Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
KN198 | |
Ship | |
| R/V Knorr | |
Cruise Party | |
| Lloyd Keigwin: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution McLean 207A, MS#08 Woods Hole, Ma. USA 02543 +1 508 289 2784 lkeigwin@whoi.edu | |
| - added Lloyd Keigwin as Chief Scientist on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
| - added Lloyd Keigwin as Principal Investigator on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway |
Departure: Aug 6, 2010 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Arrival: Aug 15, 2010 | |
| Woods Hole | |
Operations Area | |
| New England waters | |
| - New England waters on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Lat/Lon: 39° 0.0′ N / 65° 30.0′ W | |
| - set lat to 39° 0.0′ N, set lon to 65° 30.0′ W on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Depth Range: 250 m / 4 km | |
| - set min to 250 m, set max to 4 km on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | We have clearance from Canada, but I doubt we'll get that far east. |
| - We have clearance from Canada, but I doubt we'll get that far east. on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Are visas or special travel documents required? | no |
| - set to no on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
Science Objectives | |
| This cruise is privately funded by the same foundation that funded WHOI to get started on developing the new long coring system. The idea is to promote interdisciplinary studies by collecting sediment cores from locations that are well instrumented for modern observations. WHOI's line W array, south of the Cape and Islands is one such region. There are multiple moorings measuring physical and chemical properties of the ocean, and there are sediment traps that allow us to calculate fluxes of sediment to the seafloor. Another such location is in Jordan Basin, northeast Gulf of Maine, where NOAA has an instrumented buoy and where there is a long history of sediment trapping and plankton towing. Remarkably, there are no studies of the paleoclimate using sediment cores from these regions. In deep water (south of WH) surveys will be conducted by 3.5 kHz sonar, and in the Gulf of Maine Liviu Giosan will survey with his towed chirp sonar. Our Jordan Basin site is well-known, but south of WH the continental margin is dominated by down-slope processes and finding good core sites will be a challenge. We may work farther to the east in the NE Seamount region, where seamounts may affect the prevailing deep flow and cause constructional sedimentary deposits. Each site will be sampled with a multicorer, a gravity corer, and a large diameter piston corer. In addition, we will deploy a sediment trap at Jordan Basin. | |
| - This cruise is privately funded by the same foundation that funded WHOI to get started on developing the new long coring system. The idea is to promote interdisciplinary studies by collecting sediment cores from locations that are well instrumented for modern observations. WHOI's line W array, south of the Cape and Islands is one such region. There are multiple moorings measuring physical and chemical properties of the ocean, and there are sediment traps that allow us to calculate fluxes of sediment to the seafloor. Another such location is in Jordan Basin, northeast Gulf of Maine, where NOAA has an instrumented buoy and where there is a long history of sediment trapping and plankton towing. Remarkably, there are no studies of the paleoclimate using sediment cores from these regions. In deep water (south of WH) surveys will be conducted by 3.5 kHz sonar, and in the Gulf of Maine Liviu Giosan will survey with his towed chirp sonar. Our Jordan Basin site is well-known, but south of WH the continental margin is dominated by down-slope processes and finding good core sites will be a challenge. We may work farther to the east in the NE Seamount region, where seamounts may affect the prevailing deep flow and cause constructional sedimentary deposits. Each site will be sampled with a multicorer, a gravity corer, and a large diameter piston corer. In addition, we will deploy a sediment trap at Jordan Basin. on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
Science Activities | |
| multicoring, gravity coring, long piston coring, hydrocasting, plankton towing, seafloor mapping, sediment trapping | |
| - multicoring, gravity coring, long piston coring, hydrocasting, plankton towing, seafloor mapping, sediment trapping on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
Additional Info | |
| Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Visit WHOI | |
| - Visit WHOI on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
Stations: | |
| Station 1 Distance: null Days: null Latitude: 43° 28.982’ N Longitude: 67° 52.956’ W | |
| - added Name: Lat: 43° 28.982’ N, Lon: 67° 52.956’ W, Distance: null, Days: null on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |
Supporting documentation: | |
Funding |
| Funding Agency: NSF | |
| Grant or contract number: | |
| Funding Agency: The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | |
| Grant or contract number: 00000 |
Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Knorr |
Shipboard Equipment | |||||||||||
| Bathymetry System 12 kHz, | |||||||||||
| Sippican XBT System (Mark 21), | |||||||||||
| Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz , | |||||||||||
| ADCP 75 kHz, | |||||||||||
| Deionized Water System, | |||||||||||
| Science Underway Seawater System, | |||||||||||
| Multibeam | |||||||||||
| -added Bathymetry System 12 kHz on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Sippican XBT System (Mark 21) on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added ADCP 75 kHz on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Multibeam on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Science Underway Seawater System on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Deionized Water System on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
CTD/Water Sampling | |||||||||||
| 911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors | |||||||||||
| -added 911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
Sediment Sampling | |||||||||||
| Jumbo Long Corer , | |||||||||||
| Gravity corers, | |||||||||||
| Multi-core | |||||||||||
| -added Jumbo Long Corer on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Gravity corers on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Multi-core on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Sample Storage | |||||||||||
| Chest Freezer (Household type) 0°F | |||||||||||
| -added Chest Freezer (Household type) 0°F on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| Storage Notes: need reefer van for cores | |||||||||||
| - added need reefer van for cores on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
| Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
| - added no on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| How many nets? | 0 | ||||||||||
| How many tansponders? | 0 | ||||||||||
| Will you be using Doppler/GPS navigation? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
| CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire, | |||||||||||
| Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire | |||||||||||
| -added CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| -added Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Standard Oceanographic Cables | |||||||||||
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Portable Vans | |||||||||||
| Cold Storage Van | |||||||||||
| -added Cold Storage Van on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
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: This is a Long Core cruise | |||||||||||
| - added This is a Long Core cruise on Jun 28, 2010 4:49 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
Special Requirements | |||||||||||
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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? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| Describe deployment method and quantity: | |||||||||||
Radioactive Material | |||||||||||
| Radioiosotopes: | no | ||||||||||
Additional Information | |||||||||||
| Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? | yes | ||||||||||
| - added yes on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other): seabeam, coring | |||||||||||
| - added seabeam, coring on Jun 28, 2010 4:48 PM by Eric Benway | |||||||||||
| Other required equipment and special needs: | |||||||||||
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
| U.S. Customs Form: | no |
| - added no on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Diplomatic Clearance: | yes |
| - added yes on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Date Submitted: | Mar 10, 2010 |
| - added Mar 10, 2010 on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Date Approved: | Apr 14, 2010 |
| - added Apr 14, 2010 on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Agent Information: | |
| WOODS HOLE, MA. Master R/V Ship Name Attn: Scientist's Name - KN198 c/o WHOI 266 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543 Contact: Eric Benway Phone: (508) 289-3770 Fax: (508) 457-2185 Email: ebenway@whoi.edu | |
| - added WOODS HOLE, MA. Master R/V Ship Name Attn: Scientist's Name - KN198 c/o WHOI 266 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole, MA 02543 Contact: Eric Benway Phone: (508) 289-3770 Fax: (508) 457-2185 Email: ebenway@whoi.edu on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Countries: | |
| Notes: | |
| No US 4455's needed | |
| - added No US 4455's needed on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Isotope Use Approval: | yes |
| - added yes on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| Isotope Notes: | |
| Core Logger? | |
| - added Core Logger? on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
| SCUBA Diving: | no |
| - added no on Jun 28, 2010 4:52 PM by Eric Benway | |
Checklist | |
| SSSG Tech: | |