TAO Program Director
Dr. Michael J. McPhaden
PMEL, TAO Project Office
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98115
Area: Western Equatorial Pacific
KA-01-09 Kwajalein, RMI dep. 31 Oct 2001
Honolulu, Hi arr. 29 Nov 2001
The objective of this cruise is the maintenance of the TAO Array along the 165E and 180 meridians and recover the NMFS Bigeye mooring at location 20 36.00'N, 161 24.2'W. The scientific complement will embark in Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and depart aboard KA'IMIMOANA on October 31, 2001 to commence operations as listed in Appendix A. After completion of operations, KA'IMIMOANA will proceed to Honolulu, Hawaii arriving on or about November 29, 2001. All dates and times referred to in these cruise instructions are in Hawaiian Standard Time (HST).
PMC
Operations: Larry Mordock NOAA/PMC (PMC1x3) 1801 Fairview Ave. East Seattle, WA 98102-3767 (206) 553-4886 Larry Mordock@noaa.gov |
TAO
Operations Manager: |
1.1 CHIEF SCIENTIST AND PARTICIPATING SCIENTISTS:
Chief Scientist: Dave Zimmerman NOAA/PMEL
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. Dave Zimmerman M USA NOAA/PMEL
2. Brian Powers M USA NOAA/PMEL
3. Korey Martin M USA NOAA/PMEL
4. Chris Urie M USA Bloomsberg
2.0 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 -180. The following mooring operations are anticipated, though the work may be changed by direction of the Chief Scientist, in consultation with the Commanding Officer.
8N 165E ATLAS II Repair. Swap SWR, dump RAM.
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
5N 165E ATLAS II Recover/Deploy
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
2N 165E ATLAS II Repair. Swap SWR, dump RAM.
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
0 165E ATLAS II Repair. Swap SWR, dump RAM.
ADCP (PMEL) Recover/Deploy
1.5S 165E SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment
2S 165E ATLAS II Repair. Swap SWR, dump RAM.
4S 165E SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment
5S 165E ATLAS II Recover/Deploy
8S 165E ATLAS II Repair. Swap SWR, dump RAM.
SOLO (ARGOtype) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
8S 170E SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment
8S 175E SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment
8S 180 ATLAS ll Recover/Deploy
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
5S 180 ATLAS ll Visit
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
2S 180 ATLAS ll Repair. Visit
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
0 180 ATLAS II Recover/Deploy
2N 180 ATLAS ll Visit
5N
180 ATLAS II Repair. Swap anemometer.
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
8N 180 Standard ATLAS Visit
SOLO (ARGO type) Drifter Float Deployment upon
departing station
11S 174.6W SOLO (CORC type) Drifter Float
Deployment
13.5S 171W SOLO (CORC type) Drifter Float
Deployment
20 36.00'N, 161 24.2'W Bigeye
Mooring Recover only.
2.1 CTD
At a minimum, 1000 meter CTD casts shall be
conducted at each mooring site between 8 N and 8 S for sensor inter-comparison
purposes. As time permits, additional or deeper CTD's should be conducted whenever
addition of the CTD's 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 CTD's 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, CTD's should be conducted in the following order of priority:
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
The MBARI underway-mapping system (temperature
and fluorescence) will be on-line and running throughout this cruise. Phytoplankton
work consisting of chlorophyll and nutrients extractions will 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.
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.
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/phod.html
Each SOLO float is self contained with minimal preparation and can be deployed at full speed. It is requested that deployments be made as KA'IMIMOANA is departing the above stations.
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