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  COMIDA Hanna Shoal  -  2013  -  USCGC Healy  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Chukchi Sea Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA-Hanna Shoal) Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, UMD_CBL Project Institution: UMD_CBL
Project ID: 103117 Version #: 3
Date Submitted: 9/7/2011 11:45:00 AM Created By: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Date Last Modified: 9/15/2011 10:55:00 AM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: BOEM - M11AC00007 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Hotspots of biological activity have been documented in the vicinity of Hanna Shoal in the northern Chukchi Sea, particularly along its southeastern and eastern margins. Because of the biological significance of this region and its importance for oil and gas exploration and development, we have been funded by BOEMRE to examine the biological, chemical and physical properties that define this ecosystem. Our study extends work recently completed under the 2009-2011 COMIDA-CAB program in which over 70 stations were occupied in the northern Chukchi with a focus on trophic structure, sediments, inventories of anthropogenic chemicals (trace metals and organics), and inventories of benthic and epibenthic fauna. The new efforts on the Hanna Shoal region will continue these CAB studies, along with additional studies of pelagic component to address standing stocks of phytoplankton and zooplankton and a physical oceanographic study that will address water mass movements through direct measurement of circulation, density fields, ice conditions and modeling. We will occupy approximately 30 stations in the region during two consecutive late summer field seasons (2012 and 2013), including overlap with selected COMIDA-CAB stations, 7-9 stations along a planned international Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO) line, and continue our very productive collaboration with other science studies in the region sponsored by federal, state, or industry interests (e.g. EPA-REMAP, Shell-Conoco Philips Joint Studies Program).
Summary of Facility Requirements: The use of the icebreaker (USCGC Healy) is required for August-September multidisciplinary oceanographic sampling in the northern Chukchi Sea and down slope into the Arctic basin in variable ice conditions.
Summary of other requirements and comments: Based on prior use of the Healy during both the SBI (Shelf-Basin Interactions) and BEST (Bering Sea Ecosystem Project), it is the best vessel available to work in the variable ice environment of the northern Chukchi Sea and Arctic basin in late summer and early fall. Our project mission requirements include: CTD operations, starboard and stern winches for deployment of plankton and benthic equipment, along with a benthic camera, stern wire for deployment of multi-Haps corer and epibenthic trawl nets, mooring deployments, and use of flow-through seawater system for biological experiments on deck.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1004900 Created By: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Date Last Modified: 9/15/2011 10:55:00 AM Date Submitted: 9/7/2011 11:45:00 AM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2013 Ship/Facility: USCGC Healy
Optimum Start Date: 8/1/2013 Dates to Avoid: July and late Sept/October

We would like to work in the least amount of ice for the multiple science operations, yet minimize potential weather impacts. We do not want to work in late Sept-Oct due to both local hunting restrictions and the weather patterns that will impact multiple ship operations.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 8/1/2013 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 8/15/2013 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
20 1 1 4 26
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:
N Chukchi Sea
Description of Op Area: The study area extends from Barrow Canyon to west of Hanna Shoal, and north and south of Hanna Shoal
Op Area Size/Dia.: 100 x 200 nm
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
71.5° N / 156° W map
268 map
AR07 map
Ending
73° N / 167° W map
269 map
AR06 map
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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
Nome, AK, USA Barrow, AK, USA Barrow, AK, USA
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
We anticipate “24/7” sampling during both field seasons, departing from Nome, AK. In order to accommodate all scientific objectives, we plan to break the cruise into two legs, one focused on biology and chemistry (14 days) that will include sampling of one of the designated Northern Chukchi or Barrow Canyon DBO transect lines and a second leg (intermediate port Barrow) focused on circulation and mooring deployment (6 days), plus transit time from ports to the core study area.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, UMD_CBL
# in Science Party 45 # of different science teams 5 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
2
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements The COMIDA HS team is composed of 5 teams for Leg 1: physical oceanography, water column/isotopes, zooplankton nets, benthic grabs, and epibenthic trawling. We also anticipate seabird and marine mammal observers. The subsequent Leg 2 will be composed of the mooring team and water column sampling.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPUnselected 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 undertake benthic sediment coring and epibenthic trawling that both use the large diameter trawl wire off the stern. Both the van Veen grabs, multi-Haps corer, and epibenthic trawls have been deployed successfully from the Healy.

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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