Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
OC475 | |
Ship | |
R/V Oceanus | |
Cruise Party | |
Robert Weller: Principal Investigator, Chief Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Clark 204A, MS#29 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543 +1 508 289 2508 rweller@whoi.edu |
Departure: Sep 22, 2011 | |
Woods Hole | |
Arrival: Sep 26, 2011 | |
Woods Hole | |
Operations Area | |
Pioneer Array, 39deg to 40deg 20'N, 70deg 30' to 71deg W | |
Lat/Lon: 39° 40.0′ N / 70° 47.5′ W | |
Depth Range: 500 / 2,500 | |
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | USA |
Are visas or special travel documents required? | no |
Science Objectives | |
1) To deploy for at sea testing three prototype moorings of the type to be used in the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) of the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI).
2) To test and characterize the performance of the hardware of these moorings and of the instrumentation and associated electronics.
3) To test power generation systems on the surface buoy and measure power consumption.
4) To test data telemetry and the flow of data from the instruments to the shore.
5) To assess the impacts of bioufouling.
6) To validate mooring deployment and recovery procedures.
7) To test software on the deployed platforms and at the shore facilities.
8) To validate mooring designs. | |
Science Activities | |
1) Deploy Coastal Surface Mooring close to 39 deg 55.0 minutes N, 70 degrees, 47.5 minutes W in approximately 520 m of water.
2) Deploy Coastal Profiler Mooring close to 39 deg 55.0 minutes N, 70 degrees, 47.5 minutes W in approximately 520 m of water.
3) Deploy Global Mooring close to 39 deg 30.0 minutes N, 70 degrees, 47.5 minutes W in approximately 2,480 m of water. | |
Additional Info | |
Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI | |
Meeting Notes: At WHOI | |
Stations: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
»AST2_cruise_plan_draft_rev4.doc | |
»Rv_Oceanus_At_Sea_Test_2_deck_lay_out_deployment_vers.4.pdf | |
»3350-00009_HLW_DECK_ASSY_ANALYSIS_2011-09-07_Ver1-00.pdf | |
»Rv_Oceanus_At_Sea_Test_2_deck_lay_out_deployment.pdf |
Funding |
Funding Agency: NSF | |
Grant or contract number: OCE 1005697 |
Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Oceanus |
Shipboard Equipment | |||||||||||
ADCP 150 kHz | |||||||||||
Bathymetry System 12 kHz | |||||||||||
Shipboard Communication | |||||||||||
Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet | |||||||||||
Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis? | |||||||||||
CTD/Water Sampling | |||||||||||
911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
MET Sensors | |||||||||||
Air temperature | |||||||||||
Precipitation | |||||||||||
Relative Humidity | |||||||||||
Short Wave Solar Radiation | |||||||||||
Wind speed and direction | |||||||||||
Storage Notes: | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
How many nets? | null | ||||||||||
How many tansponders? | null | ||||||||||
Will you be using Doppler/GPS navigation? | no | ||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
GPS | |||||||||||
Navigation Notes: | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire | |||||||||||
Mooring / TSE winch | |||||||||||
Other Portable Winch | |||||||||||
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire | |||||||||||
Winch Notes:
CGSN will bring Heavy Lift Winch as well as TSE. Heavy lift winch 460V 3 phase peak 70 amps
TSE winch 460 volt 3 phase peak 60 amps
May run both at once | |||||||||||
Wires 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? | yes | ||||||||||
Details: Heavy lift winch, TSE mooring winch Will do 3 acoustic releases lowerings 500 to 1000 meter | |||||||||||
Special Requirements | |||||||||||
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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? | no | ||||||||||
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): If needed to complete mooring work | |||||||||||
Other required equipment and special needs: May lift 6500 lb anchor using heavy lift winch and A-frame |
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
U.S. Customs Form: | no |
Diplomatic Clearance: | no |
Date Submitted: | |
Date Approved: | |
Agent Information: | |
Countries: | |
Notes: | |
Isotope Use Approval: | no |
Isotope Notes: | |
SCUBA Diving: | no |
Checklist | |
SSSG Tech: | |