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  NDBC DART 2012  -  2011  -  New Horizon  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) Service of Stations 46412 and 43412 Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Jeff Jenner, NOAA_NDBC Project Institution: NOAA_NDBC
Project ID: 103127 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 9/22/2011 4:13:00 PM Created By: Jeff Jenner
Date Last Modified: 10/11/2011 3:36:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NOAA/NWS/NDBC - NONE - Funded
Summary of Field Work: The ship will transit to DART station 43412, located approximately 230 nautical miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico (16°2'1" N 107°0'4" W). Upon arrival at the station, the ship's survey technician will perform a full depth CTD cast. Data is only required on the downcast, and the CTD can be lowered at maximum allowable speed. Required measurements are depth, salinity, and speed of sound. The survey tech will use the sound velocity data and the ship's echosounder to calculate water depth. After the CTD cast, NOAA techs will attempt to contact the existing Bottom Pressure Recorder (BPR) and activate the acoustic release. This was attempted on May 22, 2011, with no success. If BPR release is successful, the ship's deck crew and NOAA techs will recover the BPR and floats. The ship's deck crew and NOAA techs will then deploy the buoy on a new mooring, then deploy the BPR. The ship will remain on station for six hours after the BPR has settled on the sea floor to ensure that the system is operating properly.

When released from station 43412, the ship will transit approximately 1,230 nautical miles northwest to station 46412, which is located 170 nautical miles west of San Diego (32°27'26" N 120°33'38" W). NOAA techs will send a signal to the BPR acoustic release and will recover the BPR and floats when they surface. NOAA techs and the ship's deck personnel will then bring the existing buoy on board and exchange it for a new buoy using the same mooring. Techs will deploy the new buoy, then deploy the new BPR. The ship will remain on station for six hours after the BPR has settled on the sea floor to ensure that the system is operating properly. During this time, the ship's survey technician will perform a full depth CTD cast. Data is only required on the downcast, and the CTD can be lowered at maximum allowable speed. Required measurements are depth, salinity, and speed of sound. After being released from station 43412, the ship can transit to port.

When the ship gets within 50 nautical miles of each station, the ship's survey technician will activate the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and continue its operation until the work is done at the station and the ship is 50 nautical miles away from the station. A 75 kHz ADCP is required, though a 38 kHz ADCP is desired. The ship's echosounder and transducer system shall be rated for a depth of at least 4,000 meters. The depth at station 43412 is 3,245m and at 46412 is 3,717m.

The ship will leave port on November 30, 2011 and return on December 13, 2011. Equipment delivery and ship loading will be November 28-29 and demobilization will be on December 14. NOAA's gear will consist of two 3,500 pound DART buoys, two bottom pressure recorders (each with an anchor and string of glass ball floats), two 6'x6'x6' aluminum mooring line boxes, two 3,000 pound anchors, 12 spools of 3/4" nylon line, and assorted tools and supplies in small shipping containers.
Summary of Facility Requirements: R/V New Horizon
Crane for retrieving and deploying buoys (3,500 pounds minimum)
Survey tech, crane operator, and deck crew
CTD (full ocean depth, 4,000m)
Echosounder (4000m depth)
ADCP (75 kHz required, 38 kHz desired)
Summary of other requirements and comments: Project Amount is for 3.5 days. This is in addition to the 10.5 day credit that NOAA NDBC has with SIO. The Project Amount does not include the UNOLS administrative cost of $5775.45, and assumes NOAA will not be charged for dockside mobilization/demobilization days (November 28-29 and December 14). This is subject to availability of funds and approval of ISA (submitted to NOAA OMAO for review 9/21/11).
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1004911 Created By: Jeff Jenner
Date Last Modified: 10/11/2011 3:36:00 PM Date Submitted: 9/22/2011 4:13:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2011 Ship/Facility: New Horizon
Optimum Start Date: 11/30/2011 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 11/30/2011 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 11/30/2011 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
14 2 1 0 17
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:
Ca/MX Coast
Description of Op Area: California and Mexico Coast
Op Area Size/Dia.: 1,400
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
16.033° N / 107° W map
47 map
NP13 map
Ending
32.45° N / 120.56° W map
121 map
NP09 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
San Diego, CA, USA None San Diego, CA, 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 Brewer, NOAA_NDBC
# in Science Party 4 # 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 Survey tech to operate CTD, ADCP, and Echosounder
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPSelected 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 workSelected 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.

CTD (full ocean depth, 4000m), ADCP (75 kHz required, 38 kHz desired), Echosounder (4000m depth minimum)

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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