Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
AR26: PEACH 2 | |
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 | |
| - added Glen Gawarkiewicz as Chief Scientist on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Glen Gawarkiewicz as Principal Investigator on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller |
Departure: Jan 8, 2018 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Arrival: Jan 21, 2018 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Operations Area | |
| General vicinity of Cape Hatteras | |
| - General vicinity of Cape Hatteras on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Lat/Lon: 35° 30.0′ N / 75° 0.0′ W | |
| - set lat to 35° 30.0′ N, set lon to 75° 0.0′ W on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Depth Range: 10 / 4000 | |
| - set min to 10, set max to 4000 on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | no |
Science Objectives | |
| The PEACH project will identify the processes that control the exchange of waters between the shelves along the eastern seaboard of the US (Middle Atlantic Bight and Southern Atlantic Bight) and the open ocean. The processes will be investigated to determine the dominant forcing mechanisms (e.g., Gulf Stream, atmosphere, buoyancy). The understanding of shelf-deep ocean exchange gained through PEACH will be applicable to other regions where shelf and basin-scale currents converge. The detailed examination of shelf response made possible by the sampling scheme, the dynamical understanding achieved by a coupled observation-model exploration of dynamics, and the simulation skill developed over the wide seasonal and interannual variation in forcing will transform our capacity to anticipate the response of the coastal ocean to forecasted climatic evolution of forcing in the coming decades. | |
| - The PEACH project will identify the processes that control the exchange of waters between the shelves along the eastern seaboard of the US (Middle Atlantic Bight and Southern Atlantic Bight) and the open ocean. The processes will be investigated to determine the dominant forcing mechanisms (e.g., Gulf Stream, atmosphere, buoyancy). The understanding of shelf-deep ocean exchange gained through PEACH will be applicable to other regions where shelf and basin-scale currents converge. The detailed examination of shelf response made possible by the sampling scheme, the dynamical understanding achieved by a coupled observation-model exploration of dynamics, and the simulation skill developed over the wide seasonal and interannual variation in forcing will transform our capacity to anticipate the response of the coastal ocean to forecasted climatic evolution of forcing in the coming decades. on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Science Activities | |
Steam cross-shelf to Pioneer Array, then transit directly to study area near Cape Hatteras. At the study-site (exact order of operations is strongly weather dependent) turn around moorings and conduct a CTD cast at each site. - Turn around 2 met-moorings (at sites B1 and B2) in 30 m of water. During each turn around, a small boat may be required so the techs can climb on the mooring to re-connect the battery and set the antenna. - Turn around 5 ADCP moorings (at sites B1, B2, A1, A2, A3) in water depths ranging from 30 m to 100 m. If releases do not work for ADCPs near B1 and B2 dive operations may be necessary to recover instruments - Complete a bathymetric survey near Cape Hatteras that was half completed in April - Conduct high-horizontal resolution CTD transects across features of interest to be determined real-time via satellite info from SSH and SST as well as glider data (i.e. eddies, shelfbreak front). This may extend into the transit home.
During the transit from the study-site home to Woods Hole - complete any CTD feature transects - Cross-shelf CTD section from Pioneer Array to 40 m isobath | |
| - Steam cross-shelf to Pioneer Array, then transit directly to study area near Cape Hatteras. At the study-site (exact order of operations is strongly weather dependent) turn around moorings and conduct a CTD cast at each site. - Turn around 2 met-moorings (at sites B1 and B2) in 30 m of water. During each turn around, a small boat may be required so the techs can climb on the mooring to re-connect the battery and set the antenna. - Turn around 5 ADCP moorings (at sites B1, B2, A1, A2, A3) in water depths ranging from 30 m to 100 m. If releases do not work for ADCPs near B1 and B2 dive operations may be necessary to recover instruments - Complete a bathymetric survey near Cape Hatteras that was half completed in April - Conduct high-horizontal resolution CTD transects across features of interest to be determined real-time via satellite info from SSH and SST as well as glider data (i.e. eddies, shelfbreak front). This may extend into the transit home.
During the transit from the study-site home to Woods Hole - complete any CTD feature transects - Cross-shelf CTD section from Pioneer Array to 40 m isobath on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Additional Info | |
| Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI | |
| - Visit WHOI on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Media personnel on board: Writer | |
| - Writer on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Possibility of a Journalist from The Economist coming along. He has been invited and expressed interest | |
| - Possibility of a Journalist from The Economist coming along. He has been invited and expressed interest on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Stations: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
| »Deployment_plan_for_the_Articulating_Profiler_Subsurface_mooring.docx | |
| »AR-26_PEACH_deck_plan_for_WHOI_gear.pdf | |
| »UNC_Buoy_Turn-around_Operation-30nov.docx | |
| »PEACH_???_AR26-DraftCruisePlan-hs.docx | |
| »AR26_PEACH2_Meeting_Notes.docx | |
| »CruiseParticipantsPEACH2.docx | |
| »AR26_PEACH2_Agenda.pdf | |
| »HydrographicOperations.docx | |
| »MooringTurnArounds.docx | |
| »Haines_reciprosity.pdf | |
| »Matthias_letter_of_reciprocity.pdf | |
| »Muglia_dive_letter_of_recriprocity.pdf | |
| »PEACH_--_Operational_Dive_Plan_for_B1_and_B2_with_WHOI--_FINAL_--_2017-10-26.docx | |
| - added Deployment_plan_for_the_Articulating_Profiler_Subsurface_mooring.docx on Jan 8, 2018 11:01 AM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added AR-26_PEACH_deck_plan_for_WHOI_gear.pdf on Jan 8, 2018 11:01 AM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added UNC_Buoy_Turn-around_Operation-30nov.docx on Jan 3, 2018 2:03 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added PEACH_???_AR26-DraftCruisePlan-hs.docx on Jan 3, 2018 2:03 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added AR26_PEACH2_Meeting_Notes.docx on Dec 29, 2017 11:37 AM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added CruiseParticipantsPEACH2.docx on Nov 20, 2017 3:35 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added AR26_PEACH2_Agenda.pdf on Nov 20, 2017 3:35 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added HydrographicOperations.docx on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added MooringTurnArounds.docx on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Haines_reciprosity.pdf on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Matthias_letter_of_reciprocity.pdf on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Muglia_dive_letter_of_recriprocity.pdf on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added PEACH_--_Operational_Dive_Plan_for_B1_and_B2_with_WHOI--_FINAL_--_2017-10-26.docx on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Funding |
| Funding Agency: NSF | |
| Grant or contract number: OCE-1558521 |
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, | |||||||||||
| Science Underway Seawater System, | |||||||||||
| EM122 (12 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder, | |||||||||||
| EK80 Sonar, | |||||||||||
| Dynamic Positioning System, | |||||||||||
| ADCP 38 kHz, | |||||||||||
| Crane, | |||||||||||
| EM710 MkII (40 to 100 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder | |||||||||||
| -added A-Frame on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added ADCP 150 kHz on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added ADCP 300 kHz on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added ADCP 38 kHz on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Bathymetry System 12 kHz on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Crane on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Dynamic Positioning System on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added EK80 Sonar on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added EM122 (12 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added EM710 MkII (40 to 100 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Sippican XBT System (Mark 21) on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Science Underway Seawater System on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Shipboard Equipment Notes: Will be deploying a mooring at the 1500 m isobath. Will need TSE winch | |||||||||||
Shipboard Communication | |||||||||||
| Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet, | |||||||||||
| Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis?, | |||||||||||
| Is there a need to transfer data to shore on a regular basis? | |||||||||||
| -added Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis? on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Is there a need to transfer data to shore on a regular basis? on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Shipboard Communication Notes: Will need to get images of SST and SSH and small data files. No Skype or video conferencing. Journalist may need to send photos and text | |||||||||||
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, | |||||||||||
| Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor | |||||||||||
| -added 911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Biospherical underwater PAR (1000m depth limit) with reference Surface PAR on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added SBE43 oxygen sensor on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Seapoint STM turbidity sensor on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength) on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
Hydrographic Analysis Equipment | |||||||||||
| Salt Bottles (2 cases of 125 ml provided) | |||||||||||
| -added Salt Bottles (2 cases of 125 ml provided) on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
MET Sensors | |||||||||||
| Barometric Pressure, | |||||||||||
| Air temperature, | |||||||||||
| Precipitation, | |||||||||||
| Relative Humidity, | |||||||||||
| Wind speed and direction, | |||||||||||
| Short Wave Solar Radiation, | |||||||||||
| Long Wave Solar Radiation | |||||||||||
| -added Air temperature on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Barometric Pressure on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Long Wave Solar Radiation on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Precipitation on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Relative Humidity on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Short Wave Solar Radiation on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wind speed and direction on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Storage Notes: | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
| Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| How many nets? | null | ||||||||||
| How many tansponders? | null | ||||||||||
| Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
| GPS | |||||||||||
| -added GPS on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Navigation Notes: | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
| Other Portable Winch | |||||||||||
| -added Other Portable Winch on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Winch Notes: Will need TSE winch for mooring at 1500 m isobath | |||||||||||
| - added Will need TSE winch for mooring at 1500 m isobath on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Winch Notes: | |||||||||||
Standard Oceanographic Cables | |||||||||||
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Specialized Deck Equipment | |||||||||||
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Over the Side Equipment | |||||||||||
| Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers instruments over the side? | no | ||||||||||
Special Requirements | |||||||||||
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Additional Cruise Items/Activities | |||||||||||
| Explosive Devices: | no | ||||||||||
| Portable Air Compressors: | no | ||||||||||
| Flammable Gases: | no | ||||||||||
| Small Boat Operations: | yes | ||||||||||
| SCUBA Diving Operations: | yes | ||||||||||
Hazardous Material | |||||||||||
| Will hazardous material be utilized? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Describe deployment method and quantity: | |||||||||||
Radioactive Material | |||||||||||
| Radioiosotopes: | no | ||||||||||
Additional Information | |||||||||||
| Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other): EK80 and multi-beam support would be very helpful | |||||||||||
| - added EK80 and multi-beam support would be very helpful on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Other required equipment and special needs: Possible diving operations will need to be supported | |||||||||||
| - added Possible diving operations will need to be supported on Nov 20, 2017 3:20 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
| U.S. Customs Form: | no |
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:22 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Diplomatic Clearance: | no |
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:22 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Date Submitted: | |
| Date Approved: | |
| Agent Information: | |
| Countries: | |
| Notes: | |
| Isotope Use Approval: | no |
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:22 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Isotope Notes: | |
| SCUBA Diving: | no |
| - added no on Nov 20, 2017 3:22 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Checklist | |
| SSSG Tech: | |