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  MORT SWIMS3  -  2011  -  Cape Hatteras  
  Project Information  
Project Title: SWIMS3 Measurements during NRL’S 1
Mixing over Rough Topography (MORT)
Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Michael Gregg, UW_APL Project Institution: UW_APL
Project ID: 102578 Version #: 3
Date Submitted: 12/20/2010 12:16:00 PM Created By: Tim McGinnis
Date Last Modified: 6/13/2019 3:57:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NAVY/ONR - NONE - Funded
Summary of Field Work: We propose to participate in the second phase of the Naval Research Laboratory’s Mixing over Rough Topography (MORT) measurements over East Flower Garden Bank on the Texas continental shelf, to be scheduled early during FY 2012, between December 2011 and January 2012. NRL requested that we bring SWIMS3, our depth-cycling towed body, to complement their observations by 1) assessing hydraulic control along lines crossing the bank in different directions, 2) estimating turbulent dissipation rates to make maps of dissipation and diapycnal diffusivity over the bank, and 3) estimating form drag produced by the rough bathymetry of the bank. By approaching within a few meters of surface and bottom, SWIMS3 offers the only way of getting the full-depth density and velocity profiles needed to make three-dimensional maps of the fields described above. Two weeks of work are proposed to coincide with NRL’s measurements comparing winter conditions with those during June. Moorings placed by NRL during June will be removed at the end of the measurements. In addition to SWIMS3, we will also operate a DX BioSonics digital acoustic backscatter system with 100 and 200 kHz transducers.
Summary of Facility Requirements: 12kHz Echo Sounder, ADCP, meteorological instruments
Summary of other requirements and comments:  
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1003945 Created By: Tim McGinnis
Date Last Modified: 5/10/2011 8:45:00 PM Date Submitted: 12/20/2010 12:16:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2011 Ship/Facility: Cape Hatteras
Optimum Start Date: 11/1/2011 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 11/1/2011 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 11/15/2011 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
7 2 1 2 12
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements:
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
MORT will begin in January 2011 when NRL sets moorings to last six months. When they reset the moorings the following June, NRL will also take intensive shipboard measurements. These will be followed by less intensive shipboard measurements when the moorings are recovered between December 2011 and January 2012.
We propose to participate in the second set of shipboard measurements, November 2011.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Flower Garden
Description of Op Area: East Flower Garden Bank on the outer Texas shelf
Op Area Size/Dia.: 50
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
28° N / 93.58° W map
82 map
NA09 map
Ending
28° N / 93.58° W map
82 map
NA09 map
  Show Degrees Minutes    
Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? No Coastal States:
 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances  

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)?
No If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office? No
 Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?

Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.)
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Gulfport, MS, USA None Gulfport, MS, USA
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
 

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Michael Gregg, UW_APL
# in Science Party 8 # of different science teams 1 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
1
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPUnselected MultibeamUnselected Seismic
Unselected Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl WireUnselected Stern A-frameUnselected Fiber Optic (.681)Unselected 0.680 Coax Wire
Unselected SCUBA DivingUnselected Radioisotope use - briefly describeUnselected NO Radioisotope use/Natural level workUnselected Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe
0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

12kHz Echo sounder, ADCP, meteorological instruments

Major Ancillary Facilities (that require coordination of schedules with ship schedule)
Aircraft
Unselected Helicopter Ops (USCG)Unselected Twin OtterUnselected Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Unselected Other AUVUnselected Sentry  
Coring Facility
Unselected Jumbo Piston CoringUnselected Large Gravity Core Unselected MC800 multicorer w/ MISO camera/telemetryUnselected OSU Coring Facility (MARSSAM)
Unselected Other Large Coring FacilityUnselected WHOI Long Core  
Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV)
Unselected AlvinUnselected Clelia (HBOI)Unselected JSL I & II (HBOI)Unselected Other HOV
Other Facility
Unselected MISO Facility - deep-sea imagingUnselected Other FacilityUnselected Potential Fields Pool Equipment 
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Unselected JasonUnselected Other ROV  
Seismic Facility
Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Center (OBSIC)Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool (OBSIP)Unselected Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Program (UTIG)Unselected Other Seismic/OBS Facility
Unselected PASSCALUnselected Portable MCS groupUnselected Portable MCS/SCS groupUnselected U.S. Geological Survey Ocean Bottom Seismometer Facility (USGS at WHOI)
Towed Underwater Vehicle
Unselected ARGO IIUnselected Hawaii MR1 (HMRG)Unselected IMI12 (HMRG)Unselected IMI120 (HMRG - formerly DSL 120A)
Unselected IMI30 (HMRG)Unselected Other Towed Underwater VehicleUnselected Towfish 
UNOLS Van Pool
Unselected AUV Lab Van #1Unselected Clean Lab VanUnselected Cold Lab VanUnselected General Purpose Lab Van
Unselected Radioisotope Lab VanUnselected Wet Lab Van  
UNOLS Winch Pool
Unselected Mooring SpoolerUnselected Portable WinchUnselected Turn Table 
Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems.

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