RV Thomas G. Thompson
Schedule For 2004
Here is an updated schedule for the remainder of this year.
POC: Daniel S. Schwartz LAST UPDATED: 2004/09/13 19:26 EDT
Manager of Marine Operations
University of Washington
School of Oceanography
Box 357940
Seattle, WA 98195-7940
Tel: 206-543-5062
Fax: 206-543-6073
Email: schwartz@ocean.washington.edu
R/V Thomas_G._Thompson 2004
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Changes, this version: port names corrected, dates of year end
PRISM/Student cruise one week earlier.
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DAYS/AGENCY/
CRUISE MAP INDEX/AREA/ P.I./INSTITUTION/ PORTS STATUS/
DATES PURPOSE PROPOSAL NO. CLEARANCE
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21 DEC SP6/Southeast Pacific Pockalny,R/URI/ Seattle 6/NSF/F
06 JAN Rise/JASON/DSL-120 OCE-0137386 Easter Isla
Transit to operations area, departing Seattle on 21 Dec. 2003. Total en-route
of 17 days.
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7
08 JAN SP6/Southeast Pacific Pockalny,R/URI/ Easter Is 45/NSF/F
17 FEB Rise/JASON/DSL-120 OCE-0137386 Papeete Chile
18, 19, 20
Scientists to join at Easter Island. Ship returns to Easter Is. on or about 9
Feb to transfer off any departing scientists. Eight days for transit to
Papeete, Tahiti, followed by three days for de-mobe, fueling and provisioning.
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21 FEB SP1/West Pac/ tbd/tbd/ Papeete 8/NSF/F
01 MAR Transit/deliver equip. tbd Suva, Fiji
SP1/South Pacific/ Lake,B/PMEL/ 2/NOAA/F
CTD sampling tbd
Transit from Papeete (after Polkany) to Suva to drop off DSL-120 system (for
Lau Basin work), en-route to Marianas and Japan. Two days of NOAA-requested
CTD work, en-route. REV: arrival day is the 1st of March (due to Date Line
crossing.) After offloading NOAA personnel and equipment, the ship will resume
transit toward Guam.
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02 MAR NP7/West Pac/ tbd/tbd/ Suva, Fiji 10/NOAA/F
11 MAR Transit tbd Agana, Guam
Re-position/transit from Suva, after dropping off DSL-120, to Guam for the ROV
Urabe/Embley (NOAA) mission.
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12, 13, 14
15 MAR NP10/Marianas/ Embley/PMEL/ Guam 40/NOAA/F
18 APR Ring-of-Fire tbd. Yokohama Japan
NP10/Marianas/ Urabe,T/MEXT/ 0/NOAA/P
Ring-of-Fire tbd.
19, 20
Three days to mobilize ROV and science. Combined Embley & Urabe legs. (Urabe
will be integrated into NOAA cruise time: to be arranged by NOAA and MEXT
agency of Japan.) In port joint de-mobe of two days.
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21, 22, 23, 24
25 APR NP7/Japan/Kuroshio Watts,DR/URI/ Yokohama 43/NSF/F
02 JUN Current/KESS OCE-0221008 Yokohama Japan
2
Two KESS legs--first of 39 science days. (The second is shown as a separate
cruise of 15 science days.) Vessel will depart on the morning of the 25th and
return to port, at 08:00 on the 2nd of June. This will be the de-mobe day for
the first leg.
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3, 4
05 JUN NP7/Japan/Kuroshio Hogg,N/WHOI/ Yokohama 18/NSF/F
19 JUN Current/KESS OCE-0221008 Yokohama Japan
20
Second KESS leg--15 days science days: the Chief Scientist for this leg is
Nelson Hogg. Mobilization will take place on the 3rd and 4th of June. Vessel
will depart on the morning of the 5th and return to port on the 19th of June.
De-mobilization will take place on the 20th of June.
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21 JUN NP7/Northern Pacific/ tbd/n/a/ Yokohama 8/NSF/F
06 JUL Transit/ARGO n/a Seattle
NP7/Northern Pacific/ none/n/a/ 8/NAVY/F
Transit n/a
Re-position/transit from Japan (after Watts) to Seattle for the Navy's ARDENT
Program (Weingart.) Arrival date is one day earlier due to Date Line
crossing, but length of transit remains the same. (Vessel logistics and
bunkering will take place on the 21st, before departure.)
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14 JUL NP9/Puget Sound/WA Coa McDuff,R/UW/ Seattle 5/STATE/F
18 JUL st/Student Instruction 74-0369 Portland
One day added to this cruise to allow for offshore station(s) en-route to
Columbia River. M. Warner on-board Chief Scientist.
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19 JUL NP9/North Pacific/ Weingart,J/ Portland 42/NAVY/F
29 AUG Transit to PacNW JHU/APL/tbd Portland
U.S. Navy project (through CNO Office.) Total, with Mobe/De-Mobe = 42 days.
This involves other Navy platforms and timing is critical.
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30, 31, 1, 2
03 SEP NP9/Puget Sound & JdF/ McDuff,R/UW/ Portland 14/STATE/F
16 SEP Student Instruction 74-0369 Seattle Canada
NP9/Juan de Fuca/ Becker,K/Miami/ 3/NSF/F
IODP/CORK OCE-0400471
17
Student Instruction/ROV -- at Juan de Fuca. (Transit from Portland on the
30th, and then ROPOS Mobe at Victoria, the 31st through 2nd, will be equitably
shared between the three legs utilizing the vehicle. Total day count of 17
includes this share.) J. Delaney on-board Chief Scientist. (End port changed
to Seattle--downtown pier--to accommodate fueling.)
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18
19 SEP NP9/Juan de Fuca/ Embley,R/PMEL/ Seattle 17/NOAA/F
01 OCT NeMO tbd Newport Canada
2
NeMO Cruise: On board Chief Scientist will be Bill Chadwick. (ROPOS
Mobe/De-mobe at Victoria, will be equitably shared between the three legs
utilizing the vehicle. The total day count of 17 includes this share.) Origin
port changed to Seattle to accommodate fueling as per note above. There will
also be intermediate stops at Newport for science logisitics.
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3
04 OCT NP9/CA-OR-WA Coast/ Clarke,E/NWFSC/ Newport 16/NOAA/F
16 OCT NMFS Advanced Technol. tbd Seattle Canada
17, 18
Fisheries Research: ROV/AUV & Mapping. ROPOS Mobe/De-mobe at Victoria, will
be equitably shared between the three legs utilizing the vehicle. NOAA
personnel will be disembarked at Port Angeles on 16th and the vessel will clear
across the Straits to Victoria. ROPOS will be de-mobed upon arrival, 10/17, and
the ship will re-position to home port, Seattle, on the 18th. The total day
count, 16, includes the equal share of mobe/de-mobe and transit days.)
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22 OCT NP9/Puget Sound/ McDuff,R/UW/ Seattle 22/STATE/F
12 NOV Student Instruction 74-0369 Seattle
EM-300 Mapping and other collections.
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30 NOV NP9/Puget Sound/ McDuff,R/UW/ Seattle 4/STATE/F
03 DEC Student Instruction 74-0369 Seattle
PRISM stations. Dates moved to first week of December: vessel will stand down
for inactive maintenance period afterward.
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Agency Funded Proposed TOTAL
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NAVY 50.0 0.0 50.0
NOAA 85.0 0.0 85.0
NSF 131.0 0.0 131.0
STATE 45.0 0.0 45.0
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TOTAL 311.0 0.0 311.0
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