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Profiler Sea Trial
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2018
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Endeavor
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Project Title: |
First Sea Trial of Autonomous Ocean Profiling & Water Sampling System for 0 to 11 km of Water Depth |
Project Status: |
Submitted |
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Principal Investigator: |
Steven D'Hondt, URI_GSO |
Project Institution: |
URI_GSO |
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Project ID: |
105925 |
Version #: |
1 |
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Date Submitted: |
9/9/2017 10:06:00 PM |
Created By: |
Christopher Roman |
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Date Last Modified: |
9/11/2017 10:22:00 AM |
URI Serial #: |
None |
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Funding Agencies: |
INST - NONE - Funded |
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Summary of Field Work: |
The PIs have been funded by NSF to design, build and test the deep water autonomous lander system described in the attached page. The NSF-funded test of the system is scheduled to take place using RV Endeavor in the Puerto Rico Trench in 2018. The modest amount of ship-time that we request through the RIEP will allow us to test the system at shallower water depths relatively close to RI. The RIEP test will significantly increase the probability of success of our final test in the PR Trench and help us develop the system to a more mature state. |
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Summary of Facility Requirements: |
The main instrument will be the deep-water lander. We anticipate it being 15 feet tall, 5x5 feet at the base and weighing up to ~2900 lbs. It would be deployed and recovered using the knuckle crane off the starboard side of the ship. The lander will be free floating during recovered and hooked with a pole and line prior to being lifted out of the water.
We may consider lowering the lander on a wire, like a conventional CTD, to do some testing. This could be done with the trawl wire and A-Frame. We do not need an electrical connection to the lander through the wire.
During the cruise, we would also like to make some regular CTD casts using the shipboard system. This would not require any special equipment, the standard sensor suite would suffice. |
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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: |
1009585 |
Created By: |
Christopher Roman |
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Date Last Modified: |
9/11/2017 10:18:00 AM |
Date Submitted: |
9/9/2017 10:06:00 PM |
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Year: |
2018
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Ship/Facility: |
Endeavor
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Optimum Start Date:
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3/15/2018 |
Dates to Avoid: |
This cruise is for a sea trial.
The NSF-funded cruise is anticipated to occur in September 2018, so we would prefer the cruise to occur several months before the NSF-funded cruise. |
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Earliest Start Date: |
2/15/2018 |
Multi-Ship Op: |
No |
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Latest Start Date: |
4/1/2018 |
Other Ship(s): |
None |
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Operating Days Needed: |
Science Days |
Mob Days |
De-Mob Days |
Estimated Transit Days |
Total Days |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
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7 |
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year) |
No |
Interval: |
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# of Cruises: |
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Description of Repeating cruise requirements: |
None |
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations: |
None |
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Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules: |
RI Shelf/Margin |
| Description of Op Area: |
Series of deployments on continental margin near Block Island and then a deeper deployment off the continental shelf in 2500 m water depth. |
| Op Area Size/Dia.: |
250 |
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Lat/Long |
Marsden Grid |
Navy Op Area |
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Beginning
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41.483333° N
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71.416667° W
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41° 28.99998' N
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71° 25.00002' W
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Ending
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39.75° N
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70.41667° W
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39° 45' N
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70° 25.0002' W
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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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Yes |
| 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.) |
Yes, there are two identical items that are Export Controlled. We have an export control plan in place with the URI export control office. These items are part of the instrument and can be used without issue during normal operations. For events, such as a ship tour, with additional people visiting the ship the items need to be placed in a secure location. Such as in a "crew only" location. This should not be an issue on this cruise. |
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Requested Start Port |
Intermediate Port(s) |
Requested End Port |
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Narragansett, RI, USA |
None |
Narragansett, RI, USA |
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops |
All of the gear will be at URI. Staffing for the RIEP cruise will be much easier sailing out of RI. |
Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports
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Chief Scientist: |
Steven D'Hondt, URI_GSO |
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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 |
Probably only need one Marine Tech to maintain underway data collection and operate CTDs |
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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. |
The main instrument will be the deep-water lander. We anticipate it being 15 feet tall, 5x5 feet at the base and weighing up to ~2900 lbs. It would be deployed and recovered using the knuckle crane off the starboard side of the ship. The lander will be free floating during recovered and hooked with a pole and line prior to being lifted out of the water.
We may consider lowering the lander on a wire, like a conventional CTD, to do some testing. This could be done with the trawl wire and A-Frame. We do not need an electrical connection to the lander through the wire.
During the cruise we would also like to make some regular CTD casts using the shipboard system. This would not require any special equipment, the standard sensor suite would suffice.
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Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems. |
N/A |
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