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.
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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 |
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 | |||||||||||
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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
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
Hazardous Material
1000 l Methanol fuel bladder in surface mooring buoy. Standard mooring deployment methods.
Radioactive Material
Additional Information
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
U.S. Customs Form: | no |
Diplomatic Clearance: | no |
Date Submitted: | |
Date Approved: | |
Agent Information: | |
Woods Hole: Chad Smith, WHOI 508-289-3811 Shipping: R/V Knorr C/O Chad Smith Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 266 Woods Hole Rd Woods Hole, MA 02543 | |
Countries: | |
USA | |
Notes: | |
n?A | |
Isotope Use Approval: | no |
Isotope Notes: | |
SCUBA Diving: | no |
Checklist | |
SSSG Tech: | |
Alison Heater, Tina Thomas | |
WHOI Pier: Iselin West | |