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NTAS/MOVE - SUBMITTED

UNOLS Project ID:	105260	URI Serial #:	None
Date Submitted:	3/20/2016 1:13:00 PM	Last Modified:	6/27/2016 3:12:00 PM
Status:	Submitted	Version #:	2
Principal Investigator (PI)		Contact Information
Al Plueddemann Physical Oceangraphy WHOI		(508) 289-2789 aplueddemann%%*whoi^%^%^edu
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) & other collaborators		Contact Information
Uwe Send	SIO	(858) 822-6710	usend%%*ucsd^%^%^edu

Project Title:

Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS) Ocean Reference Station and Meridional Overturning Variability Experiment (MOVE).

Program Name:

Other Large Program

NOAA Climate Obs

Scientific Discipline:

Physical Oceanography

Project Status:

Funded Grant/Proposal

Project Funding Agencies:

Agency/Division/Program	Grant or Project Number	Funding Status
NOAA/OAR	NA14OAR4320158	Funded

Other Agency or Program Description:

NOAA OAR Climate Observation Division funds NTAS (Plueddemann) and MOVE (Send) separately. Subcontract from NOAA to WHOI will be necessary to pay ship time based on URI estimate and invoice to WHOI.

Project Institution:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Institution Project #:

Project Start Date:

7/1/2016

End Date:

6/30/2017

Proposal Deadline
(proposal date):

Total Project Budget:

Project Web Page:	http://uop.whoi.edu/projects/NTAS/ntas.html, http://jimo.ucsd.edu/research/projects/current/A_theme/move.htm
Summary of Field Work:	The work will be focused on a surface mooring turn (recovery and re-deployment) and acoustic data transfer from subsurface platforms (moorings and inverted echo sounders (PIES)). One surface mooring will be turned at the NTAS site. Three subsurface moorings and multiple PIES will be visited at three MOVE sites. Deployment and recovery of PIES may take place at one or more MOVE sites. CTD casts ranging from 500 m to full ocean depth (5000 m) will take place at multiple sites.
Summary of Facility Requirements:	The science party will supply equipment for mooring deployment and recovery (winches, air tuggers, winding carts, etc). Use of the URI TSE winch vs. a science party winch will be discussed. We will need all available deck space on the main deck and 01 deck for mooring equipment. We will use the A-Frame and the ship's large crane. Use of the HIAB crane will be discussed. We will use the ship's CTD sensors, deck box, rosette frame, and niskin bottles. Small boat operations will be considered at the discretion of the bridge. The ship's underway sensors (Met, TSal, ADCP, etc) will be utilized by the science party. Ability to "patch in" to the ship's 12 kHz transducer for science party acoustic comms will be requested.
Summary of other requirements or comments:	Clearance will be required, and pursued by the science party, for operations offshore of Guadaloupe. The responsibility for other clearance needs, depending on ports, will be discussed with URI Marine Operations.

	Year	Ship	Total Days	Cost Estimate	Start Date (optimum)	Repeat	Multi-ship	Area	Clearance	Status
View	2017	Endeavor	21	$541,380	Feb 01, 2017	No	No	Trop Atlantic	Yes	Submitted

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