Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Cruise Planning Synopsis


AR32: JP Student Cruise

Ship

RV Neil Armstrong

Cruise Party

Glen Gawarkiewicz: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Clark 343C, MS#21 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543
+1 508 289 2913
ggawarkiewicz@whoi.edu

Justin Suca: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Redfield 212, MS#33 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543
+1 508 289 3257
jsuca@whoi.edu

Departure: Nov 12, 2018

Woods Hole

Arrival: Nov 14, 2018

Woods Hole

Operations Area

Southern New England Shelf- South of Martha's Vineyard to the shelf break.
Lat/Lon: 40° 30.0′ N / 70° 49.2′ W
Depth Range: 36 / 3000
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? no

Science Objectives

The goal will be to teach new Joint Program students a few at sea sampling techniques and thus the primary goal is education of the new students.

The science objective is to do a 11 station transect out to the shelf break south of Martha's Vineyard to characterize the hydrography and the zooplankton of the southern New England shelf, including the shelf-break front. After the transect, we hope to do some adaptive sampling of a warm core ring or Gulf stream meander by sampling outside the feature (shelf side), at the edge of the feature, and within the feature. Any extra time will be devoted to along shelf sampling.

Station plan is for the transect stations only as the others will be adaptive. Station info is in the attached document.

Science Activities

The science activities will include CTD casts and plankton tows (bongo net) at each of the 11 transect stations. The plan will be for the CTD to be lowered to 5 m from the bottom. Multiple bottles will be fired at the bottom of the cast, the deep chlorophyll maximum, and the surface for nutrient and chlorophyll samples. Bongo tows will occur after the CTD cast, in which a plankton net with two 60-cm diameter openings will be towed for 5 minutes to 5 m from the bottom or 200 m, whichever is less.

We plan to look at the shipboard ADCP data between stations (transiting at 10 knots) until we approach the shelf break front, in which we hope to alternate between traveling at 10 knots and 7 knots between stations to look at ADCP data and EK80 data, respectively.

Once offshore, the plan is to look for an oceanographic feature, such as a Gulf Stream meander or warm core ring. We plan to do a CTD cast, bongo tow, and a mesopelagic tow outside, on the edge, and within this feature. The plan for the mesopelagic tow is a single oblique tow to 1000 m with a 10 m^2 net attached to net bars with a rope. It will be functionally similar to a tucker trawl.

Additional Info

Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI

Stations:

Supporting documentation:

»Armstrong_Orientation_Cruise_2018v2.docx

Funding

Funding Agency: WHOI Project Number ID
Grant or contract number: 27230900
Funding Agency: TBD
Grant or contract number: TBD

Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Armstrong

Shipboard Equipment

Bathymetry System 12 kHz
ADCP 300 kHz
Sippican XBT System (Mark 21)
Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz
ADCP 150 kHz
A-Frame
Deionized Water System
Science Underway Seawater System
12 kHz Pinger for Wire Use
Fume Hood
EM122 (12 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder
EK80 Sonar
Dynamic Positioning System
Plotters
ADCP 38 kHz
Crane
EM710 MkII (40 to 100 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder
Shipboard Equipment Notes: We will also be bringing a plankton net (standard 60 cm bongo) and a 10m^2 net with net bars. It uses a MOCNESS net but is not a MOCNESS. It operates like a tucker trawl in that the net is collapsable.

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet

CTD/Water Sampling

Wet Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer
Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength)
Seapoint STM turbidity sensor
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

Critical CTD Sensors

MET Sensors

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

Sample Storage

Freezer -70°C 25 cu. ft.
Storage Notes: We will be freezing small numbers of mesopelagic fish at -70.

Navigation

Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? no
How many nets? null
How many tansponders? null
Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation?no

Navigation

GPS
Navigation Notes:

Winches

UNOLS Winch Pool
Winch Notes:

Wire use and application

CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire
3/8" Hydro Wire
Winch Notes: We will be towing a bongo net that weighs 150 lbs in air (~100 lbs in water) with the 3/8" wire to 200 m. It will not contain water (filters plankton). We expect 100-200 lbs of tension on the wire. Ideally this will be towed off the side of the ship.


We will also be towing a 10m^2 tucker trawl net that weighs 300 lbs in air (~200 lbs in water) to 1000 m using the 9/16th trawl wire. It will not contain water (fishing net). We expect 500-1000 lbs of tension on the wire. This net can be towed astern.

Standard Oceanographic Cables

Slip ring required? no
Non-standard wire required? no
Traction winch required? no

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

Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers instruments over the side? no

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

Explosive Devices:no
Portable Air Compressors:no
Flammable Gases:no
Small Boat Operations:no
SCUBA Diving Operations:no

Hazardous Material

Will hazardous material be utilized?yes
Describe deployment method and quantity:

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes:no

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise?yes
Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):
Tech support with setting up the EK80 will be needed.
Other required equipment and special needs:

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.