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UNOLS Ship Time Request Form - Section ONE
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UNOLS Request ID #: 20040603181022AF
Version #: 003
Last Modified: 2004/06/08 15:45 EDT
Date Issued: 2010/02/09 20:41 EST
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P.I. Name Last: Nelson First: David MI: M
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Institution: Oregon State University Research vessel required for:
Address: College of Oceanic & Atmospheric _ Ancillary Only
Sciences X Principal Use
Oregon State University, _ No Ship Required
Corvallis OR 97331-5503 _ Long Range Planning Document
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Phone: (541) 737-3962 Fax: (541) 737-2064 Email: nelsonda@coas.oregonstate.edu
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Co P.I. Name Institution Co P.I. Name Institution
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Proposal Title:
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Plankton dynamics and carbon cycling in the equatorial Pacific Ocean: Control
by Si, Fe and grazing
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Large Program Name: Other Research Purpose: Multi-discipline
If Other, specify: Biocomplexity If Other, specify:
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New Proposal? N Agency Submitted to: Foreign EEZ? N
Funded Grant? Y NSF/Other
Institutional Proposal #: Amount Requested: Area(s) of Operation:
1,999,993 NP12
Agency Proposal #:
OCE-0322074 Lat/Long:
Renewal? N Start Date: 12/01/03 Begin: 05N 140W
Grant #: End Date: 11/30/07 End: 05N 140W
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Ship(s) Requested # Science
Year (Name or Size) Days Req. Optimum Dates Alternate Dates
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2005 Thomas G. Thompson 30 10/01/05-10/30/05 Any w/start in
10/05
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Total Science & Ship Days Needed: --------------- PORTS ------------
30 at sea + 3 in port for Start: Intermediate: End:
setup/breakdown Honolulu None Honolulu
Number in Science Party:
29
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Equipment Required:
X Vans _ P-Code GPS _ MCS _ Alvin _ ABE
_ Dynamic Positioning _ Multibeam _ SCS _ ROV _ 680 Cond.
_ Helicopter Operation
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Other Special Equipment; Comments:
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The study area extends from 5°N to 5°S and from 140°W to 130°W. This includes
portions of regions NP12, SP2 and SP3 on the naval chart.
We'll require the vessel's radioisotope van and will also have two vans that
will be shipped to Honolulu by project personnel: one trace-metal clean van and
one for measurement of CO2 system parameters.
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UNOLS Ship Time Request Form - Section TWO
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Other Scientists Involved in Multi-P.I. Program:
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Name Institution Phone E-mail
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William M. Balch Bigelow Laboratory (207) 633-9600 bbalch@bigelow.org
Mark A. U.C. Santa Barbara (805) 893-8605 brzezins@
Brzezinski lifesci.ucsb.edu
Fei Chai Univ. of Maine (207) 581-4317 fchai@maine.edu
Richard C. San Francisco State (415) 338-3518 rdugdale@sfsu.edu
Dugdale Univ.
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Are there special considerations of the science party or cruise scheduling?
Consider science time constraints; coordination of equipment shipping;
two-ship operations; weather windows; mooring turn-around; teaching schedules
and others that will affect scheduling decisions.
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The project centers on biogeochemical responses to equatorial upwelling and
tropical instability waves (TIWs). The optimal time window for these processes
in the Pacific is October/November and we requested cruises during that period
in two consecutive years, 2004 and '05. NSF moved our 2004 cruise to
December'04/January '05, very late in the season for equatorial upwelling and
probably entirely out of the season for TIWs. THIS GREATLY INCREASES THE
IMPORTANCE OF A CRUISE IN THE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER TIME WINDOW IN 2005.
This request is coordinated with a request for ancillary use of the vessel
(UNOLS request ID#20040212131842II, Nicholas S. Fisher Principal Investigator).
We request principal use of the ship for our ongoing, funded project. The
Fisher project, if funded, will further the scientific objectives of our
project and will require two berths on the ship. We will gladly coordinate
with Fisher on all scientific and logistical elements of this cruise.
The project includes more senior personnel than could be listed in the section
above. The others are:
Richard A. Feely, NOAA/PMEL, (206) 525-6214, feely@pmel.noaa.gov
Michael R. Landry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, (858) 534-4702,
mlandry@ucsd.edu
Christopher I. Measures, Univ. of Hawaii, (808) 956-8693,
chrism@soest.hawaii.edu
Paul Tréguer, IUEM, 33 2 98 49 86 64, Paul.Treguer@univ-brest.fr
Frances P. Wilkerson, San Francisco State Univ., (415) 338-3519,
fwilkers@sfsu.edu
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SCUBA Diving? X No _ Yes -- Designate Lead Institution:
# Individual dives: # Divers on board:
A list of all divers and their certification information must be submitted
to the ship's marine superintendent.
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Special Science Party Considerations
X Foreign Nationals _ Medical Conditions _ Disabled Persons _ Other
Please explain:
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Two scientists from l'Institut Universitaire Europeen de la Mer (IUEM) in
Brest, France will participate (currently identified by IUEM as Dr. Philippe
Pondaven and Mr. Rudolph Corvaisier). International collaboration is an
essential component of all NSF Biocomplexity projects.
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Use of Hazardous Materials? _ No X Yes
If Yes, List type, quantity, and disposal plans:
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Radioactive? Type: Si-32, C-14 Quantity: 0.03 mCi 32Si, 50 mCi
14C
Disposal Plan:
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Separate storage of 32Si and 14C waste.
Liquid waste (filtered seawater) will be stored on board for disposal in
Honolulu after the cruise.
Solid waste (filters, lab expendables) will be stored on board for disposal in
Honolulu after the cruise.
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Explosives? Type: None Quantity: N/A
Disposal Plan:
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N/A
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Other? Type: Various chemicals Quantity: 1-10 gallons
Disposal Plan:
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Different for different chemicals, based on the vessel's requirements. Most
chemical waste will be stored on board for disposal in Honolulu after the
cruise.
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Have you read the RVOC Safety Training Manual-Chapter 1? _ No X Yes
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Technician Required (CTD, SCS, MSC, etc): CTD tech, computer tech, general
resident tech
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Equipment to be used:
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Winches: Wire: Conductor Navigation: Communication:
_ Dredge/Trawl Mechanical X 0.680" X GPS X Inmarsat
X Hydro _ 9/16" X 0.322" _ DGPS X ATS
X CTD _ 1/2" X .225" _ Loran X FAX
X Capstans _ 1/4" X Single _ Dynamic Positioning X Cellular
X Multi _ Other X SEANET
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_ 12 kHz Echosounder _ Multibeam Sounder _ Air Compressor
_ 3.5 kHz Echosounder _ Magnetometer
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Vans: Nets:
_ Pingers _ Refrigerated _ Dip net
_ Gravity Corers _ Magazine X Plankton
_ Piston Corers X Isotope Isolation _ Neuston
_ Box Corers _ Lab X Bongo
_ Rock Dredges X Storage _ Mid-water trawl
_ Airgun/watergun system _ Berthing X MOCNESS
_ Explosive Handling Gear X Chest Freezers (Size): 1-meter
X Thermometers X Refrigerators _ Work boats
X CTD _ Computer/peripherals
X Rosette Sys. X Auto Analyzer X PC computers
X Niskin bottles X Salinometer X SAIL system
Size: 30-liter X Nutrients X Digital XBT
and number: 24 X Oxygen titration X ADCP
X Liquid Scintillation _ Gravimeter
X Uncontaminated seawater X IMET
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Other Special Equipment; Equipment Requiring Special Handling, Storage or
Installation; Comments:
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We will have two vans supplied by project personnel: one trace-metal clean van
and one van for CO2 system measurements. We will also have a trace-metal clean
winch, with Kevlar conducting cable.
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