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ADEON
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2018
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Neil Armstrong
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Project Title: |
Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network (ADEON): An Integrated System |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Jennifer Miksis-Olds, UNH |
Project Institution: |
UNH |
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Project ID: |
105578 |
Version #: |
4 |
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Date Submitted: |
12/27/2016 2:06:00 PM |
Created By: |
Jennifer Miksis-Olds |
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Date Last Modified: |
1/12/2017 2:48:00 PM |
URI Serial #: |
None |
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Funding Agencies: |
NAVY/ONR - M16PC00003 - Funded |
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Summary of Field Work: |
Deploy 7 long-term moorings with passive acoustics and full complement of oceanographic and met measurement systems. These moorings will be nominally distributed over a 1000 km line along the 1000 m isobath in the Outer Continental Shelf area of the Atlantic off the southeast of the US. The moorings will be deployed and tested over 2-3 weeks. Long-time series data will be collected over multiple years. After initial deployment it is anticipated that each mooring will need to be visited for serving every 6-12 months.
Five research cruises will occur throughout this project at regularly scheduled intervals (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019 and Fall 2020) to recover and redeploy moorings, launch and recover the HLA glider, and to collect ship-board data for ground-truthing, for inter-calibration of mooring data, and for examination of spatial and temporal patterns in ocean sound and the distribution/abundance of biological organisms in the study region. Cruises approximately two weeks in duration will employ a combination of station sampling (CTD casts, net tow) at each mooring site, as well as fine-scale lawn-mower pattern transect sampling covering an area roughly 18 km by 18 km around each mooring site. Additional transect and station sampling will occur during transits between mooring sites (to further characterize cross-shelf, cross-Gulf Stream, and latitudinal gradients) as conditions and time permit. The glider path plan will be designed ahead of time carefully combining mooring location, ship operations schedule, location of the Gulf Stream, and local currents. High-resolution remote sensing data will be acquired prior to and during each cruise to direct cruise sampling and provide synoptic ancillary data over the entire study region. |
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Summary of Facility Requirements: |
- Echosounder pole mount OR hull mounted Simrad echosounder transducers (18, 38, 70, and 120 kHz)
- A-frame and winch with conducting wire (~ 2000 m)
-CTD and water sampling rosette
-Wet lab with running seawater
-Dry lab space with stable power supply within 50 ft of pole mount location
- J-frame/crane and deck space for rigging pole-mount arm and moorings
-Bunk space for 12-14 people (male and female) |
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Summary of other requirements and comments: |
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Type of Request: |
Primary Ship Use |
Request Status: |
Submitted |
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Request ID: |
1009043 |
Created By: |
Jennifer Miksis-Olds |
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Date Last Modified: |
1/5/2017 4:51:00 PM |
Date Submitted: |
12/27/2016 2:06:00 PM |
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Year: |
2018
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Ship/Facility: |
Neil Armstrong
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Optimum Start Date:
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5/19/2018 |
Dates to Avoid: |
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Earliest Start Date: |
5/1/2018 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
7/31/2018 |
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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14 |
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4 |
23 |
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year) |
Yes |
Interval: |
6 months |
# of Cruises: |
2 |
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Description of Repeating cruise requirements: |
Ideal timing would be for the second 2018 cruise to be 6 months after the first 2018 cruise.
This request is to deploy moorings. It is anticipated they moorings will need to be revisited for servicing every 6 months by a combination of NOAA and/or UNOLS ships. It may not be R/V Armstrong. |
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations: |
A large ship is required to deploy deep ocean moorings.
The start earliest start date for the first 2018 cruise is based on a 6 month lag after the Nov/Dec 2017 cruise currently scheduled on the R/V Neil Armstrong.
An abbreviated cruise of 11 science days could be substituted for 1 of the 2018 cruises, but not both, to aid in scheduling. |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
Atlantic OCS |
| Description of Op Area: |
Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf from VA to FL out to 1000 m |
| Op Area Size/Dia.: |
500 |
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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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Foreign Clearance Required? |
No |
Coastal States:
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 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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Charleston, SC, USA |
None |
Charleston, SC, USA |
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops |
Selected as central to experiment site, not a requirement. |
Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports
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Chief Scientist: |
Jennifer Miksis-Olds, UNH |
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# in Science Party |
15 |
# 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 |
Science party requirements include a Marine Tech for ship-based water sampling and recording of acoustic data from ship board echosounders. Other requirements include scientists and ship crew for mooring assembly and deployment, glider deployment and recovery, and on-board plankton identification. |
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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 pole mount OR hull mounted Simrad echosounder transducers (18, 38, 70, and 120 kHz)
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
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