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  Fe and Food Quality  -  2014  -  Thomas G. Thompson  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Collaborative Research: Iron Regulation of the Food Quality of Phytoplankton In Acidified Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: William P. Cochlan, SFSU Project Institution: SFSU
Project ID: 102877 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 2/14/2011 12:53:00 PM Created By: William P. Cochlan
Date Last Modified: 6/18/2012 2:00:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/CO - 1131657 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Will conduct a series of deckboard experiments using trace-metal clean waters collected from he Eastern Boundary Upwelling System (EBUS) of the California Current System off California (and possibly Oregon) at two (2) or more locations; tentatively picked as Point Reyes, CA and Big Sur, CA.
Summary of Facility Requirements: Require vessel capable of housing a trace-metal clean working lab (fabricated onsite), a radioisotope van, plenty of deck space for incubators, & running surface seawater. A-frame for CTD-rosette needed and a crane suitable for deploying a seawater pumping system interfaced with a towfish to be operated outside the vessel wash while underway. This has been successfully on AGOR-class vessels during ECOHAB-PNW cruises (2004-2006) in the PNW
Summary of other requirements and comments: As mentioned above, the AGOR class I vessels (R/V Melville, Thompson, Atlantis) all very suitable for the research proposed.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1004445 Created By: William P. Cochlan
Date Last Modified: 2/14/2011 12:53:00 PM Date Submitted: 2/14/2011 12:53:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2014 Ship/Facility: Thomas G. Thompson
Optimum Start Date: 5/15/2014 Dates to Avoid: Need a period of upwelling favorable winds in the California Current EBUS; generally Springtime or Fall.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 5/1/2014 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 7/1/2014 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
21 2 1 4 28
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:
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
NP9
Description of Op Area: California Current Coastal Upwelling Zone
Op Area Size/Dia.:  
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
NP09 map
Ending
NP09 map
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
Seattle, WA, USA None Seattle, WA, 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: William P. Cochlan, SFSU
# in Science Party 15 # 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 DivingSelected Radioisotope use - briefly describeUnselected NO Radioisotope use/Natural level workUnselected Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe
1 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

Ship capable of operating a crane off port or starboard side to deploy an all Teflon seawater pumping system interfaced with a towfish operated outside the vessel wash while underway.
Deck space to deploy multiple running-seawater incubators with no superstructural sun shading

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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