Cruise Planning Questionnaire


Ship: OCEANUS
    Vehicle(s) required:
    Name of ship for ROV ops:
    Ch Sci:
Ajit Subramaniam
    Affiliation:
University of Maryland
    Address:
2207 Computer and Space Science Building 224
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-2465
    Phone:
301-405-1412
    Email:
ajit@essic.umd.edu
    POC / contact info:
Departure port & date:5 January 2003
    Distance to first station:
    Number of stations:
    Distance between stations:
    Total days on station:
1.5 hour/day
Arrival port & date:18 January 2003
Op area:North and Equatorial Atlantic ocean
Lat/Lon:42N-5S, 70W-38W
Depth range:4000m
    Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country?
    Which country?
    Are visas or special travel documents required?

Funding agency:
      NSF
 Specify:

Grant or contract number:

    Science objectives/activities planned:
Teach a class in field oceanography using ship's equipment to gather data and lab space to analyze data. The lab space will also be used as a classroom.

WHOI shipboard scientific instrumentation desired:
Oxygen Titration Apparatus
Fume Hood
XBT SystemRefrigerator
Deionized Water SystemChest Freezer
CTD/Rosette System
10-liter Niskin Bottles

Is nighttime work anticipated on this cruise? No

    Critical MET sensors:
    Critical CTD sensors:
temp, cond, transmissometer, fluorometer, oxygen

Do you need Seabeam? (AT and KN only) Yes

Long baseline (LBL) transponder navigation? No. of xpndrs/nets:
Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation?
Doppler/GPS navigation?

Will you be using portable science vans? No How many:


Science Van #1
Science Van #2
Science Van #3
    Type/size
    Location
    Water
    Power

Anticipated standard oceanographic cable use:

Instruments(s)
Instrument Weight(s)
Maximum Depth
    Conducting hydro
CTD
4000
    Steel hydro
nets
~50 lbs
50m
    Steel trawl
    .681" fiber optic
    Do you require slip rings?
NoNumber of conductors:
    Do you need non-standard wire?
NoIf so, what type?
    Do you need a traction winch?
No
Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers equipment over the side?

If yes, please provide details:
Will there be special requirements for:

    Electrical power
No
    Equipment handling
No
    Inter/intraship communications
No
    Science stowage
Yes

If yes to any of the above, please identify: A small amount of equipment will be left on the ship to be picked up at WHOI on its return.

Will any of the following items be used on board?

    Explosive devices
No
    Portable air compressors
No
    Flammable gases
No
    Radioisotopes
No
    Isotope van
No

Will hazardous material be used aboard, or deployed by an ROV? No

What measures or plans have been made a) in the event of a spill, and b) for the removal and/or disposal of these materials at the completion of the cruise?


Vehicle equipment required:Check one or both:
Major water samplers
Large capacity slurp samplers
Small capacity slurp samplers
Bio collection boxes
Push corers
Scoop nets
High temperature probe
Low temperature probe
Heat flow probe
Magnetometer
Portable CTD
Digital Still Camera
Search Sonar
Profiling Sonar
Rock Drill (Jason only)
Video Duplication (Jason)
Elevators
    Other vehicle-related equipment (list):
    Science equipment to be installed on vehicle:
    Electronic equipment used in the ALVIN personnel sphere:
    Other comments and information:
I plan to use the HRPT station to recieve realtime AVHRR sea surface temperature imagaery. I request 2 extra PCs be available for science use.

Date Submitted: 10/31/2002 08:48 AM