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International Polar
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2008
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Knorr
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Project Title: |
International Polar Year (IPY) - International Chemistry Experiment in the Arctic LOwer Troposphere (ICEALOT) - 2008 http://saga.pmel.noaa.gov/Field/icealot/ |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Tim Bates, NOAA_PMEL |
Project Institution: |
NOAA_PMEL |
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Project ID: |
101107 |
Version #: |
1 |
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Date Submitted: |
5/8/2007 7:43:00 PM |
Created By: |
Tim Bates |
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Date Last Modified: |
2/17/2009 10:49:00 AM |
URI Serial #: |
20070409210639RL |
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Funding Agencies: |
NOAA - NONE - Funded |
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Summary of Field Work: |
International Polar Year (IPY). This NOAA study will be a part of IPY, organized by the International Council for Science (ICSU). IPY is envisioned to be an intense, international campaign of coordinated polar observations and analysis; it will be bipolar in focus, multidisciplinary in scope, and truly international in participation. The vision is for researchers from many nations to work together to gain integrated insights into planetary processes, targeted at exploring and increasing our understanding of the polar regions and their role in the global system. IPY will constitute a major FY 2008 emphasis of NOAA's Atmospheric Constituents and Climate Project. NOAA and its international partners are planning an expanded study of the Arctic, to improve the simulation of the radiative forcing of climate change by lower-atmosphere ozone and aerosol particle processes during periods of Arctic Haze. This field campaign will target transport of anthropogenic pollution (in particular from Eurasia) to the Arctic, and explore how it contributes to the build-up of the Arctic Haze and interactions with boundary layer processes such as halogen formation and deposition to ice/snow. The campaign will also investigate transport of air masses out of the Arctic, in order to understand how chemical processing in the Arctic influences the composition of the global atmosphere (e.g. springtime ozone maximum). NOAA will use R/V KNORR in combination with ground sites and airborne platforms to determine how the transport and transformation of gaseous and aerosol chemical species influence climate forcing. These observations will be paired with diagnostic chemical, meteorological, and radiative models to assess and improve the forecasting and prediction tools. The general cruise plan (~46 days) is as follows: Starting port – WHOI, Massachusetts. - 24 to 48 hours of operations in Boston Harbor, collecting data to compare with 2002-04 New England Air Quality Studies (NEAQS) field campaigns. - Nine day transit with underway measurements to Iceland. - Port stop in Reykjavik, Iceland (3-4 days). - Four weeks in Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents Seas, participating in IPY measurements of Arctic haze, tropospheric ozone depletion, and snow photochemistry. - Transit to ending port (Tromso, Norway or Reykjavik, Iceland), 3-4 days. NOAA Funding for this project is pending congressional approval of FY08 appropriations, and NOAA/OAR approval of a prioritized allocation plan for FY08 charter funds. The funding for this project will come from NOAA's Climate Program Office (CPO) and charter funds in NOAA’s Marine Services FY08 budget. Estimated funds pending for ship time to support this project are $1.4 million. |
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Summary of Facility Requirements: |
The March-April 2008 time period is required in order to capture the high pollution/haze events before the breakup of the Arctic Haze season, and to correlate with the annual schedule of IPY program work. Piggyback operations &/or paired schedule in support of STR# 20060307125137TF (Lee, APL) may be considered to optimize geographic deployment of KNORR, and to economize on the ship time costs for both programs. Specifically, some portion of the transit to Iceland might be shared between the two projects. |
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Summary of other requirements and comments: |
Shipboard sampling of atmospheric gases and aerosols is challenging, and requires significant space for sampling operations near the bow of the ship, to limit/eliminate sources of sample contamination. The measurements needed for this project require four 20’ sea containers, two smaller ISO containers, and a sampling tower mounted on the forward O-2 deck of KNORR. A contract for design of above-deck foundation frames to accommodate this load aboard KNORR in the required configuration has been developed and is currently underway. Space on the ship's afterdecks is also required for additional containers housing the ESRL/CSD lidars, the ESRL/PSD cloud radar, and the PMEL clean chemistry laboratory, as well as other utility/storage containers. A small UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) may also be included in the mission plan, and will involve a shipboard launch/recovery system currently under development. All vans are program-supplied (no UNOLS "pool" vans required). As a primarily atmospheric research cruise, conventional water-column oceanographic operations (e.g. CTDs) are not included, or required (but may be, if piggyback support of STR#20060307125137TF is added for inclusion on the transit to Iceland). |
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Type of Request: |
Primary Ship Use |
Request Status: |
Submitted |
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Request ID: |
1001312 |
Created By: |
Tim Bates |
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Date Last Modified: |
5/17/2007 7:57:00 PM |
Date Submitted: |
5/8/2007 8:43:00 PM |
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Year: |
2008
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Ship/Facility: |
Knorr
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Optimum Start Date:
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3/15/2008 |
Dates to Avoid: |
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Earliest Start Date: |
3/15/2008 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
3/15/2008 |
Other Ship(s): |
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Operating Days Needed: |
Science Days |
Mob Days |
De-Mob Days |
Estimated Transit Days |
Total Days |
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46 |
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46 |
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year) |
No |
Interval: |
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# of Cruises: |
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Description of Repeating cruise requirements: |
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Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations: |
Optimum date: 3/15-4/30 / Alternate date: TBD |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
Barents Sea |
| Description of Op Area: |
Greenland, Norweigan, and Barents Seas
Transit from WHOI via Reykjavik |
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Lat/Long |
Marsden Grid |
Navy Op Area |
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Beginning
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Ending
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Foreign Clearance Required? |
Yes |
Coastal States:
Canada, Denmark, Greenland, Russian Federation, Iceland, Norway |
 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances
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Are you or any member in your science party bringing in any science equipment items which are regulated for export by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)?
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No |
If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office?
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No |
| Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?
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Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.) |
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Requested Start Port |
Intermediate Port(s) |
Requested End Port |
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Woods Hole, MA, USA |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
Tromso, Norway |
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops |
Requested Ports: Start - WHOI/Intermediate - Reykjavik/End - Tromso/Reykjavik |
Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports
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Chief Scientist: |
Tim Bates, NOAA_PMEL |
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# in Science Party |
30 |
# of different science teams |
4 |
# Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
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1 |
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Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements |
Nbr Scientists: 25-30, 4-5 science teams |
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 Dynamic Positioning | ADCP | Multibeam | Seismic |
| Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl Wire | Stern A-frame | Fiber Optic (.681) | 0.680 Coax Wire |
| SCUBA Diving | Radioisotope use - briefly describe | NO Radioisotope use/Natural level work | Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe |
| 10 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe | MOCNESS | | |
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Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling. |
Multiple (10+) atmospheric laboratory vans (program-supplied, various sizes) to be staged on upper weather decks.
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
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