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  Cascadia CPIES  -  2017  -  Sikuliaq  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Quantification of Ocean Water Column Contributions to Bottom Pressure Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Meng Wei, URI_GSO Project Institution: URI_GSO
Project ID: 105582 Version #: 4
Date Submitted: 1/9/2017 2:28:00 PM Created By: D R. Watts
Date Last Modified: 2/24/2017 3:34:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/MGG - 1728060 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: An array consisting of 4 Current and Pressure recording Inverted Echo Sounders (CPIES) will be deployed on the continental slope just offshore Newport, Oregon on a cruise in April 2017, and recovered six months later in October-November 2017. Full water-column CTDs should be taken at each CPIES site.
Summary of Facility Requirements: The proposed deployment adds one day to an existing 4-day cruise in April 2017 aboard R/V Sikuliaq (W. Wilcock (UW, and M. Zumberge, G. Sasagawa, SIO) from Newport OR to Seattle WA.

The proposed recovery cruise is a dedicated cruise in October-November 2017 aboard R/V Oceanus requiring 24 work hours plus the short transit time to and from Newport, OR.

Launch operations for CPIES require a stern A-frame with air-tugger or capstan or small winch for lifting about 240 lbs.

Recovery operations occur along the forward starboard rail, assisted by a davit and either block-and-tackle or air-tugger, to lift pieces of about 80 lbs.

For both cruises a CTD winch and CTD with back-up sensors, rosette frame and salinometer are requested for hydrographic sampling to within about 20m of the bottom in 1900m to 3000m water depths.

We would like to use a 12kHz in-hull transducer for acoustic signaling and tracking the acoustic beacons on the CPIES during launch and recovery. The CPIES relocation radio is standardly 156.875MHz, “CHANNLE 77” marine band. We require a Taiyo RDF for CPIES recovery on each cruise.
Summary of other requirements and comments: This project collaborates with NSF’s Cascadia Initiative by the MG&G group by William Wilcock, David Schmidt and Parker MacCready (UW), and Mark Zumberge and Glenn Sasagawa (UCSD-SIO). Their funded project title is “Collaborative Research: Constraints on Interseismic Deformation Offshore Oregon from Calibrated Continuous Pressure Records.”
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Collaborative Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1009051 Created By: D R. Watts
Date Last Modified: 2/8/2017 12:37:00 PM Date Submitted: 1/9/2017 2:28:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2017 Ship/Facility: Sikuliaq
Optimum Start Date: 4/25/2017 Dates to Avoid: We request to add 1 science day to existing cruise scheduled to depart 26-April 2017 from Newport OR, on which William Wilcock is Chief Scientist. We do not need additional mob/ demob nor additional transit days.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 4/24/2017 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 4/27/2017 Other Ship(s): n/a

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
1 0 0 0 1
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements: none
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
One science day is the working time required for CPIES and CTD operations on station plus very minimal extra steaming or maneuvering, because the MG&G operations will also visit the same sites. The CTD could occur any time after the CPIES is on the sea floor. The combined CPIES and CTD operations require on average 4.25 hrs per site, summing to 17 hrs for four sites.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Oregon margin
Description of Op Area: At base of continental slope along Oregon OOI cable.
Op Area Size/Dia.: 20nm X 3nm
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
44.2° N / 125.2° W map
157 map
NP09 map
Ending
44.5° N / 125.5° W map
157 map
NP09 map
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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.)
n/a
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Newport, OR, USA None, Seattle, WA, USA
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
same ports as for April 2017 Wilcock cruise aboard Sikuliaq

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: William S. Wilcock, UW
# in Science Party 2 # 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 Our addition to this cruise proposes to send two scientists for CPIES deployment operations. We request the ship operator to supply two CTD technicians, so that the four deep CTDs can occur at any time after the CPIES are on the sea floor.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected Dynamic PositioningSelected 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.

A-frame plus air-tugger or capstan or small winch for launching CPIES.

CTD winch, shipboard CTD with back-up, rosette frame and salinometer are requested for hydrographic sampling.

Shipboard ADCP is also requested to assist deployment and make a good estimate of instrument drift during free fall to the sea floor.

We would like to use a 12 kHz in-hull transducer for acoustic commands and receiving an acoustic beacon from the CPIES. The CPIES relocation radio is standardly 156.875 MHz “CHANNEL 77” marine band. We require a Taiyo RDF for CPIES work.

Multibeam mapping of the local seafloor is desirable.

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.
A-frame plus air-tugger or capstan or small winch for launching CPIES.
CTD winch, shipboard CTD with back-up, rosette frame and salinometer are requested for hydrographic sampling.

Shipboard ADCP is also requested to assist deployment and make a good estimate of instrument drift during free fall to the sea floor.

We would like to use a 12 kHz in-hull transducer for acoustic commands and receiving an acoustic beacon from the CPIES. The CPIES relocation radio is standardly 156.875 MHz “CHANNEL 77” marine band. We require a Taiyo RDF for CPIES work.

Multibeam mapping of the local seafloor is desirable.

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