Vessel Equipment and Facilities Requirements for the

U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Study







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
Not needed
Yes (conducting wire not

needed)

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 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
Not needed
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
No
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
Not needed
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

Yes (plus 440v for 10Kv transformer)
Yes
Ample scientific storage for samples
Yes
Yes
Not needed