CCGS Hudson - Fall 2003

VOYAGE ID: HUD2003-072	1-13 November 2003
VOYAGE ITINERARY REQUIRED: (start, stop, port call(s), track chart) 1 Nov : Equipment tests in Bedford Basin Halifax Station2: Recovery and re-deployment of Seahorse moorings Meet SAR boat: transfer scientific personnel Equipment tests MVP survey Halifax line (HL1 to HL7) Mooring Operations and CTD profiles at site C ADCP survey along Shelf mooring sites Recover ADCP mooring near Sable Island (Thebaud oil rig site) CTD Sampling Gully station Mooring Operations, CTD profiles and ADCP survey at Laurentian Channel sites (French Waters) MVP survey: Louisbourg line, transit line and Cabot Strait line Halifax Line HL2 / Emerald Basin - MVP tows, VOPC/LOPC survey along grid centered on HL2 Halifax Station2: Recovery of Seahorse and ADCP moorings AZMP sampling at HL2 Return to BIO
SENIOR SCIENTIST: M. Mitchell
SCIENTIFIC STAFF LIST: (including affiliation)
B. Beanlands, Ocean Physics D. Brittain, Ocean Physics N. Cochrane, Ocean Physics A. Herman, Ocean Physics R. King, Ocean Physics M. Mitchell, Ocean Physics B. Nickerson, Ocean Physics E.F. Phillips, Ocean Physics M. Scotney, Ocean Physics G. States, Ocean Physics S. Young, Ocean Physics TBA, ESM	Day 1 only - to be transferred to Sambro after mooring operations at HL2: J. Hamilton, Ocean Physics B. Greenan, Ocean Circulation
EQUIPMENT TO BE USED: EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY MARINE SERVICES (excluding winches): Crane on foredeck for Profiling OPC operations (VOPC) PENGO winch on foredeck EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY B.I.O.: Ring Nets Vertical profiling OPC (VOPC) Moving Vessel profiler (MVP) CTD rosette RDI ADCP and sounders BOT electric winch Mooring winch & pumping unit on foredeck Mooring winch & pumping unit, and mooring chute on quarterdeck guard buoys with tackle EQUIPMENT FROM OTHER SOURCES: Deep Water LOPC - Titanium (BOT) Lab LOPC (BOT) WINCH AND WIRE REQUIREMENTS: Hydro Wire + Winch 25 HP winch with 2000 m multi-conductor cable for VOPC - foredeck 25 HP hydraulic pumping units for winch on foredeck MVP hydraulic winch and pump - quarterdeck Mooring winch and power unit on foredeck Mooring winch, power unit and mooring chute on quarterdeck PENGO winch on foredeck
SCIENTIFIC OR SURVEY OBJECTIVES: MVP surveys of AZMP sections Equipment tests: MVP, Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC), VOPC, portable BOT electric winch, flow-through sampling system Deployment and recovery of Seahorse and engineering moorings near HL2 Conduct surveys for the Atlantic Zonal Monitoring Program (AZMP): CTD, phytoplankton and zooplankton survey at HL2 station ADCP and Multifrequency Sonar measurements Recover / service scientific moorings and guard buoys at Shelf edge (Halifax line site C), near Sable Island (Thebaud rig) and in Laurentian Channel (French waters)
VOYAGE PROCEDURES AND STATION PATTERN REQUIRED: Tests in Bedford Basin Tow MVP at 10-14 knots along Halifax, Louisbourg and Cabot Strait lines and other selected sections Vertical profiles with VOPC on stations on Shelf, Emerald Basin and on grid stations centered at HL2 On station sampling at Hfx Station 2 (HL2): CTD, water sampling, ring nets Seahorse moorings deployment/recovery near HL2 Service moorings at site C on Scotian Shelf and at site LC in Laurentian Channel Recover ADCP mooring near Sable Island (Thebaud rig site) CTD profiles along Halifax Slope section, in Gully and in Laurentian Channel
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