Pioneer-9, Fall 2017

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 Oct 22, 2017

Arrival: Woods Hole on Nov 12, 2017

Mobilization Date: Oct 21, 2017

Demobilization Date: Nov 13, 2017

Supporting documentation:

»Pioneer9_waypoints.xls
»Surface_Buoy_Recovery_Procedure_with_MSDS.pdf
»Pioneer_battery_HAZMAT_list_with_MSDS.pdf
»Pioneer_CTD_HAZMAT_list_with_MSDS.pdf

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? None
Are visas or special travel documents required? no

Science objectives

This is the ninth 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-9 cruise will consist of 3 separate legs with distinct objectives. The main objectives of Leg A are to deploy 2 Coastal Profiler Moorings (CPMs) and recover 3 CPM anchors using an ROV. The main objectives of Leg B are to deploy and recover 3 Coastal Surface Moorings (CSMs), deploy and recover multilple Coastal Pioneer (CP) Gliders, and deploy 2 AUVs (singly or simultaneously) for ship-attended missions. The main objectives of Leg C are to deploy and recover 5 CPMs. All three legs will involve ancillary activities, including CTD casts with water sampling adjacent to moorings, gliders and AUVs, comparison of buoy and shipboard data, cross-shelf CTD surveys in the vicinity of the moored array, and surveys using shipboard sensors (ADCP, EK-80, thermosalinograph, multibeam) in the Pioneer moored array region.

Pre-cruise planning meeting: Visit WHOI

Stations:

Funding Agency: NSF #OOI

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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
Fume Hood
EK80 Sonar
Dynamic Positioning System
K-Synch System
USBL Nav
Crane
EM710 MkII (40 to 100 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder


Shipboard Equipment Notes: 12 kHz pinger only in unlikely event of dragging. USBL nav will be for ROV.

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet
Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis?


Shipboard Communication Notes:

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

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
Long Wave Solar Radiation

Sample Storage

Freezer -70°C 25 cu. ft.
Scientific Walk-in Refrigerator


Storage Notes: We have in the past used the walk-in refrigerator for storage (with cooling off).

Navigation

GPS
USBL

Navigation Notes: Serial GPS feed for Chief Sci laptop. Nav feeds for ROV group, USBL for ROV.

Winches

Other Portable Winch
UNOLS Winch Pool

Winch Notes: Science party will reserve split-drum TSE winch. Sciency party will supply Lantec heavy-lift winch, ROV group will supply ROV winch.

Wire use and application

CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire


Wire Notes:

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: ROV control van		Location: Port side aft
Water: no		Power:yes
Science Van 2
Type/size: Flat rack		Location: above Storage Van
Water: no		Power:no
Science Van 3
Type/size: Flat Rack		Location: above Rigging Van
Water: no		Power:no
Science Van 4
Type/size: Storage van		Location: Port side main deck
Water: no		Power:no
Science Van 5
Type/size: Rigging Van		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: 440 3ph. Lantec: 480V 160 A
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):  Sonardyne USBL navigation.

Other required equipment and special needs:  AUV handling equipment (SOO-LARS) to be installed on starboard aft arm for Leg B.
Date Submitted: Sep 8, 2017 2:44 PM