Equipment or Facilities |
Program Activity | ||
Broad-Scale Cruises | Process Cruises | Long-term Mooring Cruises | |
DECK | |||
Trawl winch /w conducting cable for 10m2 MOC (.68") | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Winch to tow Biomapper/Green Bomber, fiber optic cable winch |
Yes |
Yes |
Not needed |
Medium winch /w conducting cable for 1-m2 MOC (0.322") | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
Two after deck mounted air tuggers and A-frame (or acceptable alternatives) for 10m2 MOCNESS |
Yes |
Yes | Not needed |
CTD/rosette with 10-liter Go-flow bottles | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Uncontaminated running sea water | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
Crane for mooring deployments | Not needed | Yes | Yes |
Davit or boom for towed acoustics | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
LABORATORY | |||
PDR | Yes | Yes | Yes |
-80c freezer | Yes | Not needed | Not needed |
Standard freezer | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
Refrigerator | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
De-ionized water | Not needed | Yes | Not needed |
Fume hood | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
Microscope & video space | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
Provisions for liquid nitrogen | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
OTHER | |||
ADCP | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SAIL communication loop | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Continuous surface temp/salt/fluoro | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Meteorological measurements | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Loran/GPS Note: higher resolution P-code GPS required for some cruises | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ATS/fax | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Satellite imagery transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Xerox machine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Clean electrical power |
Yes (plus 440v for 10Kv transformer) |
Yes (plus 440v for 10Kv transformer) |
Yes |
Ample scientific storage for samples | Yes | Yes | Not needed |
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