See my e-mail to David Fisichella dated December 5, 2011.  It is reproduced below

We requested Jason for our cruise and will use our in situ analyzer on it as we have on past cruises. Jason work will be the main effort. We need to have every Titanium sampler in the Jason and Alvin pool available for our cruise as our main work is to sample the hot vents at several MAR sites. I hope they are all  in good condition; if not, WHOI needs to request funds to insure that they are reliable. We will likely have a couple of biologists on the cruise, who will want to collect specimens, so freezers will be necessary including a -80 deg C freezer.

 We will likely use elevators to bring some Titanium samplers aboard before the Jason comes aboard. Please budget steel weights for this purpose as well as have elevators and transponders available for us. Jason and Alvin have several elevators; if not, please budget for two new ones. I assume we would do between 4-6 elevator ops maximum during the cruise.

 We also will use the Knorr's CTD/rosette system when Jason is not being used so wish to have a SSSG available to operate it for us so we can sample the water column. I assume this is normal for the Knorr as it is on the Atlantis for Alvin ops. In using the Melville and Thompson, we had help for CTD work. We hope to coordinate these sampling needs via our Jason work. A fume hood needs to be available for some of our chemical work.

 We will have an outreach program on the cruise so will need to send data and communication back to the beach for a blog. We will likely send some large files back including photos, etc. Please budget for this.

Deploy three surface moorings in the North Atlantic salinity maximum at 25N, 38 W.  Deploy floats, gliders and other AUV's.  Perfom microstructure and mixing measurements with free profilers.  Perform CTD casts and log underway thermosalinograph data in the region of the surface salinity maximum.

 See my e-mail to David Fisichella dated December 5, 2011.  It is reproduced below

We requested Jason for our cruise and will use our in situ analyzer on it as we have on past cruises. Jason work will be the main effort. We need to have every Titanium sampler in the Jason and Alvin pool available for our cruise as our main work is to sample the hot vents at several MAR sites. I hope they are all  in good condition; if not, WHOI needs to request funds to insure that they are reliable. We will likely have a couple of biologists on the cruise, who will want to collect specimens, so freezers will be necessary including a -80 deg C freezer.

 We will likely use elevators to bring some Titanium samplers aboard before the Jason comes aboard. Please budget steel weights for this purpose as well as have elevators and transponders available for us. Jason and Alvin have several elevators; if not, please budget for two new ones. I assume we would do between 4-6 elevator ops maximum during the cruise.

 We also will use the Knorr's CTD/rosette system when Jason is not being used so wish to have a SSSG available to operate it for us so we can sample the water column. I assume this is normal for the Knorr as it is on the Atlantis for Alvin ops. In using the Melville and Thompson, we had help for CTD work. We hope to coordinate these sampling needs via our Jason work. A fume hood needs to be available for some of our chemical work.

 We will have an outreach program on the cruise so will need to send data and communication back to the beach for a blog. We will likely send some large files back including photos, etc. Please budget for this.

 See my e-mail to David Fisichella dated December 5, 2011.  It is reproduced below

We requested Jason for our cruise and will use our in situ analyzer on it as we have on past cruises. Jason work will be the main effort. We need to have every Titanium sampler in the Jason and Alvin pool available for our cruise as our main work is to sample the hot vents at several MAR sites. I hope they are all  in good condition; if not, WHOI needs to request funds to insure that they are reliable. We will likely have a couple of biologists on the cruise, who will want to collect specimens, so freezers will be necessary including a -80 deg C freezer.

 We will likely use elevators to bring some Titanium samplers aboard before the Jason comes aboard. Please budget steel weights for this purpose as well as have elevators and transponders available for us. Jason and Alvin have several elevators; if not, please budget for two new ones. I assume we would do between 4-6 elevator ops maximum during the cruise.

 We also will use the Knorr's CTD/rosette system when Jason is not being used so wish to have a SSSG available to operate it for us so we can sample the water column. I assume this is normal for the Knorr as it is on the Atlantis for Alvin ops. In using the Melville and Thompson, we had help for CTD work. We hope to coordinate these sampling needs via our Jason work. A fume hood needs to be available for some of our chemical work.

 We will have an outreach program on the cruise so will need to send data and communication back to the beach for a blog. We will likely send some large files back including photos, etc. Please budget for this.

Deploy three surface moorings in the North Atlantic salinity maximum at 25N, 38 W.  Deploy floats, gliders and other AUV's.  Perfom microstructure and mixing measurements with free profilers.  Perform CTD casts and log underway thermosalinograph data in the region of the surface salinity maximum.

 See my e-mail to David Fisichella dated December 5, 2011.  It is reproduced below

We requested Jason for our cruise and will use our in situ analyzer on it as we have on past cruises. Jason work will be the main effort. We need to have every Titanium sampler in the Jason and Alvin pool available for our cruise as our main work is to sample the hot vents at several MAR sites. I hope they are all  in good condition; if not, WHOI needs to request funds to insure that they are reliable. We will likely have a couple of biologists on the cruise, who will want to collect specimens, so freezers will be necessary including a -80 deg C freezer.

 We will likely use elevators to bring some Titanium samplers aboard before the Jason comes aboard. Please budget steel weights for this purpose as well as have elevators and transponders available for us. Jason and Alvin have several elevators; if not, please budget for two new ones. I assume we would do between 4-6 elevator ops maximum during the cruise.

 We also will use the Knorr's CTD/rosette system when Jason is not being used so wish to have a SSSG available to operate it for us so we can sample the water column. I assume this is normal for the Knorr as it is on the Atlantis for Alvin ops. In using the Melville and Thompson, we had help for CTD work. We hope to coordinate these sampling needs via our Jason work. A fume hood needs to be available for some of our chemical work.

 We will have an outreach program on the cruise so will need to send data and communication back to the beach for a blog. We will likely send some large files back including photos, etc. Please budget for this.

2 x OceanServer/YSI IVER2/Ecomapper AUV
~40 lbs, 1.25 m long
photo below
hand deployed and recovered (snap hook to nose bail)

3 x Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
~350 lbs, 2.0 m long
photos below (stowed on deck + deployed)
deployed via crane/a-frame using quick-release
recovered via crane (snap hook to lifting hardpoint)
small boat useful but not essential for recovery
[recovery not anticipated on this cruise]

2 x OceanServer/YSI IVER2/Ecomapper AUV
~40 lbs, 1.25 m long
photo below
hand deployed and recovered (snap hook to nose bail)

3 x Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
~350 lbs, 2.0 m long
photos below (stowed on deck + deployed)
deployed via crane/a-frame using quick-release
recovered via crane (snap hook to lifting hardpoint)
small boat useful but not essential for recovery
[recovery not anticipated on this cruise]

2 x OceanServer/YSI IVER2/Ecomapper AUV
~40 lbs, 1.25 m long
photo below
hand deployed and recovered (snap hook to nose bail)

3 x Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
~350 lbs, 2.0 m long
photos below (stowed on deck + deployed)
deployed via crane/a-frame using quick-release
recovered via crane (snap hook to lifting hardpoint)
small boat useful but not essential for recovery
[recovery not anticipated on this cruise]

2 x OceanServer/YSI IVER2/Ecomapper AUV
~40 lbs, 1.25 m long
photo below
hand deployed and recovered (snap hook to nose bail)

3 x Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
~350 lbs, 2.0 m long
photos below (stowed on deck + deployed)
deployed via crane/a-frame using quick-release
recovered via crane (snap hook to lifting hardpoint)
small boat useful but not essential for recovery
[recovery not anticipated on this cruise]