AR07-01 OOI Irminger Sea

Ship

RV Neil Armstrong

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 George Tupper: Chief Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Clark South 182B, MS#30 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543 +1 508 289 2693 gtupper@whoi.edu

Departure: Jun 30, 2016
Woods Hole MA
Arrival: Jul 28, 2016
Reyjavik
Operations Area
Southeast of Greenland
Lat/Lon: 59° 52.0′ N / 39° 30.0′ W
Depth Range: 2600 / 2800
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country?	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 four gliders.  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.
Science Activities
The following activities are planned:  1) Validate the bathymetry of the site to check the planned positions for the four moorings of the second deployment;  2)  Deploy the four new moorings; 3)  Recover the four moorings deployed in 2015; 4) Deploy up to four gliders in support of horizontal and vertical sampling in and around the array; 5) Recover one glider deployed in 2015; and 6) Carry out shipboard sampling in support of calibration and validation of the deployed sensors on the moorings and gliders and to add to knowledge of the site.
Additional Info
Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI
Meeting Notes: June 10 if possible
Media personnel on board: none
Stations:
Supporting documentation:
»Armstrong_07_Berthing_Plan.pdf
»OOI_Irminger_agenda.docx
»3202-00301_Cruise_Plan_Irminger-3_2016-06-21_Ver_1-00.pdf

Funding

Funding Agency: NSF

Grant or contract number: OOI 1234

Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Armstrong

Other Science Vans:

Shipboard Equipment
Bathymetry System 12 kHz
ADCP 300 kHz
Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz
ADCP 150 kHz
A-Frame
Deionized Water System
12 kHz Pinger for Wire Use
Navigation - Heading
Navigation - Position
Knudsen SBP
EM122 (12 kHz) Multibeam Echosounder
EK80 Sonar
Dynamic Positioning System
Computer Network
ADCP 38 kHz
POS-MV
Crane
Shipboard Communication
Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet
CTD/Water Sampling
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)
Oxygen Sample Bottles (available in 150 ml sizes)
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
Sample Storage
Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea.
Storage Notes: Need to keep samples on board until Armstrong returns to WHOI Sept 14.
Navigation
Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation?	no
How many nets?	null
How many tansponders?	null
Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation?	no
Navigation Notes:
Winches
Mooring / TSE winch
CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire
Winch Notes: OOI will bring our own Lebus winch (self spooling) and have reserved a TSE winch spooler from east coast winch pool (Brian Guest). We will bring a portable generator to power our Lebus winch. (John Kemp).
Wire use and application
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire
Winch Notes: 9/16 trawl only if we need to drag.
Standard Oceanographic Cables
Slip ring required? no Non-standard wire required? no Traction winch required? no

Science Van 1
Type/size: Rigging Van (8x20)		Location: Main Deck
Water: no		Power:yes
Science Van 2
Type/size: Ball Van (8x20)		Location: main deck
Water: no		Power:no

Specialized Deck Equipment

Mooring Deployment/Recovery Equipment Required: yes	Type: Vans, Lebus, TSE, 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: OOI will supply winches, blocks hooks, tuggers and extra poles.

Special Requirements

Elecrical Power: yes	Identify Winches and van
Equipment Handling: no	Identify:
Inter/intraship Communications: no	Identify:
Science Stowage: yes	Identify: samples after crusie 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:no SCUBA Diving Operations:no

Hazardous Material

Will hazardous material be utilized?yesDescribe deployment method and quantity:
Lithium batteries for gliders.   O2 Titrator and Salt chems.  Small nitrogen tank (Eric Benway will supply Hazmat inventory sheet).

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes:no

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise?yesSpecialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):
survey work and possible CTD.  All mooring ops to be done in daylight.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:
7 free-fall moorings. Each has a built-in anchor. They have no surface expression, and weigh about 600 kg each. The moorings will be pre-assembled and dropped from the A-frame. The science compliment will be close to maximum. They will have one person (Carmen) assigned as the mooring tech. There will be a hand lowered (5-10 meters) transducer (about 75 lbs).
Shipboard instruments required: EK80 - Yes Multibeam - Not critical, would like to us it to confirm landing locations CTD - They have some instruments that they would like to mount to the CTD frame with hose clamps after removing some bottles. The CTD will be used to calibrate the bottom lander. They have a mid-water net (450 meters) they would like to tow at 1-2 knots using the CTD cable. Expect about 14 CTD casts interspersed with net tows. Need to have plan to switch wire between blocks.