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  USRS-Mobile Bay  -  2020  -  Pelican  
  Project Information  
Project Title: USRS Mobile Bay 2020 Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Wayne R. Geyer, WHOI Project Institution: WHOI
Project ID: 106436 Version #: 4
Date Submitted: 2/20/2019 4:37:00 PM Created By: Wayne R. Geyer
Date Last Modified: 5/20/2019 4:47:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NAVY/ONR - N00014-15-1-2948 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Moorings, shipboard measurements, AUV ops and drone deployments at mouth of Mobile Bay, roughly within 8 nautical miles south and north of the entrance
Summary of Facility Requirements: AUV handling capability, box coring, ADCP, flow-through salinometer, met
Summary of other requirements and comments:  
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1010397 Created By: Wayne R. Geyer
Date Last Modified: 5/20/2019 4:47:00 PM Date Submitted: 2/20/2019 4:37:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2020 Ship/Facility: Pelican
Optimum Start Date: 4/18/2020 Dates to Avoid: We are looking for certain river discharge and weather conditions, and we have other constraints that prevent going before April 13 or finishing after May 10.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 4/13/2020 Multi-Ship Op: Yes
Latest Start Date: 4/30/2020 Other Ship(s): Interested in the Walton Smith if it is reasonable to go that far from its home port.

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
8 2 1 1 12
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements: Project timing is sensitive to annual cycle of river discharge.
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
Looking for moderate river discharge, moderate wave energy. Other PI constraints restrict the dates to the range April 13 - May 10.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Mobile Bay
Description of Op Area: mouth of Mobile Bay
Op Area Size/Dia.: 20
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
30.1° N / 88.17° W map
117 map
NA09 map
Ending
30.1° N / 88.17° W map
117 map
NA09 map
  Show Degrees Minutes    
Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? No Coastal States:

US EEZ
 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)?
Yes 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.)
Staying in US waters so ITAR is not an issue.
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
Mobile, AL, USA None, Mobile, AL, USA
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
most convenient to field site

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Wayne R. Geyer, WHOI
# in Science Party 14 # of different science teams 5 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
1
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements met, box coring, ADCP
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Selected 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
1 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

van for AUV ops

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.
n/a

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