Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Cruise Planning Synopsis


KN222

Ship

R/V Knorr

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: Oct 3, 2014

Woods Hole

Arrival: Oct 11, 2014

Woods Hole

Operations Area

Continental Shelf and Slope south of New England
Lat/Lon: 40° 0.0′ N / 71° 0.0′ W
Depth Range: 90 / 500
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? no

Science Objectives

The Pioneer 3 Leg 1 deployment cruise (Pioneer-3a) has 13 primary objectives that include the recovery and deployment of Profiler Moorings, the deployment of gliders, and CTD casts with water sampling at the mooring sites. The Pioneer-3a cruise also has additional objectives, including multi-beam bathymetry surveys of the Pioneer region and CTD/ADCP surveys in the vicinity of the Pioneer moored array.

Science Activities

The R/V Knorr will depart from Woods Hole and transit to the Pioneer Offshore site where operations will commence. Successive days will include either two mooring operations (deployment and recovery) or one mooring deployment and one glider deployment. CTDs with bottle samples will be done in conjunction with the mooring turns. Glider deployments will be interspersed with mooring operations at times and locations chosen for efficiency. Multibeam surveys and ADCP surveys will be conducted in late evening after mooring and glider operations are completed. A detailed timeline is provided in Appendix A.
The primary Objectives (O1-O13) are listed below. Nominal times for these activities are given in the cruise timeline (Appendix A). Site locations are listed in Appendix B.
  • O1. Recover the Upstream-Inshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMUI-00002).
  • O2. Deploy the Upstream-Inshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMUI-00003).
  • O3. Recover the Upstream-Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMUO-00003).
  • O4. Deploy the Upstream-Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMUO-00004).
  • O5. Recover the Central Inshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMCI-00001).
  • O6. Deploy the Central Inshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMCI-00002).
  • O7. Recover the Central Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMCO-00001).
  • O8. Deploy the Central Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMCO)-00002).
  • O9. Recover the Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP04OSPM-00001).
  • O10. Deploy the Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP04OSPM-00002).
  • O11. Deploy two shallow (200 m engine) coastal gliders (EB, FZ-2).
  • O12. Deploy three deep (1000 m engine) coastal gliders (FZ-1, SS-1, SS-2).
  • O13. Conduct CTD casts with water sampling at the mooring sites.
There are also Additional objective  that would be desirable to accomplish on the cruise. The Additional objectives are listed in rough priority order, and will be completed as time and conditions permit.
  • A1. Conduct multibeam bathymetry surveys in the Pioneer region.
  • A2. Conduct a CTD surveys (no bottle samples) in the vicinity of the moored array.
  • A3. Conduct shipboard ADCP surveys in the vicinity of the moored array.

Additional Info

Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Teleconference/Visit WHOI
Meeting Notes: Suggest meeting at WHOI in August. Deck lead may need to attend by telcon.

Stations:

Supporting documentation:

»KN222_Personnel_List.xlsb
»3204-00301_Cruise_Plan_Pioneer3.pdf

Funding

Funding Agency: NSF
Grant or contract number: TBD

Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Knorr

Other Science Vans:

Shipboard Equipment

Bathymetry System 12 kHz
ADCP 300 kHz
Sippican XBT System (Mark 21)
ADCP 75 kHz
Science Underway Seawater System
Multibeam

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet

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

Oxygen Sample Bottles (available in 150 ml sizes)
Salinometer
Dissolved Oxygen Titration System (Brinkmann Titrator)
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

Sample Storage

Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea.
Storage Notes: Freezer is backup for chlorophyll and nutrient samples

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 Notes:

Winches

Other Portable Winch
Mooring / TSE winch
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire
CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire
Winch Notes: Lantec heavy lift winch
Wire Notes: CTD winch for 24 bottle rosette, CTD winch for release/linepack tests, TSE winch for mooring wire deploy/recover, Lantec winch for anchor raise/lower.

Standard Oceanographic Cables

Slip ring required? no Number of conductors: 
Non-standard wire required? no Type: 
Traction winch required? no Describe: 
Science Van 1
Type/size: 20' rigging van Location: main deck
Water: no Power:yes, 440, 3 phase

Specialized Deck Equipment

Mooring Deployment/Recovery Equipment Required: yes Type: Lantec and TSE winch, tuggers
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? yes Details:
See wire notes above.

Special Requirements

Elecrical Power: yes Identify: TSE winch, Lantec winch, rigging van
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?yesDescribe deployment method and quantity:
1000 l Methanol fuel bladder in surface mooring buoy. Standard mooring deployment methods.

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes:no

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise?yesSpecialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):
Other required equipment and special needs:

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: