AR30-03 Irminger 5

Ship

RV Neil Armstrong

Vehicles

Cruise Party

Amy Bower: Principal Investigator
Organization Name USA
+1 508 289 2781
abower@whoi.edu

Alison Macdonald: Chief Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Clark 344A, MS#21 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543
+1 508 289 3507
amacdonald@whoi.edu

Paul Matthias: Principal Investigator
Organization Name USA
+1 508 289 3672
pmatthias@whoi.edu

Departure: Reykjavik on Jun 5, 2018

Arrival: Reykjavik on Jun 24, 2018

Mobilization Date: Jun 2, 2018

Demobilization Date: Jun 26, 2018

Supporting documentation:

»Irminger_18_Station_Locations.docx
»irminger_18_zoom2.pdf
»irminger_18_zoom.pdf
»irminger_18.pdf
»OSNAP_M1_Mooring.pdf
»OSNAP_M2_Mooring.pdf
»OSNAP_M3_Mooring.pdf
»OSNAP_M4_Mooring.pdf
»OSNAP_M5_Mooring.pdf
»whoi_noc_theta_full.pdf
»OSNAP_MOORING_Positions_Depths_array.docx

Operations Area: Irminger Sea southeast of Greenland

Lat/Lon: 60° 0.0′ N / 40° 0.0′ W

Depth Range: 0 / 3500

Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? yes - Greenland
Are visas or special travel documents required? no

Science objectives

To carry out the recovery and redeployment of the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Irminger Sea Array, servicing four moorings and up to six gliders in an area southeast of Greenland (38-41W, 58-61N).  The platforms will carry multidisciplinary instrumentation and provide the capability for real time communication of data and control of sampling.  A surface mooring will instrument the sea surface and upper ocean, capturing the surface forcing and upper ocean variability.  A profiling mooring will measure through the water column.  Two additional taut subsurface moorings and the gliders will complete the capabilities to obtain vertical profiles and sample the mesocale (10s to 100 km) variability at the site. Shipboard data will be obtained to assess the performance of the instrumentation. Four days will be devoted to the deployment of 5 (NSF) Overturning of Subpolar North Atlantic (OSNAP) moorings, complete a CTD array along the mooring sites, and the recovery of up to 2 sound sources. The OSNAP moorings monitor the velocity, temperature and salinity of the boundary current between ~37.8-41.1 W, 59.6-59.9N.  The OSNAP moorings include 1 tall mooring with its uppermost instrument at 39 m, and 4 shorter moorings with their uppermost instruments between 1300 and 1600 m. Approximately 30 microcats will be calibrated before deployment by means of 'caldips' (detailed below).  CTD/Rosette casts will be made at all mooring locations to collect temperature, salinity, oxygen, dissolved gas, chlorophyll, particulate organic carbon, and carbonate chemistry profiles. Measurements for these parameters will also be made continuously for surface waters using instrumentation installed on the underway seawater line. Along the OSNAP line CTD/Rosette casts will be made between each mooring location as well.

Science Activities

OOI Science Activities (not necessarily in time order - although deployment will occur before recovery):

1. For each of the four moorings to be deployed
1. Validate bathymetry at the deployment site, checking the planned positions and perform an underwater test of the anchor acoustic releases
2. Deploy the mooring
3. Perform an anchor survey for the deployed mooring
4. Perform a CTD/Rosette cast
5. Perform shipboard measurements and analysis in support of calibration and validation of the deployed sensors (including the gliders)
2. Recover the 4 moorings deployed in 2017
1. Note: May need to drag for the 2017 surface mooring as buoy is no longer attached to the mooring
3. Deploy 5-6 gliders in support of horizontal and vertical sampling in and around the array
1. Two of the above gliders will be configured with oxygen sensors in a location that enables it to sample the atmosphere for calibration purposes when surfacing between profiles.
4. Recover one remaining 2016 glider, only recover 2017 gliders should issues arise while the ship is in the area.

Pre-cruise planning meeting: Visit WHOI

Between 1/16-1/26/18

Stations:

  OSNAP Sound Source 11
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 61° 40.74’ N
  Longitude: 33° 53.9’ W

  OSNAP Sound Source 4
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 45.42’ N
  Longitude: 40° 36.24’ W

  OSNAP Mooring 5
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 34.626’ N
  Longitude: 37° 47.952’ W

  OSNAP Mooring 4
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 38.796’ N
  Longitude: 38° 33.942’ W

  OSNAP Mooring 3
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 48.888’ N
  Longitude: 40° 16.59’ W

  OSNAP Mooring 2
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 51.546’ N
  Longitude: 40° 41.334’ W

  OSNAP Mooring 1
  Distance: null
  Days: null
  Latitude: 59° 54.18’ N
  Longitude: 41° 6.708’ W

  OOI Irminger Global Surface Mooring (GSM)
  Distance: 560
  Days: 10
  Latitude: 59° 56.7’ N
  Longitude: 39° 34.5’ W

Funding Agency: NSF #OOI

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R/V Armstrong

Shipboard Equipment

Bathymetry System 12 kHz
ADCP 300 kHz
Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz
ADCP 150 kHz
A-Frame
Deionized Water System
Science Underway Seawater System
12 kHz Pinger for Wire Use
EM122 (12 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder
EK80 Sonar
Dynamic Positioning System
ADCP 38 kHz
Crane


Shipboard Equipment Notes: O2 Titration and salinmeter are OOI supplied.   We will supply our own standards and bottles.
Will need Wet Lab space for this work.

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet


Shipboard Communication Notes: No special communication needs.

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
Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor

Critical CTD Sensors: 

Hydrographic Analysis Equipment

Dissolved Oxygen Titration System (Brinkmann Titrator)
Salinometer

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 3.2 cu. ft. ea.


Storage Notes:

Navigation

GPS

Navigation Notes:

Winches

Other Portable Winch
UNOLS Winch Pool

Winch Notes: OOI will bring self-spooling LEBUS winch and OOI will reserve a TSE winch spooler from  from east coast winch pool (Brian Guest).  Winch Power needs: 440V/100 amps

Wire use and application

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


Wire Notes: 1) 9/16 trawl as we may have to drag for the 2017 surface mooring; 2) .322 for CTD ops

Our GSM went missing Oct 12, 2017.  We will investigate site and recover what is left under the surface.

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: CRL Storage Van		Location: Bow
Water: no		Power:no
Science Van 2
Type/size: OOI Flatrack		Location: Main Deck top inboard side
Water: n		Power:n
Science Van 3
Type/size: OOI Rag Top		Location: Main Deck top outboard side
Water: n		Power:n
Science Van 4
Type/size: OOI Storage Container		Location: Main Deck
Water: n		Power:n
Science Van 5
Type/size: OOI Rigging Van		Location: Main Deck
Water: n		Power:480V/60amp

Over the Side Equipment

Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers instruments over the side? yes

Details: OOI will supply winches, blocks, hooks, tuggers and extra poles for mooring and glider ops.

Special Requirements

Elecrical Power: yes	Identify: Winches and Rigging Van; Rigging Van needs 480V/60amp
Equipment Handling: no	Identify:
Inter/intraship Communications: no	Identify:
Science Stowage: yes	Identify: samples after collection and some boxes in hold
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

Describe deployment method and quantity:
Lithium batteries for gliders. O2 Titrator and Salt chemicals. Small nitrogen tank. Small carbon dioxide tank. (Eric Benway to supply Hazmat inventory).

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes: no

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? yes

Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):  Irminger Site survey work and possible CTD. Expect all over the side mooring ops to done in day light. CTD work may be done at night. Calibration dips for the microcat instruments may be done at night.  Glider operations and sound source recovery may occur at night.

Other required equipment and special needs:  OOI lost all contact with our Global Surface Mooring (GSM) on Oct 12, 2017.  We believe it has been runover by a vessel and may have broken apart - gone missing.  We will interrogate the subsurface portion of the mooring and recover what is left.  We may have to drag for this mooring if the mooring was dragged or the release doesn't work.

Small boat ops may be required - weather permitting.
Date Submitted: Dec 22, 2017 11:07 AM