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  Oil Spill Project  -  2010  -  Cape Hatteras  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Ecological Crisis in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Understanding the Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Response to the Deepwater Horizon Spill Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Kevin Yeager, USM Project Institution: USM
Project ID: 102555 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 8/3/2010 5:44:00 PM Created By: Charlotte A. Brunner
Date Last Modified: 8/3/2010 5:44:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: OTHER - NGI/BP funds - Funded
Summary of Field Work: We request 10 days work time on a vessel to work in the MC252 area as well as in the Mississippi and Louisiana Bights. We will conduct surface sediment sampling using a multicorer or similar device to sample for oil, drilling mud, other pollutants, and densities of macro- and meio-fauna; hydrocasts with a rosette/CTD to sample for dispersed oil and related pollutants; casts of several types of cameras on the hydrowire (marine snow camera, others) to study dispersal of oily aggregates and dead organisms.
Summary of Facility Requirements: 1. Hydrowinch with conductive cable and suitable frame for deployment to depth of 2000 m. Rosette/CTD.
2. Winch with heavy wire (1/2 inch or 5/8 inch) for coring to a depth of 2000 m.
3. If possible, a multicorer. If possible, an otter trawl.
3. Wet lab space, dry lab space for above activities.
4. Multibeam for bottom geomorphology to locate sampling sites. Other options may serve.
5. Refrigerators and freezers or space to install our own.
Summary of other requirements and comments: We need 10 work days anytime in August, September, or October.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1003955 Created By: Charlotte A. Brunner
Date Last Modified: 8/3/2010 5:44:00 PM Date Submitted: 8/3/2010 5:44:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2010 Ship/Facility: Cape Hatteras
Optimum Start Date: 10/7/2010 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 9/1/2010 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 11/1/2010 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
10 1 1 9 21
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:
The chemists, biologists and geologists need to get make measurements at and nearby the Macondo well site and adjacent continental shelf as soon as possible after the flow was stopped in order to accomplish the mission.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
NE Gulf of Mex.
Description of Op Area: Macondo well locale, Mississippi and Louisiana Bights
Op Area Size/Dia.: 120 x 100 nmi
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
30.15° N / 87.266667° W map
117 map
NA09 map
Ending
28.333333° N / 89.6° W map
81 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
We suggest Gulfport because of its proximity to the study site and proximity to the PIs' institution.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Kevin Yeager, USM
# in Science Party 13 # of different science teams 2 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
1
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements We will field a coring team and a hydrocast team. In addition, two researchers from NIUST will participate with us.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPSelected MultibeamUnselected Seismic
Selected 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.

We will use a multicorer, which can be part of the ship's gear or which we might be able to rent/borrow from another institution.

We need a CTD and rosette, conductive wire, bottles in good condition, computer/software to run the instrumentation, etc.

We need a multibeam or other bottom sensing seismics/acoustics.

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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