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CalNex 2010
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2010
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Global
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Project Title: |
CalNex 2010 - Air Quality/Atmospheric Aerosols process study in coastal California and Eastern Pacific |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Tim Bates, NOAA_PMEL |
Project Institution: |
NOAA_PMEL |
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Project ID: |
101976 |
Version #: |
3 |
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Date Submitted: |
4/3/2009 4:31:00 PM |
Created By: |
Paul Kunicki |
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Date Last Modified: |
5/13/2013 11:39:00 AM |
URI Serial #: |
None |
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Funding Agencies: |
NOAA - NONE - Funded |
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Summary of Field Work: |
This NOAA study is a part of a collaboration between NOAA, the California Air Resources Board, and the California Energy Commission. NOAA and its California partners are planning a combined regional air quality and climate study within California and the eastern Pacific coastal region. This field campaign will target the formation of pollution within California urban, industrial, and agricultural regions; transport of the pollution offshore; and the resulting impacts on regional air quality and climate. NOAA will use a UNOLS vessel in combination with ground sites and airborne platforms to determine how the transport and transformation of gaseous and aerosol chemical species influence air quality and 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 (30 days) is as follows (start/end ports may be modified to optimize ship availability, and staging requirements):
- Starting port – San Diego, CA.
- Operations in coastal waters off California concentrating on the ports of San Diego, Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Francisco/Oakland, and Stockton/Sacramento. These operations will include joint work with the NOAA P3, NOAA Twin Otter, and CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft.
- Transit to ending port - San Francisco, CA. |
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Summary of Facility Requirements: |
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 the ship. Space on the ship's afterdecks is also required for additional containers housing the ESRL/CSD lidar, 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. The van and tower arrangement will be similar to that used on Knorr in 2008.
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. |
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Summary of other requirements and comments: |
May to June 2010 is when the NOAA P3 and Twin Otter and CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft will be operational in the study area. It is also the time period for ground sites to be operational.
NOAA Funding for this project is pending congressional approval of FY10 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), partner agencies in California, and charter funds in NOAA’s Marine Services FY10 budget. Estimated funds pending for ship time to support this project are $1.1 million. |
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Type of Request: |
Primary Ship Use |
Request Status: |
Submitted |
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Request ID: |
1002903 |
Created By: |
Paul Kunicki |
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Date Last Modified: |
5/13/2013 11:39:00 AM |
Date Submitted: |
4/3/2009 4:31:00 PM |
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Year: |
2010
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Ship/Facility: |
Global
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Optimum Start Date:
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6/1/2010 |
Dates to Avoid: |
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Earliest Start Date: |
5/10/2010 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
6/20/2010 |
Other Ship(s): |
May to June 2010 is when the NOAA P3 and Twin Otter and CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft will be operational in the study area. It is also the time period for ground sites to be operational. |
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Operating Days Needed: |
Science Days |
Mob Days |
De-Mob Days |
Estimated Transit Days |
Total Days |
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30 |
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30 |
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: |
May to June 2010 is when the NOAA P3 and Twin Otter and CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft will be operational in the study area. It is also the time period for ground sites to be operational.
Global-class vessel with large forward deck (e.g. THOMPSON, REVELLE, or ATLANTIS) is required to stage mission load and conduct clean atmospheric chemistry at sea while avoiding contamination from the ship. Special modifications for 2008 version of project on KNORR could potentially be adapted to MELVILLE as well. |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
US west coast |
| Description of Op Area: |
Coastal California near ports and major urban areas incl. San Diego, Los Angeles/Long Beach, San Francisco/Oakland, and Stockton/Sacramento. |
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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? |
No |
Coastal States:
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 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 |
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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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San Diego, CA, USA |
None |
San Francisco, CA, USA |
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops |
Alternative starting or ending port could be elsewhere on US west coast between San Diego and Seattle. |
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. |
Global-class vessel with large forward deck (e.g. THOMPSON, REVELLE, or ATLANTIS) is required to stage mission load and conduct clean atmospheric chemistry at sea while avoiding contamination from the ship. Special modifications for 2008 version of project on KNORR could potentially be adapted to MELVILLE as well. |
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