TROPICAL ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN (TAO) PROGRAM

FINAL

CRUISE INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

KA-06-07 (GP8-06-KA)

November 5 - December 2, 2006

 

TAO Program Director

Dr. Michael J. McPhaden

PMEL, TAO Project Office

7600 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98115

 

Area: Equatorial Pacific

Itinerary:

KA-06-07 Kwajalein, RMI DEP November 5, 2006

Honolulu, HI ARR December 2, 2006

 

CRUISE DESCRIPTION

General guidelines are contained in the TAO Program Standard Operating Instructions for NOAA Ship KAIMIMOANA dated December 8, 2004.

 

Cruise Objective and Plan:

The objective of this cruise is the maintenance of the TAO Array along the 165M-0E and 180M-0 meridians. The scientific complement for the cruise will embark on Kwajalein, on November 4, 2006. The ship will depart on November 5, 2006, to commence operations as listed in Appendix A. After completion of operations, NOAA Ship KAIMIMOANA will proceed to Honolulu, HI, arriving on or about December 2, 2006. All dates and times referred to in these cruise instructions are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).

 

 

MOP Operations: TAO Operations Manager:

Larry Mordock LCDR Brian Lake, NOAA

NOAA/MOC-Pacific (MOC-P1x3) PMEL, TAO, R/E/PM

1801 Fairview Avenue East 7600 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, Washington 98102-3767 Seattle, Washington 98115-0070

(206) 553-4764 (206) 526-6403

Larry.Mordock@noaa.gov Brian.Lake@noaa.gov

 

1.0 PERSONNEL

 

1.1 CHIEF SCIENTIST AND PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS:

 

Chief Scientist: Paul Freitag

 

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. All participating scientists will submit a medical history form and be medically approved before embarking.

 

Participating Scientists:

 

Name

Gender

Nationality

Affiliation

Paul Freitag

M

US

NOAA/PMEL

Brian Powers

M

US

NOAA/PMEL

Allen Lossett

M

US

NOAA/NDBC

Robert Harris

M

US

NOAA/NDBC

 

2.0 OPERATIONS

 

Mooring Operations are scheduled to be conducted as shown in Appendix A. Operations will be conducted from 08M-0N - 165M-0E to 08M-0S - 165M-0E and 08M-0S - 180M-0 to 08M-0N - 180M-0. 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

Status

08M-0N 165M-0E

ATLAS

Repair

Swap Rain Gauge

05M-0N 165M-0E

ATLAS

Recover/Deploy

 

02M-0N 165M-0E

ATLAS

Repair

Swap rain

0M-0 165M-0E

ATLAS

Visti

Flux site

0M-0 165M-0E

ADCP

Recover/Deploy

 

02M-0S 165M-0E

ATLAS

Recover/Deploy

SSC on picklefork

05M-0S 165M-0E

ATLAS

Repair

 Swap rain gauge

08M-0S 165M-0E

ATLAS

Recover/Deploy

 

Transit

 

 

 

08M-0S 180M-0

ATLAS

Recover?/Deploy

Stopped xmitting Aug 15

05M-0S 180M-0

ATLAS

Repair

Swap wind

02M-0S 180M-0

ATLAS

Recover/Deploy

 

0M-0 180M-0

ATLAS

Visit

 

02M-0N 180M-0

ATLAS

Visit

 

05M-0N 180M-0

ATLAS

Recover/Deploy

 

08M-0N 180M-0

ATLAS

Visit

 

 

 

2.1 CTD

 

At a minimum, 1,000 meter CTD casts shall be conducted at each mooring site between 08M-0N and 08M-0S for sensor inter‑comparison purposes. As time permits, additional or deeper CTDs should be conducted whenever addition of the CTDs will not impact scheduled mooring work. For example, if the ship would arrive at the next mooring site in the middle of the night, it is preferable to do CTDs on the way, rather than remain hove to waiting for daylight. Another example would be when mooring operations are significantly ahead of schedule. Beyond those at mooring sites, CTDs should be conducted in the following order of priority:

M-7         1,000m CTDs at one degree latitude intervals between 12M-0N and 08M-0S, along the ships trackline.

M-7         Extend 1,000m CTDs at mooring sites to a minimum of 3,000m or a maximum depth of 200m from bottom. Four to six deep casts are optimal, occurring at the beginning and end of the cruise as well as at both equatorial sites.

M-7         1,000m CTDs every one‑half degree of latitude between 03M-0N and 03M-0S.

M-7         Additional calibration CTDs to be determined by Chief Scientist.


Eight seawater samples will be collected from each CTD cast for later salinity analysis on-board with an autosalinometer.  Sampling depths vary depending on the depth of the cast.  The Survey Technician, together with other embarked scientific personnel will operate the CTD during casts and take the samples.  The Survey Technician will conduct later analysis with the autosal.

 

2.2 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 that are tracked by ARGOS and provide Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and mixed layer currents. The global array of drifters provides SST ground truth for NOAAs polar orbiting satellite AVHRR SST maps. They also provide data to operational meteorological and ocean models, and research ocean current data sets.

 

AOML drifters are scheduled at the following positions:

165E: at or about latitudes 5N, 3N, equ, 3S, 5S

180: at or about latitudes 5N, 2N, equ, 2S, 5S

The contact for this project is:

 

Craig Engler, NOAA/AOML

Global Drifter Center,

Tel: (305) 361‑4439

Fax: (305) 361‑4392

E-mail: Craig.Engler@noaa.gov

URL: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/

 

2.3 Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Argo Profiling CTD Floats

 

Several Argo floats are scheduled for deployment on this cruise. Individual deployment positions can be shifted by a degree or so along the ship track if more convenient. Each float weighs about 56 lbs. The boxes weigh about 200 lbs. full and are 82M-^T long x 17M-^T high x 23M-^T long. Boxes cannot be stored or transported on their small ends. The floats are sensitive to high temperatures, so as space for a pair of floats becomes available on the computer lab rack, it will be desirable to move floats from the next box to the rack at the earliest convenient time. A manual for float testing and deployment has been sent to the ship. Float deployment locations are as follows:

 

Float number deployment positions will be determined prior to sailing by the Argo Program.

 

Argo float questions should be directed to:

 

Gregory Johnson, NOAA/PMEL or Elizabeth Steffen, NOAA/PMEL

Tel: (206) 526-6806 Tel: (206) 526-6747

E-mail: pmel_floats@noaa.gov E-mail: pmel_floats@noaa.gov

 

2.4 Discreet Gas Sampler

Whole air samples are cryogenically dried and pumped into glass flasks by an automated system in the computer lab. Following the cruise, the flasks are returned to Princeton University for analysis by prepaid FEDEX. Pairs of flasks are collected while the ship is underway at 08M-0N, 04M-0N, 00M-0, 04M-0S, and 08M-0S along the 165M-0E and 180M-0 lines. Automated sampling cycle is approximately five hours. It is anticipated that the Survey Technician will perform the maintenance tasks. The Survey Technician will be shipping the samples back to Princeton University.

 

The contact for this project is:

 

Michael Bender

Princeton University

Tel: (609) 258-2936

E-mail: bender@geo.princeton.edu

 

 

2.5 Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (DIC) Analysis

 

A 0.5 liter sea water sample will be collected from the surface at whole degree CTD casts between 8N and 8S for later dissolved inorganic carbon analysis. Scripps Institute of Oceanography will provide sample jars and mercury chloride solution. It is anticipated that the Survey Technician, together with embarked scientific personnel will take the samples. A small bench-top drill press is installed on the ship to assist with the bottle capping process. Samples will be shipped to Scripps at the conclusion of this cruise.

 

The contacts for this project are:

 

Dr. Andrew Dickson Dr. Richard Feely

Scripps Institution of Oceanography NOAA/PMEL

University of California, San Diego 7600 Sand Point Way NE

Room 203 - Vaughan Hall Seattle, Washington 98115

8675 Discovery Way

La Jolla, California 92037

Tel: (858) 534-2582 Tel: (206) 526-6214

Email: adickson@ucsd.edu E-mail: Richard.A.Feely@noaa.gov

 

 

2.6 Nutrient Samples

 

The Survey Technician shall collect a 30 ml surface water sample at each whole degree CTD cast for later nutrient analysis. It is anticipated that the Survey Technician, together with other embarked scientific personnel will take the samples. Sample bottles, ice packs, and a cooler will be provided by PMEL. Samples are stored and shipped back to PMEL at the conclusion of the cruise. Analysis is done at PMEL for the CO2 program.

 

The contact for this project is:

 

Cathy Cosca

NOAA/PMEL

7600 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, Washington 98115

Tel: (206) 526-6183

E-mail: cathy.cosca@noaa.gov

 

3.0               HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

 

NOAA Ship KAIMIMOANA will operate in full compliance with all environmental compliance requirements imposed by NOAA. The Chief Scientist shall be responsible for complying with MOCDOC 15, Fleet Environmental Compliance #07, Hazardous Material and Hazardous Waste Management Requirements for Visiting Scientists, released July 2002. The MOCDOC web site address is:

 

http://205.156.48.106/

 

By Federal regulations and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations policy, the ship may not sail without a complete inventory of all hazardous materials by name and the anticipated quantity brought aboard, MSDS and appropriate neutralizing agents, buffers, and/or absorbents in amounts adequate to address spills of a size equal to the amount of chemicals brought aboard and a chemical hygiene plan. The amount of hazardous material arriving and leaving the vessel shall be accounted for by the Chief Scientist. NOAA Ship KAIMIMOANA Environmental Compliance Officer will work with the Chief Scientist to ensure that this management policy is properly executed, and that any problems are brought promptly to the attention of the Commanding Officer.

 

3.1 Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

 

All hazardous materials require a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Copies of all MSDSs shall be forwarded to the ship at least two weeks prior to sailing. The Chief Scientist shall have copies of each MSDS available when the hazardous materials are loaded aboard. Hazardous material for which the MSDS is not provided will not be loaded aboard.

 

3.2 HAZMAT Inventory

 

The Chief Scientist will complete a local inventory form, provided by the Commanding Officer, indicating the amount of each material brought onboard, and for which the Chief Scientist is responsible. This inventory shall be updated at departure, accounting for the amount of material being removed, as well as the amount consumed in science operations and the amount being removed in the form of waste. Where applicable, the amounts of neutralizing agents, buffers and absorbents brought onboard shall also be noted on the inventory.

 

 

3.3 HAZMAT Locker

 

The ships dedicated HAZMAT Locker contains two 45-gallon capacity flammable cabinets and one 22-gallon capacity flammable cabinet, plus some available storage on the deck. Unless there are dedicated storage lockers (meeting OSHA/NFPA standards) in each van, all HAZMAT, except small amounts for ready use, must be stored in the HAZMAT Locker.

 

3.4 HAZMAT Spill Response

 

The scientific party, under the supervision of the Chief Scientist, shall be prepared to respond fully to emergencies involving spills of any mission HAZMAT. This includes providing properly-trained personnel for response, as well as the necessary neutralizing chemicals and clean-up materials. Ships personnel are not first responders and will act in a support role only, in the event of a spill.

 

3.5 Responsibilities

 

The Chief Scientist is directly responsible for the proper handling, both administrative and physical, of all scientific party hazardous wastes. No liquid wastes shall be introduced into the ships drainage system. No solid waste material shall be placed in the ships garbage. Ancillary Projects shall properly train their personnel in hazardous material handling and disposal.

 

3.6 Ancillary Projects Hazardous Materials

 

1. Mercuric Chloride solution 400 ml Scripps/PMEL

2. Mercuric Chloride powder 30 g Scripps/PMEL

3. CO2 cylinder 5-K cylinders PMEL

4. LithX 1-Pail PMEL

 

 

Appendices:

A. Operations Spreadsheet

B.      Trackline

C.      Mooring Equipment Weight List