, 40 Hz state variables) Comms link is ~25 NM if aircraft is near the surface, farther at altitude. (need to check comms range) Ocean Sensing(POC:Shearman (OSU) Melville (UCSD) Terrill (SIO) Davis (SPAWAR)) 5 moored wave buoys (directional wave spectra) 4 Waveglider¨SHARC¨ USVs with sfc met and ADCP current sensors (Tair, Tsea, q, p, U, V, currents (z)) 6-10 SLOCUM Gliders (T(z), S(z), currents (z), Fluorescence (z)). Airborne eXpendable BathyThermographs on NRL P-3 288 AXBTs will be deployed on 4 flights (72 per flight). AXBTs transmit 1 W on the VHF sonobuoy channels between 136.0-173.5 MHz Shipboard Sensing (POC: Lenain (SIO), Wang (NPS), Guest (NPS), Rogers (SPAWAR) ) Goals: Demo wave and ocean data assimilation system using in-situ observations Leosphere Lidar Winds, Flux Tower, and Wave Lidar Rawinsondes EM Spectrum Analyzer (RF SNR/Detection Ranges for known emitters) NPS Mini Flux Buoy (Corey Cherrett NPS) SeaBeam 3012-P1 multibeam swath mapping system Sippican MK 21 XBT SBE 911+ Deck Unit and CTD RDI Ocean Surveyor 75 KHz and RDI WorkHorse Mariner 300 ADCP SST sensing Instrumented profiling kite Ceilometer | |
Additional Info | |
Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Teleconference/Visit WHOI | |
Stations: | |
Station 1 Distance: null Days: null Latitude: Longitude: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
»KnorrInstrumentLayout.PDF | |
»tw13_transit_legs_v2.pdf |
Funding |
Funding Agency: ONR/NAVY | |
Grant or contract number: N00014-09-1-0500 |
Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Knorr |
Shipboard Equipment | |||||||||||
ADCP 300 kHz | |||||||||||
Sippican XBT System (Mark 21) | |||||||||||
ADCP 75 kHz | |||||||||||
Multibeam | |||||||||||
Shipboard Communication | |||||||||||
Is there a need to transfer data to shore on a regular basis? | |||||||||||
Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis? | |||||||||||
Is there an expectation to use Skype or any other real-time video conference program? | |||||||||||
Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet | |||||||||||
CTD/Water Sampling | |||||||||||
911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
MET Sensors | |||||||||||
Barometric Pressure | |||||||||||
Air temperature | |||||||||||
Precipitation | |||||||||||
Relative Humidity | |||||||||||
Wind speed and direction | |||||||||||
Short Wave Solar Radiation | |||||||||||
Storage Notes: | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
How many nets? | null | ||||||||||
How many tansponders? | null | ||||||||||
Will you be using Doppler/GPS navigation? | no | ||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
GPS | |||||||||||
Navigation Notes: | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
Mooring / TSE winch | |||||||||||
CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire | |||||||||||
Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire | |||||||||||
Winch Notes: | |||||||||||
Wire Notes: | |||||||||||
Standard Oceanographic Cables | |||||||||||
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Science Van 1 | |||
Type/size: UAV GCS | Location: 02 | ||
Water: no | Power:yes | ||
Science Van 2 | |||
Type/size: UAV maintenace | Location: 01 | ||
Water: no | Power:yes | ||
Science Van 3 | |||
Type/size: UMC2 | Location: 01 | ||
Water: no | Power:yes |
Specialized Deck Equipment
Mooring Deployment/Recovery Equipment Required: no | Type: |
Cruise Specific Science Winch Required: no | Type: |
Nets Required: no | Type: |
Over the Side Equipment
NPS Sea snake sst sensor (starboard side) - See instrument diagram
Special Requirements
Elecrical Power: no | Identify: |
Equipment Handling: no | Identify: |
Inter/intraship Communications: no | Identify: |
Science Stowage: no | Identify: |
Water: no | Identify: |
Additional Cruise Items/Activities
Hazardous Material
Radioactive Material
Additional Information
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
U.S. Customs Form: | no |
Diplomatic Clearance: | no |
Date Submitted: | |
Date Approved: | |
Agent Information: | |
Countries: | |
Notes: | |
Isotope Use Approval: | no |
Isotope Notes: | |
SCUBA Diving: | no |
Checklist | |
SSSG Tech: | |