Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
AR08 OOI Pioneer 7 | |
Ship | |
| RV Neil Armstrong | |
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: Sep 27, 2016 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Arrival: Oct 14, 2016 | |
| Woods HOle | |
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. | |
Additional Info | |
| Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI | |
Stations: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
| »Cruise_Plan_Coastal_Pioneer_7_released.pdf | |
| »Deck_Plan_Pioneer7_Leg_1_and_2.pdf | |
| »Pioneer7_waypoints_v2.xls | |
| »Pioneer7_personnel_AR08_2016-08-26.xlsx | |
| »Surface_Buoy_Recovery_Procedure_with_MSDS.pdf | |
| »Pioneer_CTD_HAZMAT_list_with_MSDS.pdf | |
Funding |
| Funding Agency: NSF | |
| Grant or contract number: 0752970 |
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
| U.S. Customs Form: | yes |
| Diplomatic Clearance: | yes |
| Date Submitted: | Nov 3, 2011 |
| Date Approved: | |
| Agent Information: | |
| Countries: | |
| Notes: | |
| US Custom forms 4455's needed for all science equipment loaded on Atlantis in March. http://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/Cust_Form_4455_summary_19606.pdf Anything shipped to Barbados for loading - Send ALL BOL's / AWB's to Eric Benway < ebenway@whoi.edu > | |
| Isotope Use Approval: | no |
| Isotope Notes: | |
| SCUBA Diving: | no |
Checklist | |
| SSSG Tech: | |
| MOB = 3/20 - 3/23. | |