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Voyage - Leg:       OC 410
Voyage Dates:       08-21 April 2005
Chief Sci(s):       Oscar Schofield (Chant)
Address:            Rutgers University
                    Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
                    71 Dudley Road, Rutgers
                    New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone:              732-932-6555 x548
Email:              oscar@imcs.rutgers.edu
Cruise Objective:   We are conducting field and numerical experiments to
                    examine processes that control the fate and transport
                    of nutrients and chemical contaminants in the Hudson
                    River plume, a plume that emanates from one of the
                    nation's most urban estuaries -- the New York/New
                    Jersey Harbor complex.
Science Activities: CTD
Operations Area:    Mid-Atalntic Bight
                    40 30'/ 73 50'
                    15-200 m

SSSG Tech:             sssg @oceanus.whoi.edu
Departure Port:        Woods Hole, MA
Agent:                 Master R/V Oceanus
                       Attn: Scientist's Name
                       c/o WHOI
                       266 Woods Hole Rd.
                       Woods Hole, MA 02543

                       Contact: John Dyke
                       tel. (508) 289-3770
                       fax: (508) 457-2185
                       email: jdyke@whoi.edu
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole, MA
Agent:                 Same as Above
Installed Scientific   12 & 3.5 kHz
Equipment:             ADCP
                       Deionized Water
                       CTD/Rosette - temp., salinity, fluorescecne, oxygen
                       (if available)
                       10 Liter Niskins
                       Fume Hood
                       Refrigerator
                       Chest Freezer
                       -70 Deg Freezer
                       IMET - wind speed and direction, light intensity
WHOI-Provided Science  Isotope Van - Aft, 01Deck
Tools:
Program-Provided       UNOLS Cold Lab Van - Forward, 01 Deck
Science Tools:         Bio-Optics Profiling cage
                       Hand deployed TRSB floating radiometer
                       Net Tows - bongo nets and plankton nets
Shipboard
Equipment/Nav:
Other Requirements:    We will install a free-wave radio modem on the ship,
                       to provide high band-width web access during cruise.
                       The ship will be guided by the shelf-wide ocean
                       observatory. Antenna to be mounted on rail as hi as
                       possible. On rail above bridge
Notes:                 Night Work Anticipated
                       We will tranport chemicals up to WHOI and back to
                       New Jersey after the experiment. We will work out
                       the same arrangement for radio-isotopes.

                       We have a bio-optics profiling cage. It contains an
                       ac-9, 2 eco-VSFs, a LISST, a CTD, and some
                       radiometers. The cage is powered by ship-based power
                       data acquisition system. The cable also provides
                       data telemtry back to the ship. This cable is not
                       load bearing, so it will be fed out by hand by the
                       science crew. Therefore a winch will be required to
                       provide the load bearing line. The cage weighs
                       ~200-250 lbs. The instruments are all enclosed in a
                       sea-birdinstrument cage. We have used this packages
                       on cruises in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Gulf of
                       Mexico, and Lake Michigan.This cage will be profiled
                       every few hours 24 hours/day. The deepest depth will
                       be 100 meters. Plan to use the Ship's CTD cable.
                       (All instruments run on 110VAC, 20A service)

                       Hand deploy a floating hyperspectral TRSB
                       radiometer. The buoy during day light hours is
                       lowered (by hand) into the water and is allowed to
                       float away from the ship. It is tethered to the ship
                       by a loading bearing power-data cable. The
                       instrument will record data for 20 minutes, then
                       retrieved by hand. The buoy weighs ~ 30 lbs, this
                       might be done 4-5x/ day.
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 12/13/2006

Check List:          Required?          Comments
US Customs Form      No
Explosives Clearance No
Isotope Use Approval Yes                Authorization Pending
Diplomatic Clearance No
SCUBA Diving         No