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  Amazon Plume  -  2019  -  Endeavor  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Collaborative Research: Impact of the Amazon River Plume on nitrogen availability and planktonic food web dynamics in the Western Tropical North Atlantic Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Joseph Montoya, GaTech Project Institution: GaTech
Project ID: 105682 Version #: 1
Date Submitted: 2/14/2017 11:37:00 AM Created By: Joseph Montoya
Date Last Modified: 6/28/2017 11:15:00 AM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/BIO - 1737078 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: We will sample the northern reaches of the Amazon plume during the high flow season, targeting regions with dense populations of N2-fixing organisms to explore the factors that promote these blooms and the ways that fixed nitrogen moves into the food web.
Summary of Facility Requirements: CTD-rosette
mocness
Summary of other requirements and comments:  
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1009201 Created By: Joseph Montoya
Date Last Modified: 2/14/2017 11:37:00 AM Date Submitted: 2/14/2017 11:37:00 AM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2019 Ship/Facility: Endeavor
Optimum Start Date: 5/15/2019 Dates to Avoid:  
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 5/1/2019 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 6/15/2019 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
21 2 1 4 28
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:
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
WTNA
Description of Op Area: Amazon Plume Region
Op Area Size/Dia.: ca. 300 x 500 nm
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
13.1167° N / 59.6167° W map
42 map
NA09 map
Ending
13.1167° N / 59.6167° W map
42 map
NA09 map
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Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? Yes Coastal States:

France, Guyana, Suriname
 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.)
We'll want to work in regions of the plume that may include waters of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Bridgetown, Barbados None Bridgetown, Barbados
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
Barbados is well placed for access to the WTNA and we have experience in staging cruises from Bridgetown.

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Joseph Montoya, GaTech
# in Science Party 18 # of different science teams 4 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
2
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements Our core science team will include 10 scientists from GT, CCU, and LDEO. We have a good track record of filling the ship with colleagues and other collaborators and expect to do the same on these cruises
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningSelected 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
0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Selected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

We'll need a CTD-rosette as well as a MOCNESS for this project

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 SpoolerSelected Portable WinchUnselected Turn Table 
Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems.
We need a winch with 1/4" hydrowire for ring net tows

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