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TAO 95W Service
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2016
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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: |
104814 |
Version #: |
1 |
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Date Submitted: |
4/2/2015 4:21:00 PM |
Created By: |
Jeff Jenner |
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Date Last Modified: |
6/21/2016 10:43:00 AM |
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 (TAO) and Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) 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: |
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. Capstan or brailing winch with 10,000 pound pull at 33 ft/min and 2,500 pound pull at 130 ft/min with an automatic brake capacity of 14,000 pounds. |
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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: |
1007696 |
Created By: |
Jeff Jenner |
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Date Last Modified: |
4/2/2015 4:21:00 PM |
Date Submitted: |
4/2/2015 4:21:00 PM |
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Year: |
2016
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Ship/Facility: |
Thomas G. Thompson
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Optimum Start Date:
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3/1/2016 |
Dates to Avoid: |
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Earliest Start Date: |
3/1/2016 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
7/31/2015 |
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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10 |
3 |
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23 |
38 |
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: |
We will have four people on board and can non-NDBC accommodate ancillary science and scientists that do not impact the mission timeline or buoy operations. |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
TAO 95W/110W |
| Description of Op Area: |
Equatorial Eastern Pacific from 8N to 8S along the 95W and 110W meridians |
| Op Area Size/Dia.: |
870,000 |
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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 |
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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 |
4 |
# of different science teams |
1 |
# Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
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2 |
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Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements |
We require four NDBC technicians plus at least two deck crew to perform TAO buoy recovery/deploy operations. At least one ship's deck crew must be qualified to splice a three-conductor CTD cable. |
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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. |
Echosounder, Kongsberg EA600 with 12 kHz transducer (or equivalent) for full ocean depth measurement
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
Capstan or brailing winch with 10,000 pound pull at 33 ft/min and 2,500 pound pull at 130 ft/min with an automatic brake capacity of 14,000 pounds.
Markey Model DESH-5 (or equivalent) CTD winch with at least 3,000 meters of 0.322 inch diameter three-conductor cable. |
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