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  NGA LTER  -  2021  -  Sikuliaq  
  Project Information  
Project Title: LTER: Resiliency in the Environmental Mosaic of the Northern Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Russell R. Hopcroft, UAF_CFOS Project Institution: UAF_CFOS
Project ID: 105397 Version #: 10
Date Submitted: 7/28/2016 9:31:00 PM Created By: Ana Aguilar-Islas
Date Last Modified: 7/30/2021 9:21:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: NSF/OCE/BIO - 1656070 - Funded
Summary of Field Work: Investigation into processes important the physical and biogeochemical variability the Northern Gulf of Alaska, with particular emphasis on freshwater input and spring bloom conditions.
The work comprises six field seasons. All fieldwork will take place in the Northern Gulf of Alaska shelf and slope region. Spring work (2 years) will target the initiation and evolution of the spring bloom, and will include the furthest offshore stations - spring bloom processes will be targeted during these cruises. Summer work (3 years) will be divided into two longer studies of fresh water input and plume dynamics, and one shorter studies of post spring-bloom conditions.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We will require a conventional CTD sampling rosette, meteorological, underway, and current data (sea-chest and ADCP), enough room on deck to deploy/recover moorings. Space to store a PI provided trace metal clean rosette/CTD system, in-situ pumps, and acrobat towed vehicle.
We will also require a clean van and a portable winch with kevlar line for trace metal work during two spring and two summer cruises.
Summary of other requirements and comments: There are a total of 5 ship requests for this project. Three during June/July and two during April/May. The specific years when these take place are flexible.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Primary Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1010682 Created By: Russell R. Hopcroft
Date Last Modified: 7/30/2021 9:21:00 PM Date Submitted: 8/16/2019 8:52:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2021 Ship/Facility: Sikuliaq
Optimum Start Date: 4/26/2021 Dates to Avoid: The time of the cruise is sensitive to zooplankton life histories, and the timing of increased river input. We request cruise dates be constrained as requested.
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 4/20/2021 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 5/1/2021 Other Ship(s): n/a
Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
15 2 1 0 18
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)		 No Interval: n/a # of Cruises:  
Description of Repeating cruise requirements: Other related cruise is already in STR
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:		 We hope to bring 4-6 days of ship time from UAF's Sikuliaq program to support this new request.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:		 Gulf of Alaska
Description of Op Area: Northern Gulf of Alaska. From/to Seward, AK.
Inner shelf to slope transects from Kodiak Island to east of Kayak Island
Op Area Size/Dia.: 560
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
60.1° N / 149.44° W map
231 map
NP03 map
Ending
60.1° N / 149.44° W map
231 map
NP03 map
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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)?
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
Seward, AK, USA None Seward, AK, USA
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops		 Closest port to study region

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Russell R. Hopcroft, UAF_CFOS
# in Science Party 23 # 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 The science team is comprised of scientist from three collaborating institutions: The university of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Western Washington University (WWU), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). UAF teams: Hopcroft -11 scientist (2 PI, 4 graduate students, 2 undergraduate students, 2 technicians, and 1 bird observer (USFWS); Danielson - 3 scientists (1 PI, 2 technicians); Aguilar-Islas - 3 scientists (1 PI, 1 student, 1 technician). WWU team: Strom - 4 scientist (1 PI, 2 students, 1 technician)
Operator Provided Technicians: 2 marine technicians
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPUnselected MultibeamUnselected Seismic
Unselected Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl WireSelected Stern A-frameSelected Fiber Optic (.681)Unselected 0.680 Coax Wire
Unselected SCUBA DivingUnselected Radioisotope use - briefly describeSelected 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 also request a winch with kevlar line and a trace metal clean block for deployment of a PI-provided clean rosette (12-position, powder coated aluminum frame outfitted with auto-fire module and 5L Niskin-X bottles)
We require 0.322 fiber optics cable to run an ISIIS/DPI system either installed on the ship or on a portable winch from the pool
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)Selected 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.		 The portable winch with kevlar line is requested to deploy the trace metal clean rosette (see below)
New to 2021 we require a winch with 0.322 fiber optics for a new ISIIS/DPi system - such a winch exists with the pool
A powder coated aluminum frame trace metal clean rosette (12 position, 5L Niskin-X) with autofire module will be provided by Aguilar-Islas
In-situ pumps

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