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Voyage - Leg:       OC 323
Voyage Dates:       2 - 6 May 1998
Chief Sci(s):       Frank Bub/Wendell Brown
Address:            Ocean Process Analysis Lab (OPAL)
                    142 Morse Hall
                    University of New Hampshire
                    Durham, NH 03824
Phone:              603-862-3505 (FB) / - 3153 (WB)
Email:              frank.bub@unh.edu, wsbrown@kelvin.sr.unh.edu
Cruise Objective:   "An Observational/Modelling Study of Wintertime
                    Convection and Water Mass Formation (CONVEX)" - NSF
                    grant OCE-9530249.
                    Primary mission: Conduct a hydrographic survey along
                    established tracks in the central Wilkinson Basin,
                    repeating the track of the OC 316 survey with 50 CTD
                    stations on radials from the central mooring site.
                    Secondary mission: retrieve the main instrumented
                    mooring with weather instruments, chain of 8 T-C sensor
                    pairs and 2 ADCP units.
Science Activities: CTD/rosette casts (50 stations)
Operations Area:    Wilkinson Basin / Gulf of Maine
                    42-43.5N, 68.5-70.5W
                    Water depth: 50-270 m

SSSG Tech:             Laura Stein, sssg @oceanus.whoi.edu
Departure Port:        Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Installed Scientific   12kHz echo sounder+recorder
Equipment:             ADCP
                       IMET sensors
                       Underway water system (temp+conductivity)
                       Data logger
WHOI-Provided Science  CTD/rosette system, SBE-911
Tools:                 (w/ 5 l. bottles+transmissometer)
                       Chest freezer (1)
                       Pinger (wire mounted)
                       Salinometer
Program-Provided       All mooring equipment
Science Tools:
Shipboard              Standard navigation
Equipment/Nav:         Standard communications (voice,FAX,email)
                       Deck capstan
                       Crane
                       Hydrowinch (CTD ops)
                       Trawl winch (potential dragging ops)
                       Air tuggers
Other Requirements:               None
Notes:                            * Point of Contact is Frank Bub
                                  * Requirement for continuous depth
                                  recorder use
                                  * We hope to download all ship recorded
                                  data (CTD/met/t/sal/navigation/adcp)
                                  before docking
                                  * No special computer requirements (we
                                  will use ship PCs and bring our laptops)
                                  * Mooring acoustic release will not
                                  release, so will have to catch and lift
                                  the anchor (sci party will bring a hook;
                                  weights and line are needed)
                                  *Small science party, one foreign
                                  national (India)
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 12/13/2006

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