TAO Program Director
Dr. Michael J. McPhaden
PMEL, TAO Project Office
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Area: Eastern Equatorial Pacific
Itinerary:KA-02-01 San Diego (subject to change) dep.
26 Feb 2002
Manzanillo, MX arr. 4 April 2002
Cruise Objective and Plan:
The objective of this cruise is the maintenance of the TAO Array along the 95 and 110W meridians. The scientific complement will embark in San Diego, California and depart aboard KA'IMIMOANA on February 26, 2002 to commence operations as listed in Appendix A. KA'IMIMOANA will stop in Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador on or about March 21 where some scientists may disembark. After completion of operations, KA'IMIMOANA will proceed to Manzanillo, Mexico, arriving on April 4, 2002. All dates and times referred to in these cruise instructions are in Pacific Daylight Savings Time (-7 GMT).MOC-P Operations: TAO Operations Manager:
Larry Mordock LCDR Chris Beaverson, NOAA
NOAA/MOC-P (MOC1x3) PMEL, TAO, R/E/PM
1801 Fairview Ave. East 7600 Sand Point Way
NE
Seattle, WA 98102-3767 Seattle, WA 98115-0070
(206) 553-4764 (206) 526-6403
Larry.Mordock@noaa.gov Chris.Beaverson@noaa.gov
1.1 CHIEF SCIENTIST AND PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS:
Chief Scientist:
Mike McPhaden February 26 - March 21, 2002
Ben Moore March 22 - April 4, 2002
Participating Scientists
Name Sex Nationality Affiliation
1. Mike McPhaden M USA NOAA/PMEL
2. Ben Moore M USA NOAA/PMEL
3. Brian Powers M USA NOAA/PMEL
4. Nuria Ruiz F USA NOAA/PMEL
5. Sergio Pezoa M USA NOAA/ETL
6. Kara Sterling F USA NOAA/ETL
7. Juan Regalado M Equador Observer
8. Raye Foster F USA Bloomsburg University
9. John Kermond M USA NOAA/OGP
10. TBD F USA Teacher-at-Sea
11. TBD Media contractor
12. TBD Media contractor
2.1.1 East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System (EPIC)
Enhancements to the TAO 95W observing system as noted in Section 2.1 above will incorporate a suite of meteorological sensors, including short and long wave radiometers, rain and barometric pressure; additional subsurface temperature sensors; surface and subsurface conductivity sensors and current meters. Three new moorings sites were deployed in the fall of 1999 along 95W at 3.5N, 10N and 12N. These three new sites have the EPIC suite of sensor enhancements, as well as a full set of operational TAO measurements. Dr Meghan Cronin, PMEL 206-526-6449 meghan.f.cronin@noaa.gov
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)
2.3.1 Phytoplankton Work
Phytoplankton work consisting of chlorophyll
pigment extractions and nutrient sampling will be extracted 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 requires use of the sink/bench
area of the wet lab, salinometer room for fluorometric measurements, and freezer
storage in science hold.
Equipment: Water sampling materials (to include
10 plastic sample bottles, glass-fiber and membrane water filters, filtration
manifold, 10ml vials, and cryovials)
and a Turner Design Fluorometer.
Hazmat: 12 Liters of Acetone and 3 Liters
of Hydrochloric Acid
2.4 Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Surface Drifters
and Scripps
SOLO floats
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 current data. 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.
Most often, drifter deployments are requested when crossing 00 30.0N, the Equator, and 00 30.0S. Drifter deployments are frequently requested at other locations along the cruise track. Typically, less than 12 deployments are requested on a cruise. The deployments should have little or no impact upon primary ship operations. Questions should be directed to:
Craig Engler, Global Drifter Center, NOAA/AOML
305-361-4439 (office) or 305-361-4392 (fax)
Craig.Engler@noaa.gov
or http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/
SOLO floats will not be deployed on this leg, but floats will be loaded in Seattle in February for use on the following 125W/140W cruise.
Ceilometer Bridge deck rail MCL 1 PC
915 MHz radar Centerline Bridge deck
MCL 1 PC
Retractable Outrigger Port rail aft
of foredeck MCL 1 PC
Mailbox radiometer Bridge deck rail
W-Lab 1 Laptop
Rawinsonde system Main Computer Lab
MCL 2 PC
Launched from 02 deck
Dr. Christopher W. Fairall, OAR/ETL 303-497-3253 Christopher.W.Fairall@noaa.gov
EPIC/PACS is sponsoring a project to resume atmospheric soundings during buoy operations in the eastern equatorial Pacific. The primary data collection will consist of up to four soundings a day (nominally at 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 Z) while along the 95W and 110W transects between 8N and 8S. The region of greatest interest is between about the equator and 5N along each line. Twice-daily soundings (at 0000 and 1200 Z) will be collected on the day prior to arriving at 8N, 95W , the day after departing 8N, 110W, and during the transit from 8S, 95W to 8S, 110W. These soundings can be collected while the ship is either on station or making way.
A related program involving NOAA/ETL and Dr. Steve Swadley of the Naval Research Laboratory also will be collecting soundings for the purpose of calibrating remote measurements from the SSM/I satellite. There should be on the average of two launches a day synchronized with satellite overpasses through the entire leg, and two additional soundings a day at 0000 UTC and 1200 UTC while the ship is on the 95W and 110W lines between 12N and 8S. If satellite overpasses occur within 2 hours of the 0000 and 1200 UTC synoptic map times, additional soundings are not required at those times. There should be at least 3 soundings per day along the mooring lines regardless of the timing of the overpasses (1800 UTC would represent a desirable time for the third launch). .Dr. Nicholas Bond, PMEL/JISAO 206-526-6459 nickolas.a.bond@noaa.gov
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 March 20, 1992. This includes the requirement for the Chief Scientist to remove all scientific team hazardous materials and waste at the end of the cruise.
1.
Acetone 12 Liters MBARI
2. Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) 3 Liters MBARI
3. Formalin (18.5% stored in Wx deck Hazmat
locker) 30 Liters Bloomsburg University (diluted
to 5% working solution for wet lab use)
4. Compressed helium gas 30 cylinders PMEL,
OERD
Appendices
D. ETL Equipment List
E. ETL Instrument Positioning