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  Long Range Acomms  -  2013  -  Roger Revelle  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Long Range Acoustic Communications in Deep Water Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: William S. Hodgkiss, SIO Project Institution: SIO
Project ID: 103338 Version #: 2
Date Submitted: 3/8/2012 1:07:00 AM Created By: William S. Hodgkiss
Date Last Modified: 3/8/2012 1:31:00 AM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NAVY/ONR/OAS - N00014-12-1-0054 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Demonstrate long range acoustic communications between a towed acoustic source and a towed hydrophone array at ranges up to ~1500-2000 km.
Summary of Facility Requirements: Two ships are required. One ship will tow an acoustic sound source and the other ship will tow an acoustic horizontal receive array.
Summary of other requirements and comments: Experiment will be done in the Philippine Sea in early 2013. The source ship with depart/return Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The towed array ship will depart Guam and arrive Okinawa, Japan.

The source is provided by NRL-SSC. They separately will submit a STR for additional ship days (beyond what is requested here) to use the source for their own geophysical experimental work in the vicinity of Taiwan.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1005284 Created By: William S. Hodgkiss
Date Last Modified: 3/8/2012 1:31:00 AM Date Submitted: 3/8/2012 1:07:00 AM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2013 Ship/Facility: Roger Revelle
Optimum Start Date: 2/25/2013 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 2/18/2013 Multi-Ship Op: Yes
Latest Start Date: 3/1/2013 Other Ship(s): R/V Revelle (source ship) and R/V Thompson (towed array ship)

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
10 1 1 2 14
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:
R/V Revelle - tow an acoustic sound source

R/V Thompson - tow an acoustic horizontal line array

NRL-SSC is providing the sound source. They will be submitting a STR for additional ship days for their own separate geophysical work in the vicinity of Taiwan.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Philippine Sea
Description of Op Area: East of Taiwan
Op Area Size/Dia.: ~50 x 50 nmi box
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
22.633333° N / 120.266667° E map
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NP10 map
Ending
22.633333° N / 120.266667° E map
96 map
NP10 map
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Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? Yes Coastal States:

Taiwan
 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
Kao-hsiung, Taiwan None Kao-hsiung, Taiwan
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
Source tow work will be carried out immediately east of Taiwan.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: William S. Hodgkiss, SIO
# in Science Party 10 # of different science teams 1 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
2
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements The source ship will deploy an acoustic sound source from the aft A-frame. The source will be deployed and retrieved multiple times during the experiment.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected 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
1 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

A-frame for deployment of towed acoustic source and winch suitable for deployment of the towed source and electro-mechanical cable.

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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