TAO Program Director
Dr. Michael J. McPhaden
PMEL, TAO Project Office
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Area: Equatorial Pacific
Itinerary:
KA-99-05 Kwajalein, RMI dep. 04 August 1999
Honolulu, HI arr. 02 September 1999
CRUISE DESCRIPTION
General guidelines are contained in the TAO Program Standard Operating Instructions for NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA dated December 30, 1998.
Cruise Objective and Plan:
The objective of this cruise is the maintenance of the TAO Array along the 165E and 180 meridians. The scientific complement will embark in Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) depart aboard KA'IMIMOANA on August 4, 1999 to commence operations as listed in Appendix A. After completion of operations, KA'IMIMOANA will proceed to Honolulu, Hawaii arriving on or about September 2, 1999. All dates and times referred to in these cruise instructions are in Hawaiian Standard Time (HST).
PMC Operations: TAO Operations Manager:
LT Michael D. Francisco, NOAA LCDR Mark Ablondi, NOAA
NOAA/PMC (PMC1x3) PMEL, TAO, R/E/PM
951 Fairview Ave. East 7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98102-3767 Seattle, WA 98115-0070
(206) 553-4886 (206) 526-6403
mike.francisco@noaa.gov ablondi@pmel.noaa.gov
1.0 PERSONNEL
1.1 CHIEF SCIENTIST AND PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS:
Chief Scientist: Marguerite E. McCarty
The Chief Scientist is authorized to revise or alter the scientific portion of the cruise plan as work progresses provided that, after consultation with the Commanding Officer, it is ascertained that the proposed changes will not: (1) jeopardize the safety of personnel or the ship; (2) exceed the overall time allotted for the cruise; (3) result in undue additional expenses; (4) alter the general intent of these instructions. A list of participating scientists follows in this set of Specific Cruise Instructions. All participating scientists will submit a medical history form and be medically approved before embarking.
Participating Scientists
Name Sex Nationality Affiliation
1. Marguerite McCarty F USA NOAA/PMEL/TAO
2. Brian Powers M USA NOAA/PMEL/TAO
3. Ryan Leslie M USA NOAA/PMEL/TAO
4. Michael Fountain M USA Bloomsburg University
2.0 OPERATIONS
The cruise track and details of station work are summarized in Appendices A and B. Underway observations are described in section 2.1 of the TAO Standard Operating Instructions. Upon completion of the cruise the vessel will provide to the Chief Scientist an operations spreadsheet (similar to Appendix A) with times and speeds made good for the entire cruise.
2.1 Mooring Operations
Mooring Operations are scheduled to be conducted as shown in Appendix A. Operations will be conducted from 8N - 165E to 8S - 165E and thence to 8S - 180 to 8N -180W. The following mooring operations are anticipated, though the work may be changed by direction of the Chief Scientist, in consultation with the Commanding Officer.
Location Mooring Type Operation
8N 165W ATLAS II - Taut Recover/Deploy (do not redeploy Seacat)
5N 165W ATLAS II - Taut Recover/Deploy (w/ Seacat)
2N 165W ATLAS II - Taut Repair (Radiometer)
0 165W ATLAS II - Taut Recover/Deploy (4 Sonteks, Fairings: 0-250m, Insert)
2S 165W ATLAS II - Taut Recover/Deploy (w/ Seacat)
5S 165W ATLAS II - Taut Repair (Radiometer)
Location Mooring Type Operation
8S 165W ATLAS II - Taut Repair (Radiometer)
8S 180W Standard ATLAS Visit
5S 180W Standard ATLAS Recover/Deploy (w/ Seacat)
2S 180W Standard ATLAS Visit
0 180W Standard ATLAS Visit
2N 180W ATLAS II - Taut Recover/Deploy (w/ MBARI, replace SSC w/ Seacat, no Rain or Radiation)
5N 180W Standard ATLAS Recover/Deploy (w/ Seacat)
8N 180W Standard ATLAS Visit
2.2 Bloomsburg University Barnacle Census
Barnacles will be collected in accordance with TAO Standard Operating Instructions. A pre and post cruise inventory of Hazardous Materials (Hazmat) brought aboard and offloaded from the ship will be given to the Chief Scientist and Commanding Officer. All Hazardous Materials will be properly labeled as to content, Hazmat classification and cruise number.
2.3 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Underway Mapping
2.3.1 Underway Mapping
The MBARI underway-mapping system (temperature and fluorescence) will be secured throughout this cruise. Phytoplankton work consisting of chlorophyll and nutrients extractions will be taken from CTD water samples at 0, 10, 25, 40, 60, 100, 150 and 200m. The total volume used from each bottle, including rinses is approximately one liter; except for the surface bottle, which will require approximately three liters. This will require use of the sink/bench area of the wet lab.
2.4 Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Surface Drifters
The Global Drifter Center at NOAA/AOML requests drifter deployments on an ancillary basis. The drifters are small, easily deployed devices which are tracked by Argos and provide Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and mixed layer currents. The global array of drifters provides SST ground truth for NOAA's polar orbiting satellite AVHRR SST maps. They also provide data to operational meteorological and ocean models, and research ocean current data sets.
Drifter deployments are requested when crossing 0-30.0N, the Equator, and 0-30.0S. Drifter deployments may also be requested at other locations along the cruise track. Typically, less than 12 deployments are requested per cruise. The deployments should have little or no impact upon primary ship operations. Questions should be directed to:
Mark Bushnell, Global Drifter Center, NOAA/AOML
(305)361-4353 (office), (305)361-4412 (fax).
bushnell@aoml.noaa.gov, or see the GDC web site at:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/dac/gdc.html.
3.0 Hazardous Materials
The Chief Scientist is responsible for the proper and safe storage of scientific hazardous material and complying with NC Instruction 6280B, Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste Policy, Guidance, and Training, dated May 8, 1991. This includes the requirement for the Chief Scientist to remove all scientific team hazardous materials and waste at the end of the cruise.
3.1 Ancillary Projects Hazardous Materials
1. Acetone 12 Liters MBARI
2. Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) 5 Liters MBARI
3. Radioactive Carbon Isotopes 5 mCi MBARI
(5 milli Curies diluted in 50 Liters of seawater)
4. Soda lime 1 kg MBARI
5. Liquid Nitrogen 20 Liters MBARI
6. Formalin (50% stored in Wx deck Hazmat locker) 32 Liters Bloomsburg University
(diluted to 5% working solution for wet lab use)
Appendices
A. Operations Spreadsheet
B. Trackline
C. Mooring Equipment Weight List