1.3 NOAA Pacific Marine Center Operations Contact:
Larry Mordock
NOAA/PMC (PMC1x4)
1801 Fairview Ave. East
Seattle, WA 98102-3767
(206) 553 - 4764
Larry.Mordock@noaa.gov
1.4 Program Contacts:
Dr. Phyllis Stabeno and Dr. Art Kendall
PMEL / AFSC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
(206) 526-6453 / (206) 526-4108
stabeno@pmel.noaa.gov / akendall@afsc.noaa.gov
2.0. OPERATIONS
A standard oceanographic watch will be utilized which consists of a winch
operator, a scientific staff of three and a Survey Tech on deck. Operations
will be conducted 24 hours a day.
2.1. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES:
MF-9801 will recover and redeploy moorings at site 2 (three subsurface
recovered and deploy three subsurface). At site 3 dragging will be attempted
to recover the bottom of surface mooring F-97BSM-3. One subsurface mooring
will be deployed at site #3. At site #4 One subsurface mooring will be recovered.
Three subsurface moorings will be deployed in Shelikof Strait in the
Line 8 area. One subsurface mooring deployed south of the Line 8 moorings.
Moorings will also be recovered south of Nunivak Island ( 2 ADP TRBM
moorings) . Sea ice conditions may prevent the ship reaching this area.
In the event that conditions prohibit mooring deployments/ recoveries,
operations will focus on CTD lines to be selected by the Chief Scientist.
CTD lines are planned between mooring sites 4 and 2; 2 and 3; 3 and 7;
7 and 6 and across Unimak Pass. Bongo tows are to be completed at selected
site during the cruise.
2.2 PROCEDURES FOR OPERATIONS:
The following are operations to be conducted on this cruise. The procedures
for these operations are listed in the FOCI Standard Operating Instructions
(SOI). Operations not addressed in the SOI and changes to standard procedures
are addressed below.
Mooring calibration CTDs will be completed before the mooring recovery
and after the mooring deployment.
Operations will begin at the Shelikof Strait CTD Line 8 location. The
CTDs will begin on the east end of the line with CTDs and mooring deployments
completed as the line is worked to the northwest. The Line 8 CTDs will be
used as calibration CTDs for moorings F-98-01,02,03. Mooring F-98-08 will
be deployed south of the Line 8 mooring locations.
The 1997 Pavlof Bay mooring will be recovered, and dragging operations
will be attempted to recover the 1996 Pavlof Bay mooring that failed to
respond to recovery attempts last year. After completing the dragging operations,
the Pavlof Bay (98) mooring will be deployed and the cruise will continue
on to Unimak Pass and complete the two CTD lines at the Unimak pass area.
After completing the Unimak Pass CTD lines the cruise will move to mooring
site #3 to conduct dragging operations on mooring F-97BSM-3 to recover the
remaining instruments left on the seafloor after the surface buoy parted
from the mooring in 1997.
Biological sampling will be completed at the Bering Sea moorings.
The next recovery will be F-96BS-4 and F-97BSST-4 followed by a CTD grid
around the mooring site. After completing the site #4 operations , a CTD
line will be done during the transit between mooring site #4 and mooring
site #2.
At mooring site# 2, three subsurface moorings F-97BS -2C, F-97BSP-2F
and F-97 BSST -2 will be recovered. Four subsurface moorings (F-98BS-2A,
F-98BS-2B, F-98BSP -2S and F-98BSST-2S) will be deployed. A CTD line will
then be run between sites# 2 and #3.
At site# 3, Two subsurface moorings (F-98BS-3 and F-98BSST-3S will also
be deployed.
The CTD line running south through mooring site# 6 will be completed
after mooring operations.
ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS (Time and Weather permitted):
1. Nunivak Island mooring recoveries.
2. Pribilof Island mooring and CTD operations.
Mooring recoveries/ deployments (Mooring diagrams will be provided to
ship by chief scientist before cruise)
CTD/Water samples (SOI 2.2.1)
Chlorophyll samples (SOI 2.2.10)
Satellite tracked drifter buoy (SOI 2.2.11)
EK500 monitoring (SOI 2.2.12)
ADCP (SOI 2.2.13)
Radiometer (SOI 2.2.14)
Bongo tows (SOI 2.2.2)
3.0. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
The following systems and their associated support services are essential
to the cruise. Sufficient consumables, back-up units, and on-site spares
and technical support must be in place to assure that operational interruptions
are minimal. All measurement instruments are expected to have current calibrations,
and all pertinent calibration information shall be included in the data
package.
3.1 Equipment and Capabilities to be Provided by the Ship
Oceanographic winch with slip rings and 3-conductor cable terminated
for CTD,
Wire-angle indicator and readout for oceanographic winch,
Oceanographic winch for bongo net (and other nets when used) with slip
rings and 3-conductor cable terminated for the SeaCat,
Sea-Bird 911 plus CTD system to be used with PMEL stand (primary system)
(The underwater CTD unit should have mounts compatible with the PMEL
CTD stand),
Sea-Bird 911 plus CTD system with stand (back up system),
(Each CTD system should include underwater CTD, weights, and pinger and
there should be one deck unit and tape recorder for the two systems),
10-liter sampling bottles for use with rosette (10 plus 4 spares),
For CTD field corrections: IAPSO water and AUTOSAL salinometer,
Sea-Bird SBE-19 Seacat system (backup system),
Wire speed indicators and readout for quarterdeck, Rowe and Marco winches,
For meteorological observations: 2 anemometers (one R. M. Young system
interfaced to the SCS), calibrated air thermometer (wet-and dry-bulb) and
a calibrated barometer and/or barograph,
Freezer space for storage of biological and chemical samples (blast and
storage freezers),
Simrad EQ-50 echo sounder ,
JRC JFV-200R color sounder recorder,
RDI ADCP with PC-compatible data acquisition computer and SyQuest drives,
Use of 386 PC in DataPlot for data analysis,
SCS (Shipboard Computer System),
Stern platform in place,
Laboratory space with exhaust hood, sink, lab tables and storage space,
Sea-water hoses and nozzles to wash nets (quarterdeck and aft deck),
Adequate deck lighting for night-time operations,
Navigational equipment including GPS and radar,
Safety harnesses for working on quarter deck and fantail,
3.2 Equipment to be Provided by the Project
Sea-Bird SBE-19 Seacat system (primary system),
PMEL PC with SEASOFT software for CTD data collection and processing,
Fluorometer, light meter, and chlorophyll absorbance meter (ChlAM) to
be mounted on CTD,
CTD stand modified for attachment of fluorometer,
Conductivity and temperature sensor package to provide dual sensors on
the primary CTD,
CTD rosette sampler,
60-cm bongo sampling arrays,
20 cm bongo arrays,
Spare wire angle indicator,
Surface moorings (FOCI bio-physical platforms),
Subsurface moorings,
TRAPs (Trawl Resistent ADCP Platforms),
Miscellaneous scientific sampling and processing equipment ,
Scientific ultra-cold freezer.
Discrete Sample Data Base software and forms.
3.3. Ship's Computer System (SCS)
The ship's Scientific Computer System (SCS) shall operate throughout
the cruise, acquiring and logging data from navigation, meteorological,
oceanographic, and fisheries sensors. See FOCI Standard Operating Instructions
for specific requirements.
4.0 DATA AND REPORTS
Data disposition, responsibilities and data requirements are listed in
the FOCI Standard Operating Instructions.
5.0 ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS
5.3 Piggyback projects:
None at this time.
6.0 MISCELLANEOUS
6.5. Hazardous Materials:
The Chief Scientist shall be responsible for complying with NC Instruction
6280A, Hazardous Waste; policy, guidance, and training, dated February 4,
1991, paragraph 7.g and paragraph 9. By federal law, the ship may not sail
without a complete inventory of MSDS, and appropriate neutralizing agents,
buffers, and/or absorbents in amounts adequate to address spills of a size
equal to the amount aboard.
7.0 COMMUNICATIONS
7.4 Important phone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses:
PMEL/CARD Fax: (206) 526-6485
PMEL/ADMIN Fax: (206) 526-6815
AFSC/RACE Fax: (206) 526-6723
MILLER FREEMAN INMARSAT VOICE: 011-872-154-2712
MILLER FREEMAN INMARSAT FAX: 011-872-154-2713
MILLER FREEMAN CELLULAR: 206-660-7167
Kodiak Roamer : 907-528-7626 (tone) 206-660-7167
Dutch Harbor Roamer: 907-391-7626 (tone) 206-660-7167
PMEL person: PERSON@PMEL.NOAA.GOV
AFSC person: APerson@afsc.noaa.gov
PMC radio room: RadioRoom@rdc.noaa.gov
Direct to ship: person@freeman.pmel.noaa.gov
8.0. APPENDICES
1. CTD and mooring locations
2. CTD and mooring plot
3. Biophysical Station Sampling Table
4. Product Safety Data Summary
a. Formaldehyde
b. Mercuric Chloride
c. Lithium batteries
5. SCS Sensor Specifications
