Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
AT43: Graff "EXPORTS" | |
Ship | |
| R/V Atlantis | |
Cruise Party | |
| Jason Graff: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator Oregon State Univeristy USA +1 541 737 4090 jrgraff@science.oregonstate.edu Debbie Steinberg: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator Virginia Institute of Marine Science United States +1 804 684 7838 debbies@vims.edu | |
| - added Jason Graff as Chief Scientist on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Debbie Steinberg as Chief Scientist on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Jason Graff as Principal Investigator on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Debbie Steinberg as Principal Investigator on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller |
Departure: Apr 14, 2020 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Arrival: May 31, 2020 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Operations Area | |
| Northeast Atlantic Ocean near the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Long-term Monitoring site | |
| - Northeast Atlantic Ocean near the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Long-term Monitoring site on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Lat/Lon: 45° 0.0′ N / 17° 0.0′ W | |
| - set lat to 45° 0.0′ N, set lon to 17° 0.0′ W on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Depth Range: 0 m / 3000 m | |
| - set min to 0 m, set max to 3000 m on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | no |
Science Objectives | |
| EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) is a large-scale NASA-led field campaign that will provide critical information for quantifying the export and fate of upper ocean net primary production (NPP) using satellite observations and state of the art ocean technologies. Our objectives while at sea are to measure stocks of organisms, chemistry, particles and the pathways regulating the export of carbon from the surface ocean to the deeper twilight zone. | |
| - EXport Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) is a large-scale NASA-led field campaign that will provide critical information for quantifying the export and fate of upper ocean net primary production (NPP) using satellite observations and state of the art ocean technologies. Our objectives while at sea are to measure stocks of organisms, chemistry, particles and the pathways regulating the export of carbon from the surface ocean to the deeper twilight zone. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Science Activities | |
| Multiple overboard operations including CTD rosette casts, trace metal clean CTD and tow fish, MOCNESS tows, zooplankton net tows, neutrally buoyant (no surface expression) and surface tethered sediment traps, wire-walker package with surface expression, optics packages, and marine snow catchers with potential deployments of other autonomous assets such as a BioArgo float. On-deck and lab activities will include the use of multiple (9?) on-deck incubators with flowing surface seawater as well as re-circulating incubators chilled to temperatures found at deeper depths, use of the ship's flow-through seawater system (diaphragm pump provided by the science party) for continuous optical, chemical, and semi-continous biological measurements, use of the walk-in temperature control rooms for sample storage and experiments, additional small volume incubations in multiple lab spaces, a trace metal clean "bubble", and a multitude of general and specialized scientific equipment. Two rad vans will be used for measuring radioisotopes used in incubations and a general purpose an will be used by multiple groups related to the on-deck incubations. A trace metal clean van will be used in conjunction with the trace metal clean CTD rosette. All vans will require water and power. This work will be conducted while coordinating with two other vessels working within the NASA EXPORTS framework (HMS Discovery) and the Woods Hole Twilight Zone Project (Sarmiento de Gamboa). The Atlantis will serve as the "Process" ship and will work with a lagrangian approach following deployed assets (either previously deployed before our arrival or deployed during this cruise), while the Discovery will conduct wider surveys of the surrounding waters. We will occasionally "meet up" with the other ships to perform simultaneous measurements necessary for instrument intercalibrations. | |
| - Multiple overboard operations including CTD rosette casts, trace metal clean CTD and tow fish, MOCNESS tows, zooplankton net tows, neutrally buoyant (no surface expression) and surface tethered sediment traps, wire-walker package with surface expression, optics packages, and marine snow catchers with potential deployments of other autonomous assets such as a BioArgo float. On-deck and lab activities will include the use of multiple (9?) on-deck incubators with flowing surface seawater as well as re-circulating incubators chilled to temperatures found at deeper depths, use of the ship's flow-through seawater system (diaphragm pump provided by the science party) for continuous optical, chemical, and semi-continous biological measurements, use of the walk-in temperature control rooms for sample storage and experiments, additional small volume incubations in multiple lab spaces, a trace metal clean "bubble", and a multitude of general and specialized scientific equipment. Two rad vans will be used for measuring radioisotopes used in incubations and a general purpose an will be used by multiple groups related to the on-deck incubations. A trace metal clean van will be used in conjunction with the trace metal clean CTD rosette. All vans will require water and power. This work will be conducted while coordinating with two other vessels working within the NASA EXPORTS framework (HMS Discovery) and the Woods Hole Twilight Zone Project (Sarmiento de Gamboa). The Atlantis will serve as the "Process" ship and will work with a lagrangian approach following deployed assets (either previously deployed before our arrival or deployed during this cruise), while the Discovery will conduct wider surveys of the surrounding waters. We will occasionally "meet up" with the other ships to perform simultaneous measurements necessary for instrument intercalibrations. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Additional Info | |
| Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Teleconference | |
| - Teleconference on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| Meeting Notes: Scheduled for Wednesday November 6. | |
| - Scheduled for Wednesday November 6. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Stations: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
| »Atlantis_Deck_Plan_EXPORTS_prelim_shared.pdf | |
| »Lab_space_diagram_prelim_shared.pdf | |
| »ExamplePicsExports.pptx | |
| »EXPORTS_prelim_berthing_roster.pdf | |
| »EXPORTS-Overside_operations.pptx | |
| - added Atlantis_Deck_Plan_EXPORTS_prelim_shared.pdf on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added Lab_space_diagram_prelim_shared.pdf on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added ExamplePicsExports.pptx on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added EXPORTS_prelim_berthing_roster.pdf on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
| - added EXPORTS-Overside_operations.pptx on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |
Funding |
| Funding Agency: NASA | |
| Grant or contract number: XXXXXX |
Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Atlantis |
Shipboard Equipment | |||||||||||
| ADCP 75 kHz, | |||||||||||
| A-Frame, | |||||||||||
| Deionized Water System, | |||||||||||
| Science Underway Seawater System, | |||||||||||
| Navigation - Heading, | |||||||||||
| Fume Hood, | |||||||||||
| Navigation - Position, | |||||||||||
| Crane | |||||||||||
| -added A-Frame on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added ADCP 75 kHz on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Crane on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Deionized Water System on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Fume Hood on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Navigation - Heading on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Navigation - Position on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Science Underway Seawater System on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Shipboard Communication | |||||||||||
| Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet, | |||||||||||
| Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis? | |||||||||||
| -added Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis? on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
CTD/Water Sampling | |||||||||||
| 911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors, | |||||||||||
Mocness  , | |||||||||||
| Biospherical underwater PAR (1000m depth limit) with reference Surface PAR, | |||||||||||
| SBE43 oxygen sensor, | |||||||||||
| Seapoint STM turbidity sensor, | |||||||||||
| Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength), | |||||||||||
| Wet Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer, | |||||||||||
| Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor | |||||||||||
| -added 911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Mocness on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Biospherical underwater PAR (1000m depth limit) with reference Surface PAR on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added SBE43 oxygen sensor on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Seapoint STM turbidity sensor on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength) on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
| May use own sensors (TBD) plus underwater video profiler (UVP) and LISST | |||||||||||
| - added May use own sensors (TBD) plus underwater video profiler (UVP) and LISST on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
MET Sensors | |||||||||||
| Barometric Pressure, | |||||||||||
| Air temperature, | |||||||||||
| Relative Humidity, | |||||||||||
| Wind speed and direction, | |||||||||||
| Short Wave Solar Radiation | |||||||||||
| -added Air temperature on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Barometric Pressure on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Relative Humidity on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Short Wave Solar Radiation on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Wind speed and direction on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Sample Storage | |||||||||||
| Climate Controlled Walk-in, | |||||||||||
| Freezer -70°C 25 cu. ft., | |||||||||||
| Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea., | |||||||||||
| Refrigerator 8.6 cu. ft., | |||||||||||
| Scientific Walk-in Freezer, | |||||||||||
| Scientific Walk-in Refrigerator | |||||||||||
| -added Climate Controlled Walk-in on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Freezer -70°C 25 cu. ft. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Refrigerator 8.6 cu. ft. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Scientific Walk-in Freezer on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Scientific Walk-in Refrigerator on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Storage Notes:
In addition to ship provided fridge and freezer space, the science party will bring aboard multiple liquid nitrogen dewars for sample storage. Does the Atlantis still have the LN production capabilities it purchased a few years ago? If so, what capacity for production? We will pre-fill our dewars but given the length of this cruise will need to top them off occassionally. We are likely to bring a larger filling dewar as well. | |||||||||||
| - added In addition to ship provided fridge and freezer space, the science party will bring aboard multiple liquid nitrogen dewars for sample storage. Does the Atlantis still have the LN production capabilities it purchased a few years ago? If so, what capacity for production? We will pre-fill our dewars but given the length of this cruise will need to top them off occassionally. We are likely to bring a larger filling dewar as well. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
| Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| How many nets? | null | ||||||||||
| How many tansponders? | null | ||||||||||
| Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
| GPS | |||||||||||
| -added GPS on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Navigation Notes: | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
| CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire, | |||||||||||
| Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire, | |||||||||||
| Mooring / TSE winch, | |||||||||||
| Other Portable Winch | |||||||||||
| -added CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Mooring / TSE winch on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Other Portable Winch on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Winch Notes:
Many overboarding activities on the previous EXPORTS cruise aboard the RV Revelle required sharing of winches/wires between packages. Starboard side deployments included standard ship's CTD, MOCNESS, zooplankton nets, Marine Snow Catchers, trace metal clean tow-fish, and a small optics package (self powered and logging). Recoeries of the neutrally buoyant sediment traps also occurred on the starboard side. Aft deployments using the A-frame or hand deployed packages include the trace metal clean CTD rosette, deployment of neutrally buoyant sediment traps and deployment and recovery of a surface tethered sediment trap array and a 500 m wire-walker with surface expression, and multiple hand deployed optics packages where one may require an air-tugger to assist in the deployment and recovery due to its weight in air (~100 lbs). Starboard deployments will include a trace metal clean towfish, MOCNESS on a .322 conducting cable, zooplankton nets (separate hydrowire preferred, do not need conducting wire), marine snow catchers (does not reqiure conducting wire), small optics package (does not require conducting wire). If possible, the TMC rosertte would preferable be deployed off starboard side. See EXPORTS Overside operations document. | |||||||||||
| - added Many overboarding activities on the previous EXPORTS cruise aboard the RV Revelle required sharing of winches/wires between packages. Starboard side deployments included standard ship's CTD, MOCNESS, zooplankton nets, Marine Snow Catchers, trace metal clean tow-fish, and a small optics package (self powered and logging). Recoeries of the neutrally buoyant sediment traps also occurred on the starboard side. Aft deployments using the A-frame or hand deployed packages include the trace metal clean CTD rosette, deployment of neutrally buoyant sediment traps and deployment and recovery of a surface tethered sediment trap array and a 500 m wire-walker with surface expression, and multiple hand deployed optics packages where one may require an air-tugger to assist in the deployment and recovery due to its weight in air (~100 lbs). Starboard deployments will include a trace metal clean towfish, MOCNESS on a .322 conducting cable, zooplankton nets (separate hydrowire preferred, do not need conducting wire), marine snow catchers (does not reqiure conducting wire), small optics package (does not require conducting wire). If possible, the TMC rosertte would preferable be deployed off starboard side. See EXPORTS Overside operations document. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Wire use and application | |||||||||||
| Other, | |||||||||||
| Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire, | |||||||||||
| CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire | |||||||||||
| -added CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Other on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Winch Notes: See EXPORTS Overside operations document. | |||||||||||
| - added See EXPORTS Overside operations document. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Standard Oceanographic Cables | |||||||||||
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Portable Vans | |||||||||||
| Hydrographic Van, | |||||||||||
| Isotope Van | |||||||||||
| -added Hydrographic Van on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| -added Isotope Van on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
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: A block to be used with the trace metal clean rosette will be provided by the science party. Specs forthcoming. | |||||||||||
| - added A block to be used with the trace metal clean rosette will be provided by the science party. Specs forthcoming. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Special Requirements | |||||||||||
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| Electrical Power Revisions - Electrical Power : added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller - Identify : added Freshwater needed in all vans. (TMC, GP, 2 Rad vans) on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Equipment Handling Revisions - Equipment Handling : added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller - Identify : added marine snow catchers (small crane use?) on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Inter/intraship Communications Revisions - Inter/intraship Communications : added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller - Identify : added Will work with all three ships to determine best mode(s) of communication on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Science Stowage Revisions - Science Stowage : added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller - Identify : added Use of the forward hold and any other space for empty boxes and spare equipment would be helpful. on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Inter/intraship Communications Revisions - Water : added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller - Identify : added Freshwater needed in all vans. (TMC, GP, 2 Rad vans) on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
Additional Cruise Items/Activities | |||||||||||
| Explosive Devices: | no | ||||||||||
| Portable Air Compressors: | yes | ||||||||||
| Flammable Gases: | no | ||||||||||
| Small Boat Operations: | no | ||||||||||
| SCUBA Diving Operations: | no | ||||||||||
Hazardous Material | |||||||||||
| Will hazardous material be utilized? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Describe deployment method and quantity: | |||||||||||
Radioactive Material | |||||||||||
| Radioiosotopes: | yes | ||||||||||
Additional Information | |||||||||||
| Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Nov 4, 2019 12:07 PM by Sarah Fuller | |||||||||||
| Specialized 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: | |