Cruise Planning Questionnaire


Ship: KNORR
    Vehicle(s) required:
    Name of ship for ROV ops:
    Ch Sci:
Ray Sambrotto
    Affiliation:
Lamaont-Doherty Earth Observatory
    Address:
LDEO
P.O. Box 1000
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964-1000 USA
    Phone:
(845) 365-8402
    Email:
sambrott@ldeo.columbia.edu
    POC / contact info:
Nancy KAchel, PMEL/NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Wasy NE, Seattle,WA 98115, Nancy.Kachel@noaa.gov,206-526-6746
Departure port & date:Dutch Harbor,AK June 14, 2009
    Distance to first station:
~80mi
    Number of stations:
~200
    Distance between stations:
10-30 on transects
    Total days on station:
all but 3-4 transects of 8-18hrs
Arrival port & date:July 13, 2009, Dutch Harbor AK
Op area:Bering Sea ( mostly on the shelf
Lat/Lon:54°-62.2°N, 160°-180°w
Depth range:usually <150m, several stations 1500-2500m
    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:North Pacific Research Board

Grant or contract number:

    Science objectives/activities planned:
The overall objective of this project is to describe the lower trophic levels of the Bering Sea ecosystem under varying conditions of spring ice, and accompanying oceanographic and ecosystem conditions the ice sets up on this shelf. To this aim, eleven projects are supported on this cruise.
Science Activities
The cruise begins with an ichthyoplankton -zooplankton survey along a series of stations from Unimak Pass into Bristol Bay. That work continues as we start occupying standard stations along four major cross-shelf transects. These transects are: the CN line (southernmost southwest to northeast, ending at Cape Newenham, AK); the NP Line from Nunivak I. to off shore of St Paul Island; the MN Line (central, east-west) starting from Nunivak I., passing south of St. Matthews I., then over the outer shelf and slope to deep water; and the SL Line (northernmost) lies south of St. Lawrence I. (see attached map). Another transect, the W line, extends inshore from the 70 m line to intersect a series of moorings. Following completion of the major cross-shelf transects, work will be conducted on the WOCE-P14 line in open water. At the end of the cruise we will occupy the 58-station 70-m isobath line from north to south, which intersects four long-term moorings maintained by PMEL NOAA. The four moorings are: M2, M4. M5 and M8.
Each transect consists of a series of stations at which several sampling activities are routinely conducted, including CTD casts with a 12x30-liter rosette, and CalVET net tows. At night, bongo nets and MOCNESS operations are added. More intensive sampling is conducted every other day at Process Stations, where a fuller suite of sampling and experimentation are conducted to measure phytoplankton, microzooplankton, mesozooplankton (copepods, krill), benthic composition and selected rates (e.g., grazing, reproduction, nutrient regeneration, production). Other sampling (e.g., benthic grabs, plankton tows, benthic cores) is conducted several times per day at selected locations.
At least 200 CTD casts and 50-60 MOCNESS tows are planned.
At process stations many of activities involve multiple CTD casts to collect water for incubations.
It is expected that there will be 4-5 deployments of 18-24 hr duration of the sediment trap array over the slope. The traps have been easy to track and no trouble to re-locate after previous deployments.
It is expected that we will take ~18 multicores, including 2-4 in waters at the base of the continental slope.
Bird watchers plan to make observations from the bridge during daylight hours, using their own equipment.

WHOI shipboard scientific instrumentation desired:
    12 kHz bathymetry system
    3.5 kHz bathymetry system
ADCP - 150 KHzFume hood
Refrigerator
Deionized water systemChest freezer (OC and KN only)
CTD/rosette system-70 deg freezer
SalinometerWalk-in cooler (AT only)
10-liter Niskin bottlesMET sensors:

Is nighttime work anticipated on this cruise? Yes

    Critical MET sensors:
Wind spd/dir, Baro. Pres, Temp. PAR
    Critical CTD sensors:
dual Temp. Cond. Fluorometer, Oxygen, PAR, Transmissomenter, Altimeter

Do you need Seabeam? (AT and KN only) No

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

Will you be using portable science vans? How many:


Science Van #1
Science Van #2
Science Van #3
    Type/size
cold lab and stable isotope lab vans
chem storage and rad vans
storage van
    Location
01
bow
main deck , port? side
    Water
yes/yes
no/yes
no
    Power
yes/yes
no/yes
light would be nice

Anticipated standard oceanographic cable use:

Instruments(s)
Instrument Weight(s)
Maximum Depth
    Conducting hydro
CTD
~3000m
    Steel hydro
MOCNESS and other nets
300lbs is max drag
300m
    Steel trawl
? Multicorer
WHOI instrument- Wt.=?
~3000m
    .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? No

If yes, please provide details: We would appreciate a small deck winch to help recover the sediment traps, although it would be possible to do this using just the capstan.
Will there be special requirements for:

    Electrical power
Yes
    Equipment handling
    Inter/intraship communications
    Science stowage

If yes to any of the above, please identify: Powere is needed to 5 deck incubators and 4 of the vans.

Will any of the following items be used on board?

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

Will hazardous material be used aboard, or deployed by an ROV? Yes

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?
Many of the PIs will be bringing hazmat aboard.Al Devol will bring readio isotopes.
All have been contacted about starting to fill out the forms.
Not done yet.