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Voyage - Leg:       OC 287
Voyage Dates:       04 - 18 Sep 1996
Chief Sci(s):       Jim Ledwell
Address:            Bigelow 103A
                    WHOI
Phone:              x 3305
Email:              jledwell@whoi.edu
Cruise Objective:   ONR - Coastal Mixing and Optics Program
Science Activities: Tracer injection and survey of patch CTD stations
Operations Area:    Continental Shelf south of Martha's Vineyard between
                    Nantucket-NY shipping lanes

SSSG Tech:
Departure Port:        Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Arrival Port:          Woods Hole
Agent:                 NA
Installed Scientific   12kHz xducers + depth recorders
Equipment:             Underway data logging (Nav,SST,IMET)
                       IMET meteorology system
                       ADCP system (300kHZ)
WHOI-Provided Science  4- 1.2 l or 5 l Niskin bottles for wire work ????
Tools:
Program-Provided       CTD instrumentation
Science Tools:         All tow bodies
                       500m -.322" EM cable for sled
                       Portable winch for Neil Oakey
Shipboard              Berthing van
Equipment/Nav:         Standard navigation equip.
                       Ship's crane
                       Trawl winch, 9/16" wire
                       .322" EM cable (NLT 1000m)
                       Markey winch to operate in auto mode
Other Requirements:      Request crew runs science winches during
                         continuous underway ops.
Notes:                   1) Many moorings and guard buoys are in the area.
                         Concern over towing through arrays when chasing
                         tracer 'patch'.
                         2) Require 300kHz vs 150kHz ADCP due to
                         interference from deployed instrumentation
                         3) Experiment is a multiple ship operation;
                         require VHF comm between ships in labs as well as
                         bridge.
                         4) Need to establish a common navigation baseline
                         or origin for use with all ships.
                         5) 3 vehicles to be towed: a) Tracer injection
                         from stbd boom, b) Tracer tow sled off arm
                         A-frame, c) EPSONDE profiler from A-frame.
                         6) On what winch is science provided CTD wire to
                         be spooled? If ship's Markey, how??
Navy Clearance Status:

Last Modified: 10/04/1996

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