|
DATE SENT |
DOCUMENTS SENT |
|
9/21/99 |
Check-off list |
|
11/08/99 |
Pre-cruise letter w/forms |
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N/A |
Radioisotope form |
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11/10/99 |
Chief Scientist letter |
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3/29/00 |
Post-cruise letter w/forms |
|
Mexican clearance package sent out
9/8 |
Foreign clearance package* |
From: "Giacobbe, Nicholas J" <GiacobbeNJ@state.gov>
To: "'Rose Dufour'" <shipsked@ucsd.edu>
Cc: "Cocke, William T (OES)" <CockeWT@state.gov>,
"Glover, Michael P"
<GloverMP@state.gov>
Subject: RE: R/V Melville arrival in Galapagos Isl., Puerto Ayora April 19
, 2000
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:32:37 -0400
Rose,
I just had a call back from Carlos Martinez at the Foreign Ministry. He's
been in contact with the Navy and there shouldn't be a problem arriving on
the 19th. They agree that everything will be closed on Good Friday and are
willing to make whatever changes are necessary to move your arrival up by
two days. It was especially helpful that you needed to pick up the
Ecuadorian observer - I was able to play that quite nicely with the Good
Friday constraints. Carlos said he'll fax me a written confirmation during
the day today. I'll send it up to Tom via fax and cable form so that it's
on the record.
As to the back end of the trip, I decided not to mention anything about it
to the MFA. If you decide to leave on the first and have authorization to
remain until the third, no big deal.
Cheers,
Nick
Nicholas J. Giacobbe, Jr.
Economic Section
American Embassy Quito
Tel. 593-2-562-890
Fax 593-2-540-712
-----Original Message-----
From: Rose Dufour [mailto:shipsked@ucsd.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 3:01 PM
To: GiacobbeNJ@state.gov
Cc: shipsked@sio.ucsd.edu; CockeWT@state.gov
Subject: Re: R/V Melville arrival in Galapagos Isl., Puerto Ayorta April
19, 2000
Nick,
I hope this will not be a big problem to advance our clearance dates
from April 21 - May 3, to April 19th- May 1. As you can see from
the message below, Dr. Fornari has made various arrangements
with Darwin Station and Inocar based on these "new" dates (in order to
avoid Good Friday and Easter). I spoke with Dr. Fornari to let him know
that at this point our clearance dates are 21 April - 3 May. He asked
that I try to see if it would be possible adjust this. The observer,
Essy Santana will join next week.
Recipients of the e-mail below were:
Cooperacion Externa <coop@fcdarwin.org.ec>, master@sdsioa.ucsd.edu,
mkurz@whoi.edu, cdm06@inocar.mil.e
Thanks Rose
>Hi Jenni- Thanks for your note.
>
>R/V Melville will arrive on April 19th in Puerto Ayorta, hopefully before
>noon.Please schedule the field trip for April 20th, starting early in the
>morning and getting back to the ship by about 5-6pm as we will be
>leaving for the field work near Fernandina that evening, April 20,
>around 7pm.
>
>The Captain of R/V Melville, Mr. Eric Buck, will keep in touch with you and
>the ship's agent about our progress and ETA.
>
>Please let me know if you need any further information from me regarding
>the field trip. Mark Kurz will be in touch over the next week by email too.
>
>Ms. Essy Santana should plan to arrive no later than April 18th in
>Galapagos so that she can join us for the short cruise to Fernandina.
Received: from Captain by gmelville.UCSD.EDU (8.9.3+Sun/UCSDUUCPGENERIC.4)
id TAA06625 to ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:03:40 GMT
From: gmelville!master@sdsioa.ucsd.edu (Melville Master)
To: "Shipsked" <shipsked@ucsd.edu>, "Capt. Althouse" <capt@mpl.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Galapagos Clearance
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 19:04:46 +0100
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Importance: Normal
Hello Capt. Althouse, Liz,
This confirms receipt Galapagos clearances faxed to Melville. My reading of
the document from AMEMBASSY QUITO indicates that they think Pisias is the
Captain, not the Chief Scientist. Well, that part probably doesn't matter
one way or the other. What caught my eye is that the AMEMBASSY QUITO
document notes the time period "April 21 to May 3." The usual clearance memo
from State has the time period March 24 to May 10. FYI: we are now planning
on arriving at Puerto Ayora during the morning hours on April 19 and
departing in the evening of the following day (20th). During this stop we
will disembark Haymon and Johnson and embark Santana (Ecuadoran observer),
Kurz and Curtice. We will return to Pto. Ayora 4-5 days later to disembark
Santana, Kurz and Curtice. This will be a short stop just long enough to
drop them off and then continue on the druise. I will let you know when the
date is firmed up.
Regards, Eric
**************************************
Captain Eric Buck
Master, R/V Melville
Email: melville!master@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
Plain text only please.
Do not use REPLY function.
**************************************
From: "Cocke, William T (OES)" <CockeWT@state.gov>
To: "'shipsked@ucsd.edu'" <shipsked@ucsd.edu>
Subject: FW: FW: Fornari Melville Ecuador Clearance
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 07:28:32 -0500
FYI
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giacobbe, Nicholas J
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:02 PM
> To: Cocke, William T (OES)
> Cc: Glover, Michael P; Carwile, John L
> Subject: RE: FW: Fornari Melville Ecuador Clearance
>
> Tom,
> I spoke to Luis Espinoza today and he went reviewed the Melville file. In
> the authorization granted last week, the GOE authorized the Fornari cruise
> for 4/21-5/3 (our dipnote 102/99, your 99-108) but used Pisias' name vice
> Fornari. The request for the Pisias cruise (our dipnote 130/99, your
> 99-113) is still pending for the period 5/15 thru 6/8. Luis reiterated
> that there should be no problem with the name mistake and promised to try
> to speed up the pending clearance.
>
> Hope this clears things up a bit,
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas J. Giacobbe, Jr.
> Economic Section
> American Embassy Quito
> Tel. 593-2-562-890
> Fax 593-2-540-712
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: (OES) Cocke, William T
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:30 PM
> To: Giacobbe, Nicholas J
> Cc: 'shipsked@ucsd.edu'
> Subject: FW: FW: Fornari Melville Ecuador Clearance
> Importance: High
>
> Hi, Nick. I have been out of the office for most of the day, and just saw
> your e-mails. It looks like the dates are still not all inclusive of the
> two surveys (see itinerary below). 99-108 (Fornari) and 99-113 (Pisias)
> cover the period 12 March - 8 June 2000. Therefore, we still have a
> problem in that 12 March - 15 May 2000 only covers 99-108 (Fornari).
> There has to be a big screwup. Please try to remedy this continuing
> problem. Thanks, Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Brenner [SMTP:shipsked@ucsd.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:48 PM
> To: (OES) Cocke, William T
> Subject: Re: FW: Fornari Melville Ecuador Clearance
>
> 21,22,23
> 24 Mar NP13-SP6/20N-20S. Fornari, D./WHOI/ Manzanillo
> 53/NSF/F
> 10 May ARGOII,DSL120 OCE98-114504 Manzanillo
> Mexico
> 11,12 (possible stop in Puerto Arora, Galapagos, Santa Cruz
> Is.) Ecuador
>
> 13,14
> 15 May NP13/0-16N Eastern Pac./Pisias, N./OSU/ Manzanillo
> 29/NSF/F
> 08 Jun Chemistry OCE98-15130 Puerto Caldera
> Mexico, Costa Rica
> 9, 10
> Ecuador
From: "(OES) Cocke, William T" <CockeWT@state.gov>
To: "'shipsked@ucsd.edu'" <shipsked@ucsd.edu>,
"'marscico@ldeo.columbia.edu'" <marscico@ldeo.columbia.edu>
Subject: FW: R/V Clearance Requests
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:24:28 -0500
Looks like we're getting close.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giacobbe, Nicholas J
> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:04 AM
> To: (OES) Cocke, William T
> Cc: Glover, Michael P
> Subject: RE: R/V Clearance Requests
>
> Tom,
> While at the MFA this morning I dropped by the maritime sovereignty office
> to check on the Melville and Maurice Ewing clearances. Luis Espinoza
> assured me that everything was in order and that they were simply waiting
> for one more signature from the navy. Once that is completed, they will
> send over dipnotes granting full GOE authorization for both vessels and we
> should have them within a very short time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas J. Giacobbe, Jr.
> Economic Section
> American Embassy Quito
> Tel. 593-2-562-890
> Fax 593-2-540-712
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: (OES) Cocke, William T
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 11:28 AM
> To: Giacobbe, Nicholas J
> Cc: 'shipsked@ucsd.edu'; 'marscico@ldeo.columbia.edu'
> Subject: R/V Clearnance Requests
> Importance: High
>
> Hi, Nick. I have sent you several e-mails and left telephone messages
> regarding MEVILLE. At this point, we need also to start working on EWING.
> Will you please provide status of these requests? Thanks, Tom
X-Sender: capt@murex.ucsd.edu
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 08:29:50 -0800
From: Thomas Althouse <capt@mpl.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: msg from melville re: roll bias...
Dan,
The ship is scheduled to fuel on the final morning in Manzanillo. This
should take a few hours. My plan has been that if the roll/pitch biases
could not be completed on the present leg, the ship could depart after
fueling to give some extra time to accomplish these tests. Of course, this
would mean that all would have to be ready for sea when the ship shifts to
the pier.
Tom
At 10:08 PM 3/14/00 -0500, Daniel J. Fornari wrote:
>hi ron, res tech group, et al- thanks for the cc of the msg from shad
>onboard melville-
>as i mentioned in my email i'm very willing to take the time to do the roll
>bias for seabeam.
>
>i am waiting for tom althouse to get back to me re: possibly leaving manzanillo
>a few hours early on the 24th - noon? - so that we would have a bit more
>time to do it.
>
>please let the folks on the ship know that i have said i would ensure time is
>devoted to doing the roll bias early on in NEMO Leg2 so that data collected
>on my leg and
>following legs is up to snuff.
>
>thanks.
>
>also, ron- did you get the berthing chart i sent the other day? please
confirm.
>
>thanks and save travels. see you next week.
>cheers,
>dan
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 16:02:37 -0500
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: ARRIVAL IN MANZANILLO, STAYING ON BOARD R/V MELVILLE
IN PORT - NEMO Leg2 Personnel
Greetings All:
There is a change in plans relative to where we will sleep on arrival in
Manzanillo. Scripps has kindly agreed to allow us to sleep on board
Melville starting Mar. 20th so this is what we will plan to do.
On arrival in Manzanillo, please head directly to the ship from the airport.
I will inform you where the ship will be in the next few days.
I'm waiting for further info from SIO Marfac on this.
When you get to the ship, look in the main lab and there will be a berthing
list that the Resident Tech. (Mr. Ron Comer) will have posted. You will
be able to see what room you are in and can stow your gear there.
Also, once on board we will plan to eat lunch and dinners on shore while
in port to minimize the impact on the ships' steward's dept. I'll
discuss with Capt. Buck and the steward when we get on board whether we
will be able to have breakfast on board. I will pay for your meals on shore.
In any case, please note this change and **disregard plans for staying at
the Sierra hotel**.
I will have a minivan and driver available for the duration of the
port stop and he'll be able to shuttle people to places in town as needed
and also
drive them over to the hotel for a dip in the pool in the afternoon if
anyone wants to.
The driver will meet the UCSB crowd coming in on the AeroCal flight on Mar. 22
His name is Fernando and he works for National Car Rental. He will
have a board with UCSB and Dr. Haymon on it so you should not have
any problem connecting with him. If you don't see him go to the National
car rental booth right at the customs exit and ask the lady there for Fernando.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Cheers,
Dan
PS - Capt. Buck
so that you know when the science party and DSOG group is
coming on board Melville here is a summary. also please note
that Kurz and Santana (and perhaps a few others TBD) will be
joining the cruise in Galapagos and getting off there as well after
our work is completed around the islands.
Ron Comer and Skip Gleason will have copies of the Berthing
list and will post it in the main lab.
NEMO Leg2 arrivals
March 20th
--------
Gleason
Bernard
Crook
Gegg
R. Elder
C. Elder
Keeler
Kurras
Johnson
March 21
-------
Fornari
Perfit
Scheirer
Getsiv
Todd
Wigham
March 22
-------
Haymon
White
Gans
Head
Haskell
Burgess
Williams
Lean
March 23
-------
Tolstoy
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:55:25 -0500
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: **NEW** email addresses for NEMO leg 2 science and DSOG party
HI ALL- BELOW PLEASE FIND THE FINAL EMAIL LIST FOR
THE NEMO LEG 2 CRUISE.
JIM CHARTERS DID A TERRIFIC JOB SETTING THIS UP. WE'LL
HAVE TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION WITH A COUPLE OF
BEERS/MARGARITAS IN MANZANILLO.
BEST REGARDS,
DAN
EMAIL ADDRESS LIST FOR
R/V MELVILLE NEMO LEG 2
*REVISED 3/3/00*
BERNARD pbernard@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
BURGESS jburgess@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
CROOK tcrook@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
C. ELDER celder@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
R. ELDER relder@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
FORNARI dfornari@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
GANS kgans@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
GEGG sgegg@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
GETSIV jgetsiv@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
GLEASON dgleason@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
HASKELL thaskell@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
HAYMON rhaymon@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
HEAD thead@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
JOHNSON pjohnson@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
KEELER jkeeler@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
KURRAS gkurras@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
KURZ mkurz@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
LEAN plean@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
PERFIT mperfit@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
SANTANA esantana@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
SCHEIRER scheirer@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
TODD etodd@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
TOLSTOY mtolstoy@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
WHITE swhite@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
WIGHAM bwigham@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
WILLIAMS cwilliams@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
DIVEDISCOVER divediscover@sdsioa.ucsd.edu
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:14:05 -0500
To: mlvl62!master@sdioa.ucsd.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: msg to captain buck on melville
Cc: shipsked@sio.ucsd.edu, capt@mpl.ucsd.edu
HI TOM AND CAPTIAN BUCK- MY EMAIL'S TO THE SHIP ARE
NOT GETTING THROUGH... THIS MAY HAVE PARTLY TO DO WITH THE
MSG I JUST SENT RE: THE EMAIL ADDRESS PROTOCOL ISSUES....
ANYWAY, TOM- COULD YOU PLEASE SEE THIS GETS TO CAPT. BUCK
ON MELVILLE
AND COULD YOU SEND ME THE CORRECT ADDRESS FOR HIM ON
THE SHIP.
MANY THANKS,
DAN
>To: "Master, R/V Melville" <gmelville!mlvl62!master@sdioa.ucsd.edu>
> , "Dan Fornari" <dfornari@whoi.edu>
>From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
>Subject: Re: Melville cruise, NEMO II
>Cc: "Capt. Althouse" <capt@mpl.ucsd.edu>
>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 09:00:59 -0500
>
>hi captain buck- got your message and i've been away this past week so
>please excuse the delay in getting back to you.
>
>i'll be sending various info re: science party and tentative logistics in
>the next few days.
>
>the first work site out of manzanillo will be the EPR crest between 9deg
>10N and 9deg 50'N where we'll do DSL-120 sonar surveying for 3-4 days.
>i'll send you more precise position info in the next few days.
>
>hope the weather is good out there and that all is going well on your
>current cruise.
>
>best regards,
>dan
>
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:21:49 -0500
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Dive and Discover Website to run during Melville NEMO Leg 2
Hi All:
I forgot to include information about the NSF funded website that we
will be running during the cruise. Susan Humphris and I have developed
the Dive and Discover website for middle school students and the lay public
to introduce them to the discoveries and technology of deep sea exploration
and oceanography.
The site will be of interest to your friends and family as it will be
updated daily and will let folks know what we are doing both scientifically
as well as what's going on on board the ship.
There will be digital pictures and videos sent daily, along with a daily
summary of what we're doing. We will be using SeaNet to transfer several
megabytes of data each day. The site will be mirrored, that is what you'll
see on the ship will be exactly what folks on shore will see.
I'll be asking each of you to help with various aspects of the site during
the cruise.
We did this on two previous Alvin diving cruises in Jan and Feb. Please
check out the site and the pages we developed for the first two cruises
so you get an idea of how it will look and the level to which the
descriptions are provided.
The URL is:
<http://science.whoi.edu/DiveDiscover>
Let me know if you have any questions on this.
Best Regards,
Dan
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:28:45 -0500
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Nemo Leg 2 Cruise Information
To: NEMO Leg 2 Scientific Party
cc: SIO and WHOI technicial and ship ops personnel
From: Dan Fornari
Date: Feb. 28, 2000
Subject: Nemo Leg 2 Cruise Information
Greetings:
We're about 3 weeks away from the start of the cruise and I wanted
to get you some additional information about travel logistics (I've got all
of your tickets and will be mailing them to you this week), cruise
logistics, and shipboard information. If you've got any questions please
don't hesitate to email or call me. I'll be around for the next 3 weeks
before the cruise here at WHOI.
The official cruise dates are: leave March 24 and return May 10,
Manzanillo to Manzanillo. Most people are flying out of Manzanillo on May
11th at noon to LAX.
TRAVEL AND HOTEL IN MANZANILLO
-------------------------
I have purchased tickets for all of you to join the cruise. For those of
you travelling from the East Coast and Portland, you will note that you
have TWO (2) R/T tickets...., you will use one going to LAX, and the other
returning from LAX to home. This was the only way to get the supersaver
rates. PLEASE DO NOT SHOW THE OTHER TICKET TO THE TICKET AGENT AT THE DESK
- JUST GIVE THEM THE ONE TICKET. If you have any questions about this
please email or call.
For all the UCSB contingent you have a R/T from LAX to Manzanillo and
return. Scott White has arranged for a van to take you to LAX early on the
22nd so you make the 0800 hrs flight on Aero California. Please connect
with Scott about the logistics of where to meet and when.
**EVERYONE - PLEASE SAVE YOUR TICKET STUBS AND GIVE THEM TO ME AT THE END
OF THE CRUISE**
When you get to Manzanillo, you will have to fill out an entry form. SAVE
THE PIECE OF PAPER THAT IS GIVEN TO YOU BY THE CUSTOM'S AGENT. IT IS NEEDED
BY THE CAPTAIN TO CLEAR THE SHIP. You will get another one when we enter
Manzanillo at the end of the cruise and this will get you out of the
country.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE SHIP, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR PASSPORTS AND THE MEXICAN
CUSTOMS SLIP ASAP SO THAT I CAN COLLECT THEM AND GIVE THEM TO THE CAPTAIN.
YOU'LL GET THEM BACK WHEN WE GET BACK TO MANZANILLO ON MAY 10TH.
I have booked rooms at the Sierra Hotel in Manzanillo for everyone and will
be paying for the hotel bill for all of the science party. I will also be
paying for your meals as well, if you have any travel related expenses that
I don't pick up please save your receipts and give them to me so I can get
you reimbursement. In general, it will be good for the science party to
not eat on the ship until the 23rd, in order to give the ships' steward's
dept a break during the port stop. I have alerted them that there will be
vegetarians on board so I'm sure that they will plan accordingly.
**BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU EAT IN MANZANILLO..., DRINK ONLY BOTTLED WATER,
BEER OR SODA
**BE CAREFUL NOT TO EAT RAW SHELLFISH OR "CEVICHE" (RAW FISH) UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES
**BE CAREFUL ABOUT EATING RAW VEGETABLES
**TRAVEL IN GROUPS WHEN WANDERING AROUND TOWN, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT
For the UCSB contingent, when you get to the Manzanillo airport and have
exited customs, please take two of the official airport Vans to the Sierra
Hotel when you get in. The cost is $40 per van, I will arrange to get
Rachel money to pay for this. At the airport, the counter where you pay to
get the vans is directly outside the door when you exit customs in
Manzanillo.
I will be sending each of you your tickets by US Priority Mail this week.
I will be sending Rachel all the tickets for the UCSB folks. Please
contact Rachel to get your ticket.
Here is the list of when science people are arriving in Manzanillo:
March18 (to help WHOI-DSOG with unloading and set up)
Kurras
Johnson
March 21
Fornari
Scheirer
Perfit
Todd
Getsiv
Wigham
March 22
Haymon
White
Gans
Haskell
Williams
Burgess
Lean
Head
Dean
March 23
Tolstoy
SHIPBOARD SET UP IN MANZANILLO AND TRAINING
-------------------------------------
Hopefully, much of the science lab and computer set up will be
completed by March. 22-23. The WHOI-DSOG techs will be arriving on or
about Mar. 18th to work on setting up the vans and vehicle systems and the
vehicle/data shipboard network, all of which are essential to our routine
data collection. Greg and Paul have kindly agreed to go down a few days
early and help the DSOG (deep submergence operations group) folks with
that.
I would like for the UCSB folks to come to the ship the afternoon
you get in (Mar 22nd). That way we can meet, you can see how we're doing
and get a feel for the ship, you can give me your passports, and we can go
out to dinner and get acquainted.
EVERYONE WILL CHECK OUT OF THE HOTEL IN THE MORNING ON MARCH. 23RD, so
people should plan to be at the ship at 0900 on the 23rd with your bags so
that you can get settled on board and help with last minute setting up of
the science equipment. You will have part of the afternoon of the 23rd at
least to wander around Manzanillo. I am not sure exactly when we will be
scheduled to leave on the 24th, I'll be discussing this with Captain Buck
in the coming few days. I will want to spend part of the morning and early
afternoon on the 23rd getting science folks acquainted with the shipboard
set-up and what we'll be doing in terms of underway watches and data
compilation and processing during the cruise.
INITIAL SURVEY PLANNING/LOGISTICS
----------------------------
A .pdf file of the summary of the hydrophone data that Maya Tolstoy
has put together is available at the following URL so that you can each
print it out and read it. I urge you to do so. If you have problems
getting it please let me know. It is 2.6 megs and normally takes about 15
sec. to load.
<http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~tolstoy/AHA_report.pdf>
We will have about a 2 day transit to our first survey area, the
EPR crest between 9deg 10'N and 9deg 55'N, where we will conduct a DSL-120
sonar survey for about 3.5 days. 5 transponders have already been deployed
and surveyed in for part of this area (near 9deg 37'N and 9deg 50'N) so we
will be able to start surveying as soon as we get on site. We will likely
start at the north end and do two long lines covering about 2 km of the
ridge crest between 9deg 10'N up to 9deg 55'N with several shorter lines
between 9deg 45'N to 9deg 55'N to expand the coverage out from the axis.
We will also do a cross line in the flat, broad area of the EPR crest near
9deg 52'N to provide control data for phase-bathymetry processing.
The next survey will be the first one where we try to locate a new
lava flow based on the NOAA hydrophone data. That site is located about 1
day south of the 9-10N area at 3deg 20'N. We will likely do a sequence of
multibeam surveying, transponder drops/surveying, DSL-120 sonar surveying,
followed by Argo II surveying and rock sampling and CTD work. The total
survey time at this site is tentatively planned to be about 6-7 days.
The third survey area will most likely be at the 97.5deg W
Galapagos Rift site. Very little information exists for this site, both in
terms of multibeam bathymetry or other pertinent information, but the
t-phase data is very compelling so it is likely to be our 2nd top choice
for potential eruption sites. We will likely spend about 7-9 days at this
site using basically the same sequence of operations as planned for the
3deg 20'N site.
The remaining survey sites will be determined when we're at sea and
have the benefit of our experiences at 3deg 20'N and 97.5W Galapagos Rift.
GENERAL SHIPBOARD STUFF
--------------------
Many of you have been to sea, but about half the science party has
not, so here are some general guidelines and I'll have more detailed
information when we get together in Manzanillo. If you have any questions
on any of this please email me.
1. Remember that we are guests on board the ship. The ship's crew and
technicians from SIO and WHOI are professionals and spend their lives
helping us get our data. They are essential to our science so please be
considerate of their needs, equipment and spaces on board ship.
2. If you think you get seasick try to get your doctor to prescribe some
medication, like Transderm SCOP. This is prescription medication that
usually works pretty well. I will have a small supply of other medication
(Airforce Cocktail - basically an upper and a downer that somehow works...)
just in case, but try to bring what you need. The ship will usually only
have dramamine which is only minimally effective.
3. BRING SUNTAN LOTION, WITH HIGH SPF -- 30 OR HIGHER. We will be in the
tropics and the sun will be brutal. Make sure to bring hats and sunglasses
for when you are outside.
4. Bring sweaters for working in the labs and the control van on
watches-they are air conditioned so that the electronics stay cool, these
spaces can be quite chilly.
5. Bring a bath or beach towel as the ship's towels are usually pretty
small and standard issue.
6. If you're fussy about your pillow bring one..., the ship has all
linens, blankets, pillows etc., and a laundry. The laundry has to serve
everyone on board and the ship makes it's own water which we have to try to
conserve, so keep this in mind, but basically you'll be able to do laundry
during the cruise.
7. The water conservation on board also applies to showers, you might
consider bringing liquid shower gel/soap which tends to work better with
the ship's water and also does not clog up the drains. There is basic soap
on board however. Bring shampoo and all other needed toiletries.
8. There will be a coffee maker and expresso maker on board (I loaded them
with my gear). If you so inclined, bring a pound or so of beans and we'll
have a grinder on board, or bring ground coffee for either or both types of
java.
9. As the cruise will be long and we will have some transits, I'd
encourage each of you to bring your favorite video on a VHS tape. There
will likely be several CD players so if you want to bring CDs please feel
free. We'll also try to plan some special events around Easter.
10. Most of you will be expected to stand 2 watches of 4 hrs each per day
(4 hrs. on watch, 8 hrs. off watch), and for part of the off-watch time
there will likely be a variety of data compilation/analysis chores that
will need to be done on a regular basis. This is especially true as we get
further into the cruise and collect more data. Because of the nature of
the survey work we will be doing the watch standing duties are critical to
the success of our work- they will also be fun as much of the terrain we
will be surveying has never been "seen" before so we'll be exploring new
territory. I'm hoping that this will be a collaborative experience for all
of us, so scientific interaction during the cruise will always be
encouraged in the planning, acquisition and analysis efforts.
11. We will have several sets of journal reprints on board that relate to
the work we are doing and the areas on the EPR and Galapagos Rift that we
will be investigating. I know Rachel will be discussing with some of you
readings and discussions on some of these. If you have any papers that you
feel would be especially useful by all means bring copies along.
12. As far as I know, we are in good shape with respect to our request for
clearance to work in the Galapagos Islands, and to carry out a port stop
there sometime around Easter. The SIO folks have been extremely helpful in
getting this done. The exact dates of our port stop are not fixed yet, but
I'm hoping that we will arrive in Puerto Ayorta around April 20th and stay
for about a day or so in order to have a break and take a field trip on the
island where the Darwin Station is. We will then go off and do about 4
days of surveying and sampling off of Fernandina Isl. the active,
westermost island in the archipelago. We'll then drop some observers and
scientists off in Puerto Ayorta and head out to continue our EPR surveys
before heading back to Manzanillo.
13. Last, but not least, we'll likely be crossing the Equator. This
involves some amount of ceremony in the metamorphosis of polywogs to
shellbacks. Suffice to say that if you've crossed before, be sure to bring
your Shellback card. If you have not crossed you can look forward to an
experience you'll always remember!
COMMUNICATIONS TO/FROM R/V MELVILLE
-------------------------------
You will have access to email service on board the ship. This service is
on a charge basis and each person gets the equivalent of 1 page of email
per day or $1.00/day of allowance for each day at sea.
I will be paying for email for everyone onboard during the cruise, however,
I would ask that you be reasonable in your communications with folks on
shore AND THAT YOU ASK PEOPLE NOT TO SEND YOU LONG MESSAGES AT SEA. If I
see that the costs are getting too high I'll be glad to talk with you about
how to deal with it. But I realize that you will all be at sea for a long
time and that contact with family or friends is important and email makes
that possible, so I'll be more than reasonable about this, I only ask that
you do the same.
I've requested email addresses for everyone so that you'll be able to give
your shipboard email address to people before you leave. I should have the
addresses for you in a few days, the SIO folks are setting this up. Please
note that you should be sure to tell people not to send you messages before
March 24th, the day we leave.
The Inmarsat telephone number for the ship is: 011-872-1503656
If you have further questions about communications to/from the ship you can
go to the following URL on the SIO web site for more information:
<http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/MarFac/communications.html>
SCIENCE PARTY LIST AND EMAILS
-------------------------
AHA Cruise
R/V MELVILLE - NEMO Leg 2
March 24 to May 10, 2000
Science Personnel List
(Feb. 28, 2000)
1. Dan Fornari WHOI
2. Mike Perfit U. Florida
3. Maya Tolstoy LDEO
4. Rachel Haymon UCSB
5. Dan Scheirer Brown U.
6. Greg Kurras U. Hawaii
7. Paul Johnson U. Hawaii
8. Julia Getsiv NOAA-Newport/OSU
9. Erin Todd U. Florida student
10. Scott White UCSB student
11. Kate Gans UCSB student
12. Tim Haskell UCSB student
13. Benjamin Wigham Southampton Oceanography Centre,UK student
14. Clare Williams U. Leeds,UK student
15. Jonathan Burgess U. Leeds,UK student
16. Peter Lean U. Leeds,UK student
17. Timothy Head U. Leeds,UK student
18. Sam Dean COSI - Toldeo
19. Skip Gleason WHOI-DSOG
20. P.J. Bernard WHOI-DSOG
21. Robert Elder WHOI-DSOG
22. Steve Gegg WHOI-DSOG
23. Craig Elder WHOI-DSOG
24. Tom Crook WHOI-DSOG
25. Jeffery Keeler WHOI-DSOG
26. Uta Albright SIO SeaBeamTech
27. Ron Comer SIO Res. Tech
28. Jim Charters SIO Computer Tech
29. Robert Palomares SIO CTD Tech
30. Randy Dickau SIO Jr. Res Tech.
31. Essy Santana INOCAR - Ecuador (on for Galapagos leg only)
32. Mark Kurz WHOI (on for Galapagos leg only)
EMAIL ADDRESSES
--------------
dfornari@whoi.edu (Fornari)
perfit@geology.ufl.edu (Perfit)
tolstoy@ldeo.columbia.edu (Tolstoy)
kurras@soest.hawaii.edu (Kurras)
haymon@magic.geol.ucsb.edu (Hay mon)
scheirer@emma.geo.brown.edu (Scheirer)
getsiv@pmel.noaa.gov (Getsiv)
pjohnson@soest.hawaii.edu (Johnson)
kate@magic.geol.ucsb.edu (Gans)
white@geology.ucsb.edu (White)
uhaskt00@umail.ucsb.edu (Haskell)
mellomanet@yahoo.com (Todd)
bdw@soc.soton.ac.uk (Wigham)
claremwilliams@hotmail.com (Williams)
petelean@umail.ucsb.edu (Lean)
tjhead@hotmail.com (Head)
jonathan_burgess@hotmail.com (Burgess)
dean@cositoledo.org (Dean)
mkurz@whoi.edu (Kurz)
cdm06@inocar.mil.ec (Santana)
dgleason@whoi.edu (Gleason)
sgegg@whoi.edu (Gegg)
tcrook@whoi.edu (Crook)
pbernard@whoi.edu (Bernard)
craig_j_elder@hotmail.com (Elder)
jkeeler@whoi.edu (Keeler)
sci2@knorr.whoi.edu (Maya Tolstoy on R/V Knorr to 3/20/00)
restech@sdsioa.ucsd.edu (SIO ResTechs)
uta@gdcsun1.ucsd.edu (Albright)
charters@sdsioa.ucsd.edu (Charters)
robert@odf.ucsd.edu (Palomares)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:28:44 -0800 (PST)
************************** ODF *****************************
************************** CRUISE REQUEST *****************************
--------------
PI: Dan Fornari ODF REFERENCE NAME: 03MV.fornari
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution EXPEDITION: AHA
Geology & Geophysics Dept. MS #22
Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
SHIP: MELVILLE
DATES: 24 March - 10 May 2000
PORTS: Manzanillo, Mexico - Manzanillo, Mexico
E-MAIL: dfornari@whoi.edu ODF USE INDEX: STS1165(Fornari)
PHONE: (508) 289-2857 NSF FUNDS
FAX: (508) 457-2187 STS/ODF TIC: Rob Palomares
__________________________________________________________________________
STS/ODF PERSONNEL REQUIRED: No: 1 CTD Technician
__________________________________________________________________________
Casts:
STS/ODF Equipment Required:
CTD SBE 911plus system with acquisition computer, SeaBird programs:
Current calibrations entered into the *.con file.
SeaBird SEASAVE for Windows
SeaBird Data Acquisition Manual
SeaBird Data Processing programs DOS based.
SeaBird Data Processing Manual
CTD 9+ 6800M
Press Digiquartz
Primary Sensors:
Temp SBE 3plus
Cond SBE 4C
Pump SBE 5T
Secondary Sensors:
Temp SBE 3-01/F
Cond SBE 4-02/O
Pump2 SBE 5T
Deck unit 11plus
Spare Sensors:
Temp SBE 3-01/F
Cond SBE 4-02/O
1 each Rosette system, 24 place
24 each Bottles (3 liter) + spares
1 each Transmissometer, SeaTech 25cm
1 each Altimeter, Simrad 2-500m
1 each Salinometer, Guildline Autosal with laptop computer
3 cases salinity bottles, 24 per case (Samples for a check of the CTD)
~10-20 vials Standard Seawater
__________________________________________________________________________
Additional Information:
For Expedition information:
http://sio.ucsd.edu/supp_groups/shipsked/2000/melville.sched00.html
STS/ODF Technician: Check with Resident Technicians that they will
provide 2 pingers.
Shipping Details (Approx.Dates,etc.): Dennis Long to provide details.
GROUND:
AIR:
All equipment is to be returned clean and assembled.
Overboard equipment must be rinsed with fresh water and dried.
__________________________________________________________________________
Taken by: W. Sutherland Request by: K. Sanborn, 26 January 2000
Copies to: Sutherland/Ayers/Digre/Asch/Files(Administration),
Williams/Rusk(Marine Tech), Masten(Chemistry),
Delahoyde/Johnson(Computer), Patrick(Thermometry, CTD Calibs),
Mattson(Electronics), Long(Logistics),
Swift(Science), ODF participants, Requestor/PI
Resident Technicians (restech@sdsioa.ucsd.edu),
Ship Scheduling (shipsked@ucsd.edu)
STS/ODF participants: Rob Palomares
** Notify Rob Palomares or Kristin Sanborn of additions or changes to CTD
operations.
internet: ksanborn@ucsd.edu Telephone: (858) 534-1903
rpalomares@ucsd.edu (858) 534-1907
Equipment has been received. |Equipment has been returned.
|(Please annotate equipment
|condition)
|
|
|
X_________________________ |X_________________________________
Signature of Requestor/PI |Signature of ODF technician
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:22:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Woody Sutherland <woodys@odf.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: Woody Sutherland <woodys@odf.ucsd.edu>
Subject: STS Tech assignment
To: dfornari@atlantis.whoi.edu
Cc: shipsked@sio.ucsd.edu, restech@sdsioa.ucsd.edu, scg@sdsioa.ucsd.edu,
all-at-gdc@odf.ucsd.edu, gang-of-six@odf.ucsd.edu, woodys@odf.ucsd.edu
Dan,
We had some last minute shuffling to fill requirements on REVELLE in China Sea.
The technicians assigned to your cruise are:
Mr. Ron Comer, Senior Resident Marine Technician
Mr. Randy Dickau, Junior Resident Marine Technician
Mr. Jim Charters, Computer Technician (Seabeam software)
Mr. Rob Palomares, CTD Technician (and Seabeam hardware)
Ms. Uta Albright, Seabeam Data Processor
There was some confusion in the emails. I wish to confirm the following will
meet your needs:
Seabird 911+ CTD with dual temperature and conductivity sensors
rosette with 24 3-liter water bottles
altimeter
No requirement for:
transmissometer
fluormeter
dissolved oxygen sensor
Thanks,
Woody
PS. Is Barrie Walden onboard? He had agreed to let us remove one of the freezers
from ATLANTIS to use on MELVILLE for your cruise. I need to know who to contact
on the ship when we go over to pick up the freezer and which freezer to ask for.
-----
Woody C. Sutherland woodys@odf.ucsd.edu
Shipboard Technical Support phone: 858 534-4425
Scripps Institution of Oceanography fax: 858 534-7383
X-Sender: dfornari@mail2.whoi.edu
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 13:39:29 -0500
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu, dfornari@whoi.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: ecuadorian clearance stuff, transits, etc...
hi rose and tom- i'm in touch w/ dr. essy santana at INOCAR who
will be our observer.
she's requested a copy of the clearance documents so she can
help push it through on her end. could i ask that you
fax it to her at: 593-(04)485166 **BE SURE TO PUT
HER NAME ON IT SO SHE GETS IT** (DR. ESSY SANTANA)
her email address is: cdm06@inocar.mil.ec
please let her know when you send the stuff to her.
based on your reading my suggestion below, should we
ask for the specific dates or just leave the clearance
as is and fine tune it w/the agent and the observer?
also, i've calculated some transit distances but would like
to get your estimates too to be sure i haven't made a mistake.
please give me your estimates for 11 kt transits between the
following sites in the order given below:
OPTION A
survey site #1: 9deg 45'N 104deg 17'W
survey site #2: 3 deg 20'N 102deg 12'W
survey site #3: 2deg12'N 97deg 48'W
PUERTO AYORTA: 0deg43'S 90deg20'W
OPTION B
survey site #1: 9deg 45'N 104deg 17'W
survey site #2: 3deg 20'N 102deg 12'W
survey site #3: 1deg 45'N 102deg 15'W
survey site #4: 2deg 12'N 97deg 48'W
PUERTO AYORTA: 0deg 43'S 90deg20'W
lastly, based on my estimate for when we'll do work and where we do it,
and also because we'll need to nail down the date that we expect to
arrive in galapagos, stay there, and then go do work in their EEZ and
finally drop off the Ecuadorian observer and perhaps a few scientists, i'd
suggest
the following itinerary for your collective consideration:
1. arrive in puerto ayorta, galapagos isl. 1200 hrs 21 April, 2000.
2. stay in puerto ayorta, galapagos isl. until 2000 hrs 22 April, 2000
3. work in Ecuadorian EEZ until 26-27 April, 2000
4. drop off Ecuadorian observer and a few scientists and head for last
EPR survey site morning of 27th...
as i see it the end date for when we drop folks back off in puerto ayorta
can be a bit more flexible, do you concur?
ok, let me know your thoughts on the above.
thanks very much.
cheers,
dan
Dr. Daniel J. Fornari
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Geology & Geophysics Dept. MS #22
Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
email: dfornari@whoi.edu
tel: 508-289-2857
fax: 508-457-2023
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Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:29:59 -0400
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Fornari AHA cruise- SeaNet requirement
Cc: shumphris@whoi.edu, amaffei@whoi.edu, slerner@whoi.edu, dfornari@whoi.edu
Hi Tom, Rose and Liz- I realized that I should mention to you
that my AHA cruise also has another funded NSF education project
component, that is, to use SeaNet for web-based near real time
middle school education. We (me and Susan Humphris here at WHOI)
got this funded this summer from the NSF Awards for Geoscience Education
Program (NSF-OCE-9907680 is our grant number for this work).
Anyway, I wanted to make sure that you knew about this as we will
need to use SeaNet on Melville for this cruise.
Let me know if you have questions on this. Also, can you please add
the SeaBeam component to the heading on the cruise schedule sheet for my
cruise as SeaBeam is a very important component of the cruise, hence
my request for a SeaBeam tech to be one of the techs onboard for the leg.
Thanks and look forward to hearing from you re: the precruise meeting
date options.
Best Regards,
Dan
Dr. Daniel J. Fornari
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Geology & Geophysics Dept. MS #22
Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
email: dfornari@whoi.edu
tel: 508-289-2857
fax: 508-457-2023
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Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:27:53 -0400
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: AHA cruise and other stuff
Cc: jalberts@whoi.edu, abowen@whoi.edu
hi rose and liz - jon just sent you the msg w/the clarification
re: my AHA program, you may have been confused with the
Schouten et al. program with DOES require Jason in addition to
ABE, DSL-120 sonar, etc.
jon mentioned that you have the AHA cruise scheduled into early May
depending on when an Alvin/Atlantis cruise gets scheduled to the EPR
that may be a conflict for me... i'll try to go to your web page for cy2000
and check out what you've come up with.
feel free to call or email if you want.
thanks
dan
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Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 10:55:11 -0400
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu, jalberts@whoi.edu, depp@nsf.gov, prtaylor@nsf.gov,
edieter@nsf.gov, unols@gsosun1.gso.uri.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Ship Scheduling Information for various cruises with Fornari as PI or coPI
Cc: abowen@whoi.edu, bwalden@whoi.edu, rchandler@whoi.edu
To: SIO Ship Scheduling
WHOI Marine Ops
NSF - (Epp, Taylor, Dieter)
UNOLS - (DeSilva)
cc: WHOI Deep Submergence Group (Walden, Bowen, Chandler)
From: Dan Fornari - WHOI
Date: July 5, 1999
Subject: Ship scheduling for various field programs I'm involved in...
Greetings:
Just a short note to reiterate some of the constraints and information that
I have discussed with both SIO and WHOI schedulers in the last few weeks,
and following conversations with my various coPIs on different cruises.
I'm involved in 4 cruises likely to be scheduled next year (CY2000) so I
want to
be sure that the schedulers have in mind my constraints when they develop
the draft UNOLS schedule in a few weeks.
The field programs I am speaking for are as follows:
AHA cruise - Fornari PI -
vehicles: DSL-120, Argo II, CTD
Schouten CAMH cruise - Schouten/Tivey/Fornari - PIs
vehicles: DSL-120, Jason, ABE
Central Indian Ridge 24S Cruise - Fornari, Van Dover, Humphris - PIs
vehicles: DSL-120, Jason, Argo II, CTD
EPR 9 50'N cruise (Spring, 2000)- R. Lutz - PI
vehicle: Alvin
-----Points to Consider in UNOLS Ship Scheduling re: D. Fornari------
1. The AHA cruise was requested for Feb./Mar 2000 in order to allow us
to process NOAA hydrophone data up to late 1999. The cruise plans to cover
survey areas on the EPR crest all the way from 20N down to 25S, or
thereabouts.
The approved days on station for this cruise is 28 days.
The grant number is: OCE-98114504. Based on transit distances from/to
Manzanillo and Papeete we estimated 14 days of transit will be required.
2. The Schouten cruise was requested for Fall, 2000, preferably starting
no earlier than near the end of October (because of bad weather in the eastern
Pacific before then). This cruise CANNOT be scheduled earlier in the
year because both Fornari and Tivey have cruise conflicts (Tivey is
away for Feb-April 2000 on another ship in the western Pacific and
must be home during summer/early Fall 2000 as his wife (Meg) has
cruises that she will be participating in during that time). Fornari
is also involved in an Alvin cruise at the EPR 9 50N in late? Spring2000
(see below #4). Also, the ABE group will need until Fall 2000 to test
and implement new vehicle batteries required for the ABE surveys we intend
to do.
The approved days on station for this cruise is 23 days.
The grant number is: OCE-9819261. Based on transit distances from/to
Manzanillo we estimated 5 days of transit will be required. If the cruise
starts in San Diego or some other port, additional transit time will be needed.
3. The Central Indian Ridge 24S program was requested for Dec-Mar time
frame (Austral Summer) to maximize the chances for good weather given
the ROV and tethered vehicle based program. Also, this cruise has MANY
coPIs. I have requested from them any information they may have regarding
potential conflicts, but we are all very much looking forward to getting
out there and doing this work. In order to have a shot at making the
discovery of the seafloor vents in the Indian Ocean we would truly like
to see this work done in late 2000 or very early in 2001. It is an important
opportunity for the US research community to lead in vent discovery
in a very important, largely unexplored region of the world's MOR system.
The approved days on station for this cruise is 20 days.
The grant number is: OCE-9712358. Based on transit distances from/to
Mauritius we estimated 5 days of transit will be required. If the cruise
starts or ends in some other port, additional transit time will be needed. We
would, however, like to strongly urge the schedulers to use either Mauritius
or Reunion as the ports for this cruise both for personal safety
considerations and
shipping logistics and safety.
4. The EPR 9 50'N Alvin diving is part of the R. Lutz funded work. I have
several
temperature experiments which are ongoing in the EPR 9 50N area and the next
scheduled time for recovery/redeployment of the instruments is in
Spring 2000. I have heard that this cruise is tentatively scheduled for
May, 2000. That would work for me as if the AHA cruise is earlier
that year there should be no conflict, however, I would like the schedulers
to keep in mind that I am planning on participating on that Lutz cruise to
the EPR at 9 50N. Thank you.
If you have any questions regarding this information please email or give
me a call. Thank you all for considering these factors in your planning.
Best Regards,
Dan
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Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 15:13:32 -0500
To: Rose Dufour <shipsked@ucsd.edu>
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Fornari et al., AHA cruise - CY2000
Hi Rose-
I've polled my AHA coPIs and discussed a bit with Andy Bowen and
Jon Alberts what makes the most sense for my cruises next year.
Based on the very tentative schedule you sent me a few weeks ago here is
what I would like the SIO folks to consider.
1. Fornari AHA cruise - I guess we can go after the Spahr Webb cruise
which would have us starting in Manzanillo around March 24, 2000.
You'll need to check the transit so that we can get our full number of DOS.
Our first survey area will be the EPR crest at 9deg50'N where we will
do a short 3-day DSL-120 lowering, after that we will head to the
best prospective sites based on the hydrophone data. I believe that the
45 total days at sea you currently have will cover us for the sites and
transits we will do.
We would still like to end the cruise in Papaeete so that the DSOG equipment
can be demobilized and shipped to the next port. Andy can comment
further on that.
It would be very important for Andy and our cruise folks to be able to
load all our supplies prior to the ship leaving San Diego in late Feb,
especially all the DSOG vans, vehicles, winch, etc. Do you forsee that
being a problem with what ever Spahr needs for his cruise?
2. Schouten et al. cruise - Based on discussions with Hans Schouten
and Maurice Tivey, we would like this cruise to be scheduled for
a start in mid-late October, 2000, with Manzanillo as the start port
and either Manzanillo or San Diego as the end port. From a data wrap-
up and logistics point of view, ending in San Diego would be preferable.
OK, let me know how this sounds, preliminarily, to you.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Dan
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:16:18 -0400
To: Rose Dufour <shipsked@ucsd.edu>
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Re: Fornari et al., AHA cruise - CY2000
Cc: capt@mpl.ucsd.edu, restech@sdsioa.ucsd.edu, woodys@odf.ucsd.edu,
shipsked@sio.ucsd.edu
hi rose- thanks for the quick reply. what you show in the tentative
schedule is, from my perspective, way too late for some of the AHA work
we'll undoubtedly be doing in the southern EPR....
because i'm also involved in the Schouten work, it would also mean me being
away for nearly 3 months at one shot... that's not possible....
anyway, let me know if there are time constraints for the
becker and webb cruises and lets try to connect this week sometime
to chat about all this.
thanks and best regards,
dan
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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 16:30:33 -0400
To: shipsked@ucsd.edu, capt@mpl.ucsd.edu, depp@nsf.gov, edieter@nsf.gov,
abowen@whoi.edu, jalberts@whoi.edu, lflick@whoi.edu
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Fornari et al., AHA cruise - CY2000
To: SIO Ship Scheduling
From: Dan Fornari - WHOI
cc: SIO Res. Tech. Group.
AHA coPIs
D. Epp - NSF
E. Dieter - NSF
A. Bowen, J. Alberts, L. Flick - WHOI
Date: March 15, 1999
Subject: Planning for Fornari et al. AHA cruise on Melville
NSF OCE 98114504
Hi Tom, Rose and Liz-
Sorry to have taken so long to get back to you re: the AHA cruise
scheduling. Finally have dug out from under the last NSF proposal
deadline crunch.
I tried to go online to the SIO Marops site but no 2000 tentative
schedules are up for Melville. So I'll let you know what my latest
thinking/constraints are and remind you about some logistical and
other considerations given the large group of PIs that are associated
with this field work.
1. Cruise Dates - we had originally talked about Feb-March 2000.
I have several coPIs who have field work in Jan 2000 for the whole month
so we are wondering what the degrees of freedom are for the Melville
schedule in the first half of 2000. I guess our thinking is that we'd like
to try to have the cruise go in March-April? that's still reasonable
in terms of weather windows both for the northern and southern EPR.
Tell me how your Melville schedule is shaping up and how this would
impact the flow of cruises.
2. Ideally, we'd like to go from north to south, but that is not
a hard and fast requirement, so we can accomodate to whatever flow
you come up with, but given the logistics of the DSOG towed vehicle
equipment (remember we're using DSL-120 and Argo II w/the
portable FO cable/winch), it would probably be important to have
Tahiti and Manzanillo/San Diego as ports. Again, tell us what you've
got planned and we'll try to work within those constraints.
3. We do need Seabeam, as we will have to make good maps at each
of the survey sites. We would really like to have a SIO Seabeam
Tech onboard to assist with this as well as our other work. We will
be acquiring a lot of real-time data and processing it as we go along
and making maps so I'm sure that the SIO Seabeam tech would be
very useful to our overall program.
4. We do need a CTD/rosette system and tech as we will be doing
that work at each survey site. I will ask Bob Collier of OSU to
contact you folks directly to make sure about the specs for the CTD,
calibration, and other info.
5. Berthing - remind me about how many science berths are available on
Melville - and if you send a Seabeam and CTD tech whether these count
in the science complement.
6. We will need to utilize the shipboard network in a major way
for the vehicles and the real-time data processing we require for this
work. I'll let Andy Bowen and his group deal with the details of this
as they relate to the vehicle operations and data processing, and
my coPIs and I will contribute as it relates to our ability to compile and
analyze onboard the various data sets.
7. The logistics of the installation of the DSOG vans, winch and
equipment is best left to Andy and his folks. I am sure he'll be in
touch on that. If anything has changed significantly since last used
during the Hey cruise in 1998 please let us know.
8. We will need the ship's trawl winch with dredge wire and dredges. Do
you still charge on a per dredge basis or shall I bring my own
dredges. Do you have weaklink kits? I will be bringing my rock corer
and supplies which we'll plan to run off one of the hydrowinches. As I
remember in one of your past messages, Melville has 2 hydrowinches
so one can be fitted with steel wire and the other w/coax for the CTD
work. Is the switch from one to the other relatively easy?
9. When would you like to hold the precruise meeting for this cruise?
I will likely be in San Diego in early June (at the end of an Atlantis
cruise) so I could at least stop by then. Let me know your preference,
I realize that the first UNOLS scheduling meeting is not until July
so perhaps meeting in June would be too early?
10. We will be making extensive use of the DP system and bow thruster
for our towed operations. Are these systems working well at this
time on Melville?
That's about all I can think of at the moment. Let me know when you
are free to talk about this, and if you could give me brief replies to
the various points by email it would be helpful so that I can keep
the rest of the AHA coPI's up to date.
Again, many thanks for your help in advance with this.
Best Regards,
Dan
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To: Woody Sutherland <woodys@odf.ucsd.edu>
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: Re: AHA cruise... Melville next Feb. 2000...
Cc: shipsked@ucsd.edu
hi woody - thanks for the info. my guess is that we will probably
need to have the CTD tech onboard, it would be GREAT to have
a Seabeam tech onboard as some of the areas we will visit will
require us to make maps in realtime to use for the DSL-120 surveying
and planning, as well as the other stuff... the cruise is NSF funded so
no problem there...
if possible it would be great to schedule for those 2 SIO techs to be aboard,
they would undoubtedly be helpful to us in other aspects of the DSL-120,
CTD and Argo II operations.
thanks again and i'll no doubt be connecting w/you again as the year
progresses and the schedule gets firmed up.
best regards,
dan
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To: rios@sio.ucsd.edu (Elizabeth Rios), dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
From: dfornari@whoi.edu (Daniel J. Fornari)
Subject: AHA cruise... Melville next Feb. 2000...
Cc: shipsked@sio.ucsd.edu
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:35:41 -0500
hi Liz- thanks for your note. given that we will need to install the DSOG
traction winch and vans for the DSL-120 sonar and the Argo II vehicles, we could either go
from San Diego (which would make the outbound transit a bit longer...) or the
vans could be loaded and the ship could deadhead from SD to Manzanillo or Acapulco.
If we can go from N to S, then we will need to stop at 9deg 50'N EPR crest
for a short survey using the DSL-120 sonar which will also test out the system prior to
the other deployments. The precise sites are not known yet, but so far we have
5.5degN and 3degS and 9.5degS all on the EPR crest.
while the transit to Easter is shorter, frankly i would prefer Tahiti as it
will give us a bit more time to finish dealing with the data and systems from the
last station.
one other point to consider.
there is a proposal to use the DSL-120 and Jason ROV on the northern EPR
at 9 50'N which is funded by NSF - it is the Schouten/Tivey/Fornari proposal. i'm not sure
if WHOI will try to do this using the Atlantis in Spring 2000, or if it makes more sense to
do the Larson leg and leave the vehicles and winch onboard and then have the ship deadhead up
to Acapulco or get some other leg to bring the melville north so we could do that work in
Spring 2000. we definitely want to do it before end of may 2000 if at all possible.
one further alternative is to do the Schouten et al. proposal first, taking
the ship from San Diego to Acapulco/Manz., then do Larson, and we do the Fornari AHA
cruise after Larsen taking the ship back up north. i have not really thought out the
timing or other issues associated w/this w/my coPIs and how the later timing would affect
them all, but its worth considering just to see what the pros/cons are.
can you tell me what the total number of science berths is on melville.
also, does SIO have a CTD unit that we will be able to use, is there a charge? does the tech
come with it or does the res tech know about it and can operate it? we should start
sorting this stuff out.
we will be using seabeam for several days, to do surveys at each site.
what is the current day rate for the system and because we will not be using it all the
time but for about 5-6 days during the whole survey will a data processor be onboard
or not?
one other point. i've heard rumors that the trawl and traction winches on
Melville are not in great shape. i would like to know their current status, when last
used, problems encountered, and plans for refurbishment prior to early 2000.
lastly, when do you think you'll be having the precruise meeting for the
early 2000 work? nlet me know when you can.
thanks again for all your help.
cheers,
dan