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TAO Service
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2015
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Thomas G. Thompson
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Project Title: |
Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere (TAO) Buoy Maintenance |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Jeff Jenner, NOAA_NDBC |
Project Institution: |
NOAA_NDBC |
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Project ID: |
104662 |
Version #: |
1 |
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Date Submitted: |
12/17/2014 12:00:00 PM |
Created By: |
Jeff Jenner |
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Date Last Modified: |
12/17/2014 12:01:00 PM |
URI Serial #: |
None |
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Funding Agencies: |
NOAA/NWS/NDBC - NONE - Funded |
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Summary of Field Work: |
Perform maintenance of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean buoys and moorings along the 95W and 110W meridians. Recover buoys and moorings to the deck of the ship and deploy new buoys, moorings, and anchors. |
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Summary of Facility Requirements: |
A vessel with an endurance of 40 days, 7,000 nautical mile endurance. Clear working deck space of 2,500 square feet with a 20,000 SWL A-frame (20 feet wide). Conductivity-Temperature-Depth winch. |
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Summary of other requirements and comments: |
A deck supervisor and at least two members of the deck department. At least one survey technician to operate the CTD, ADCP, multibeam, and other ship's data systems. |
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Type of Request: |
Primary Ship Use |
Request Status: |
Submitted |
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Request ID: |
1007450 |
Created By: |
Jeff Jenner |
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Date Last Modified: |
12/17/2014 12:01:00 PM |
Date Submitted: |
12/17/2014 12:00:00 PM |
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Year: |
2015
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Ship/Facility: |
Thomas G. Thompson
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Optimum Start Date:
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4/1/2015 |
Dates to Avoid: |
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Earliest Start Date: |
4/1/2015 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
5/31/2015 |
Other Ship(s): |
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Operating Days Needed: |
Science Days |
Mob Days |
De-Mob Days |
Estimated Transit Days |
Total Days |
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15 |
3 |
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20 |
40 |
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year) |
No |
Interval: |
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# of Cruises: |
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Description of Repeating cruise requirements: |
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Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations: |
The loss of a dedicated TAO servicing vessel has significantly extended the time between servicing stations on the TAO array, causing NOAA to recover and deploy the buoy/mooring system at every station that the vessel visits. A typical TAO cruise now requires the vessel to carry enough anchors, buoys, and equipment to service fourteen stations (approximately 80 tons). Only the Global class vessels have the capacity and endurance to perform this mission. NOAA plans to have the equipment and personnel resources to perform a 35-day TAO cruise during the first half of calendar year 2015. The cruise would service fourteen buoys. The TAO lines (meridians) to be serviced are at 95W and 110W longitude (buoys spaced at 8N, 5N, 2N, 0, 2S, 5S, and 8S latitude on each line). These buoys are typically serviced one complete line at a time, but NOAA has flexibility in the order of servicing to accommodate other scientific projects in the same vicinity. The only constraint is to service 14 stations per cruise. |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
Equatorial PAC |
| Description of Op Area: |
Equatorial Pacific from 110W to 95W |
| Op Area Size/Dia.: |
855,000 nautical miles |
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Lat/Long |
Marsden Grid |
Navy Op Area |
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Beginning
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Ending
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Show Degrees Minutes |
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Foreign Clearance Required? |
Yes |
Coastal States:
France |
 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances
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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)?
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No |
If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office?
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No |
| Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?
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Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.) |
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Requested Start Port |
Intermediate Port(s) |
Requested End Port |
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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 |
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Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports
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Chief Scientist: |
Jeff Jenner, NOAA_NDBC |
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# in Science Party |
3 |
# of different science teams |
1 |
# Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
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1 |
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Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements |
NDBC will send three TAO-trained technicians. Vessel operator will need to provide a deck supervisor and survey technician. |
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 Dynamic Positioning | ADCP | Multibeam |  Seismic |
| Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl Wire | Stern A-frame | Fiber Optic (.681) | 0.680 Coax Wire |
| SCUBA Diving | Radioisotope use - briefly describe | NO Radioisotope use/Natural level work | Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe |
| 0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe | MOCNESS | | |
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Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling. |
Diving requirement is minimal. Only as a contingency to observe or repair a sensor near the surface.
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
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