Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Summer Cruise 2004: HLY-04-03-Final Cruise Summary and Report (18 July to 26 August 2004) Edited by Lee Cooper, Chief Scientist (send comments to lcooper1@utk.edu)

The summer 2004 SBI process cruise provided for a complex interdisciplinary research opportunity through use of the scientific icebreaker USCGC Healy between 18 July and 26 August 2004 by a large and diverse group of scientists. The Shelf-Basin Interactions program is the most complex interdisciplinary research program ever mounted from a US Coast Guard icebreaker, with up to 51 shipboard science party members on each cruise engaged in interdisciplinary research, including microbiology, primary production, optics, water column and benthic biology, tracer and nutrient chemistry, physical oceanography and educational outreach, all in the context of understanding environmental change in the Arctic. In addition to mooring and survey cruises that were also undertaken during the SBI field program, this specific research cruise, one of a total of four process experimental deployments that were undertaken in 2002 and 2004, was by all measures an outstanding success. The four experimental cruises undertaken in 2002 and 2004 posed great logistical and scientific challenges. Of these four cruises, this cruise occupied the most stations (60), obtained the deepest water and sediments from the most northern portions of the study area, and deployed the most diverse set of equipment. Approximately 180 CTD casts were made to support the scientific work, and a wide variety of oceanographic gear, including the rosette, three corers, grabs, varied nets, traps, video and optics instrumentation were deployed over the side of the ship a sum total of approximately 600 times over the 40-day cruise. Helicopter-supported sampling of the Colville River delta, numerous small boat operations in support of experimental floating sediment trap deployments and two successful search and rescue operations were some of the other accomplishments. Public outreach was accommodated for a broadcast group from the science unit of the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and a senior correspondent from U.S. News and World Report. A science teacher from Newman Catholic High School in Wausau, Wisconsin provided a daily posted web-based journal with photographs that was made available for Internet-based viewing and was incorporated into a well-developed cruise web site developed and maintained by the Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Finally, a community observer from Barrow participated in the scientific work onboard and will communicate back to the local community about his experience through a report to the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium. The objectives of the community observer program are to help explain the scientific goals of individual research projects such as SBI to the nearby communities as well as to convey community interests in Arctic research priorities to scientific researchers working in this region. We also accommodated a radio interview and ship tour for the news department of KNOM-AM in Nome.

 

Almost all of the planned scientific stations were occupied, although several stations that were planned for sampling in the Herald Valley region near the International Dateline were ultimately not occupied because of other priorities that were identified by SBI investigators. This work included deep-water sampling in the Canada Basin and high-resolution surveys in several of the slope regions. We note that while sampling at these Herald Valley stations could have been completed based upon the original ship time request of 42 days, the 40 days that were supported by the National Science Foundation allowed all major research objectives to be achieved. In addition, the areas near the Herald Valley moorings will be sampled for many parameters during the HLY04-04 mooring cruise deployment that immediately followed this deployment. Furthermore several SBI principal investigators were represented on the NOAA-supported RUSALCA cruise aboard the Professor Khromov that was simultaneous with HLY-04-03. This cruise sampled waters, sediments and organisms from the Russian Exclusive Economic Zone, including the critical Herald Canyon outflow zone for Bering Sea waters that is to the north and west of the SBI study area. These other sampling opportunities will presumably provide data and insights that were not obtained on HLY04-03 because of time constraints.

 

It is a great pleasure as chief scientist to express appreciation on the behalf of the science party to a great number of individuals and organizations that helped assure the success of the scientific program of Healy 04-03. The marine science technician group on the Healy, MSTC Don Snider, MST2 Dan Gaona, MST2 Josh Robinson, MST3 Chad Klinsteker and MST2 Eric Rocklage, together in coordination with the ship science officer, LTJG Jessica Noel, worked long hours to successfully and safely deploy all of the equipment that was used during the cruise. LCDR Daryl Peloquin, XO Bill Rall, and Captain Dan Oliver were among the members of the entire officer group that were helpful and pro-active in helping us meet our cruise objectives. The aviation detachment, led LCDR Mark Fluitt, provided outstanding support of a number of science objectives and logistical transfers. We also thank in general the entire crew of the ship for their outstanding efforts throughout the research program in every component of ship operation. Andy Heiberg provided crucial logistical support in Seattle at the time that the ship was loaded, and in Nome at the time of both science party embarkation and disembarkation, as well as contributing to logistical efforts needed in Nome for the NOAA-supported RUSALCA cruise. The Barrow Arctic Science Consortium, particularly Henry Gueco and Glenn Sheehan, provided critical logistical assistance with personnel and equipment transfers, including assisting late at night during a medical emergency, and they also facilitated the participation of our community observer, Jimmy Jones Olemaun aboard the ship. The Armada Project (www.armadaproject.org) enabled our teacher, Stephen Schmidt of Newman Catholic High School of Wasau, Wisconsin to participate in the cruise, and the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research provided the core financial support for the science party.

 

Stations occupied during the cruise included a transect in Bering Strait (station prefix: BRS-) for limited water column measurements, a high productivity station north of Bering Strait (HV-1), sampling in Alaska Coastal Water enroute to Barrow (station prefix: ACW-), high-resolution (5 km spacing) sampling on two cross-Barrow Canyon lines, a transect in Barrow Canyon offshore to 3700 m (station prefix: BC-), and we also completed sampling along a shelf-deep basin transect east of Barrow (station prefix: EB-), also to a depth of 3700 m.  The latter portion of the cruise completed work on two offshore transects on the Chukchi Shelf into the deep (3700 m) basin (EHS- and WHS- ). The following summaries correspond to the accomplishments of the individual research programs on the ship, as provided to the chief scientist by each research group. More detailed information on all shipboard work, actual locations sampled, instrumentation deployed and the timing associated with these scientific operations is posted JOSS/SBI web page (http://www.joss.ucar.edu/sbi/catalog_hly-04-03/).  Additional information on the SBI program in general are available at http://sbi.utk.edu

 

1. Hydrographic Measurements Team: Lou Codispoti lead (on board); Jim Swift, lead PI

Other team members: Kristin Sanborn, Robert Palomares, Dan Schuller, Erik Quiroz

 

Observations:

 

During this SBI process cruise we completed 60 stations and 184 CTD casts. The data have been edited and posted on the JOSS web site, and we have had time to plot data from our sections in Bering Strait and Barrow Canyon and the East Barrow line.  Our observations include continuous vertical profiles of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorometric “chlorophyll”, light transmission, Haardt fluorescence (an index of terrestrial organic matter), and photosynthetically available radiation (PAR).  Discrete water samples collected from our 30 liter rosette bottles have been analyzed for salinity, dissolved oxygen, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, urea, phosphate, silicate, chlorophyll and phaeophytin concentrations, and members of the hydrographic team performed nutrient analyses for several of the experiments that were conducted.

 

Results:

 

Perhaps the most notable finding of the hydrographic team on this cruise was the rather dramatic warming of waters in the SBI region compared to the conditions that we encountered during the summer 2002 cruise (Healy 02-03). For example, data from our easternmost section (Fig. 1) display a dramatic warming between the 2002 and 2004 summer cruises during the same time of the year (late July – early August). The salinities of the warm water, and the silicate and phosphate concentrations suggest that these waters had their origin in Bering Strait, so it is likely that there was a strong inflow of warm water through Bering Strait this year, although the waters that we observed on our easternmost section would have experienced some modification as they made the transit from Bering Strait.  Satellite data processed by our SBI colleagues support the hypothesis of a strong influence of warm water from Bering Strait. We also encountered some very high dissolved oxygen concentrations (> 15 ml/l) in subsurface chlorophyll maxima in the Barrow Canyon region.

 

With the exception of the afore-mentioned features and greatly reduced ice cover, many of the gross hydrographic features that we observed in summer 2004 were similar to those encountered in summer 2002 during Healy cruise 02-03.  For example, our 2002 and 2004 two visits to the east line showed almost the same subsurface structure: nutrient maxima were present in the halocline, but were not connected to the shelf as they were in our other sections taken in 2002 and 2004, and there appeared to be a “doming” in the center of the section during both years. As in 2002, subsurface chlorophyll maxima were ubiquitous during this cruise being found at depths of ~25 m over the shelf and deepening to ~ 50 m in the clearer offshore waters.  Although, we have yet to confirm this, we have the preliminary notion that the offshore chlorophyll maxima at about 50 m were deeper than in 2002, perhaps because the reduction in ice cover permitted increased light penetration in 2004.  As in 2002, nitrate and ammonium depletion in the surface waters was widespread, as were nutrient plumes coming off the shelf into the interior of the Arctic on all sections except for the easternmost section.

 

Of additional interest was a well-developed front that we observed in our transect that crossed Barrow Canyon near its head.  For example, there were strong temperature gradients with the warmest water on the coastal side of this transect, and this was in line with the satellite images shown to us by our colleagues.

 

The hard work, dedication and skill of the other members of the hydrographic team, Dean Stockwell, Rob Palomares, Dan Schuller, and Rebekah Duncan are also deeply appreciated.  We also appreciate the efforts of Berit Rabe and Craig Aumack who voluntarily manned the CTD console when we required extra assistance.

 

Respectfully submitted:  L.A. Codispoti and K. Sanborn

 

 

2. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data Collection: Berit Rabe (on-board); Andreas Müenchow, lead PI

 

Introduction

 

The USCGC Healy has two independent Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) mounted in the hull of the ship: an Ocean Surveyor 75 kHz phased-array system (OS75) and a Broadband 153 kHz discrete-array system (BB153). Both systems were up and running, but the BB153 system was still being vetted to ascertain its data collection reliability. The OS75 is functioning in both broadband and narrowband mode. Both systems integrate acoustic data with the ship’s gyro, the aft P-code Trimble Centurion GPS and the Ashtech attitude GPS data. All data were collected onto local computers and then transferred to the networks archiving computer (snap1) and to a Mac PowerBook G4 for both systems.

 

Changes in comparison to the HLY04-02 spring cruise occurred in the form that the data was transferred automatically to the snap1 server with the program VVScheduler once a day instead of manually. The OS75 was also operated in dual-ping mode most of the cruise instead of just single-ping mode.

 

Data collection

 

Both systems were run via VmDas under Windows-2000 Professional which controls input and output data streams. VmDas receives

The aft P-code GPS system is distinct from the bridge P-code GPS system. VmDas generates 10 different output files that merge and average data from the three input streams in varying ways. A .LOG file contains both direct commands send to the instrument on start-up as well as subsequent error messages. The most frequent error messages were

[date, time]: NMEA [RPH] communication timeout

indicating that VmDas does not receive the Ashtech data or

[date, time]: NMEA [RPH] serial buffer full: storing 300 bytes without processing.

[date, time]: NMEA [RPH] serial buffer level ok.

[date, time]: NMEA [Nav] serial buffer full: storing 300 bytes without processing.

[date, time]: NMEA [Nav] serial buffer level ok.

which occurred rather at random or when data was copied to a USB stick. The error

[date, time]: ADCP timeout; check communication and power cables.

occurred frequently (most of the time on the BB153) but didn’t seem to have an effect on the data collection though.

 

The setup for the BB153 and the OS75 were as following:

The BB153 was setup to collect 50 6-meter bins with blanking of 4 meters. Bottom track was set to 800 or 1000 meters or was adjusted to the actual bottom depth, but was turned off in waters deeper than 1000 meters.

The OS75 has different data collection setups depending on the changing bathymetry. The blanking was kept at 10 meters at all times. Bottom track was turned on for areas shallower than 1000 meters, and was also adjusted to the bathymetry (in shallow waters on the shelf the maximum bottom track depth was set to 100 meters for example).

Broadband and narrowband can operate with different bin sizes and numbers:

In shallow water on the shelf these values are 15 4-meters bins for the Broadband and 8 8-meter bins for the Narrowband plus bottom track.

In the beginning of the cruise interleaved broad- and narrowband pings were not used in waters deeper than 160 meters instead only the narrowband ping was used (with 30 15-meter bins or 55 8-meter bins, depending on whether being on station, steaming over the shelf break, etc).

 

In the middle of the cruise (when heading to the shelf break and into the basin on the East Barrow line on 07/30/2004) interleaved pinging was tested in deeper water with 20 4-meter bins for the Broadband and 30 15-meters bins for the Narrowband. The reason is to get a higher resolution in the upper layers but also a deeper penetration. Until that point of time both ADCPs didn’t reach the expected depth. The interleaved pinging was kept on for the rest of the cruise because it worked well and the results were good. Nevertheless the water-tracking range was still reduced and didn’t reach further than about 300 meters. This will cause some further investigation to find the reasons for this reduction.

 

Performance

 

Both ADCPs continuously collected data with some trouble in between. The main error messages were already explained in the previous section. Once a day the machines were rebooted as an insurance against data loss because the Windows system doesn’t run as stable as needed. In comparison to previous cruises we encountered much less ice, so periods with actually breaking ice were short which resulted in a continuous data collection without heavy vibrations of the ship.

 

The OS75 had some serious hardware/software trouble in the middle of the cruise when not recognizing all COM-Ports from one day to the next. Three days in a row some adjustments and work had to be done after rebooting before the COM-Ports showed up again (see elog entries). The trouble appeared in connection with a Lava Quattro Card and with a serial mouse that doesn’t exist. We changed the Lava Quattro Card and modified the boot.ini file in c:\. Except that the COM-Port numbers for the two navigation ports switched, the system was running from then on (see elog entries). COM-Ports were checked in BBTalk every day after rebooting. On two days a second serial mouse appeared next to the disabled one, and one COM-Port was missing, but after shutting down the machine again (in one case once in the other case five times) and checking again in BBTalk, all COM-Ports showed up and the second serial mouse was gone.

 

Some system shut downs occurred on the OS75 as well as on the BB153 without an obvious reason, but after rebooting data collection could be continued.

In the first half of the cruise the water profiling range of the OS75 didn’t reach as far down as expected. The instruments water tracking range of 600 meters is reduced anyway because of the acoustic window below the instrument but was as low as 225 meters at some points at the beginning of the cruise depending on the presence of signal scatterers in the water column. After changing to interleaved pinging also in deeper waters this changed and the OS75 reached down to about 300 meters in narrowband mode which is still less than we would expect.

 

In addition, the shallow seas on the Chukchi Shelf limit the access of the ADCPs because of the deep draft of the ship (8.4 meters) and the data blanking that is preset with these instruments, 10 meters for the OS75 and 4 meters for the B153. With vertical bin sizes between 4 meter for the broadband and 8 meter for the narrowband the first data is obtained below 22 meters which limit the data return when the depth of the shelf is only 40 to 50 meters.

Besides the reduced depth penetration the data that is collected is very clear.

For a better and more reliable performance the OS75 machine desperately needs a replacement or needs to be rebuilt. It has to be moved from the ground to a rack. On the ground it receives all the vibrations of the ship which caused the failure with the board which literally fell out of the case when opening it. Besides the moving of the machine it has trouble with the COM-Ports (see elog-entries) and something needs to be done to solve that problem with the COM-Ports and serial mice. In the long-term a change to a more stabile system would be helpful without the need to reboot the machine every day to avoid data loss.

 

Data processing and interpretation

 

Data is collected onto the local machines and once a day transferred automatically to the archive system with VVScheduler and also manually to a Mac PowerBook G4 (via the snap server) for data processing. This is done in real time using University of Delaware software specifically written and designed for the HLY04-03 cruise. In the first half of the cruise the software just processed the narrowband ping for the OS75. New extended software of the previous one processing the broadband ping as well as the narrowband ping at the same time was implemented.

 

Processed data was presented as maps or time series for the science crew on the ship.

 

In Bering Strait we observed a strong northward flow as expected with velocities higher than 60  cm/sec.

 

In Barrow Canyon a strong northeastward flow with velocities higher than 60 cm/sec occurred along the isobaths. In 325 meters at station BC4 the flow was split apart with one component flowing northeast and the other flowing west. In 960 meters at BC5 the main flow in the upper layers is weak (<20 cm/sec) to the south-southwest and at station BC6 at the end of the canyon in 2000 meter depth a west northwestward flow with higher velocities was measured.

 

On the East Barrow section signal return over the basin wasn’t good as a result of lack of scatterers in the water column. Working together with Sharon Smith’s Zooplankton Distribution and Abundance group special plots were made for specific stations and sections. That way we were looking for a connection between the currents and special abundance of zooplankton in special depth layers. The water-tracking depth was reduced even more than it was anyway. This low signal return correlates with little plankton in the basin.

 

Overall there is very little noise in the data. Therefore semi-diurnal tidal currents as well as a diurnal inequality can be discerned each with amplitude of about 5 cm/s. Since these signals are usually not this visible, the collected data seems to be rather good.

 

Processed ASCII data was also transferred to Andreas Muenchow, the lead PI, at the University of Delaware on a day-to-day basis. The ascii data files and data products were posted every day and are accessible at http://newark.cms.udel.edu/~sbi/hly0403/index.html which can be reached via http://newark.cms.udel.edu/~sbi.

 

Appendix

 

System diagnostic test:

 

 

 

 

The following list shows the results of the built-in system diagnostic tests that were run for the OS75. This test measures the receive bandwidth of the system. A beam fails if the bandwidth is less than 75%. We would want to reach the expected receive bandwidth number, except for beam number 3 this was not the case.

Given are the date, time, station number, depth at that station, the expected bandwidth and the received bandwidth for the four different beams.

 

date    time          station#  depth[m]      exp.bw            Bm1   Bm2   Bm3   Bm4

04/07/29                17:03:03.13          25           52                           7750      4398        4095      6801       5882

04/07/30                17:11:56.62          28           142                         7750      4208       3795       6922       5721

04/07/31                19:07:58.28          29/30      270                         7750      4350       4000        6811      5646

04/08/01                08:24:56.53          30           3850                       7750      4320       3902       6769       5747

04/08/01                20:25:09.86          30           3810                       7750      4229       3837       6884       5732

04/08/04                19:52:51.65          32           2124                       7750      4387       4028       6797       5834

04/08/05                10:40:57.12          33           925                         7750      4386       4069       6970       5745

04/08/05                22:03:49.73           33          925                         7750      4704       4530       6710       5701

04/08/07                05:17:43.05          35           1914                       7750      4553        4303      6812       5754

04/08/07                20:06:18.10          35           1914                       7500      4487       4233       6785       5720

04/08/08                11:22:41.44          36           2905                       7750      2899       2768       4194       4005

04/08/09                18:18:28.82          37           3761                       7750      4551       4273       6819       5578

04/08/10                19:38:11.87          38           49                           7750      4285       4041       7006       5531

04/08/12                22:10:28.26          46           298                         7500      4429       4050       6983       5912

04/08/14                16:22:45.83          48           1077                       7750      4583       4280       6890       5716

04/08/15                20:19:11.86          49           1938                       7750      4551       4290       6897       5600

04/08/16                23:19:42.73          51           3668                       7750      4302       3921       6801       5816

04/08/17                17:54:08.66          51           3668                       7750      4347       3988       6803       5735

04/08/18                19:34:31.32          52           3760                       7750      4525       4262       6918       5578

04/08/19                18:46:43.52          54           2110                       7750      4486       4178       6817       5586

04/08/20                20:59:09.33          55           1135                       7750      4227       3804       6888       5715

04/08/21                16:24:04.08          55           1135                       7750      4369       3975       6854       5771

04/08/22                19:26:42.46          57/58      250                         7750      4394       4119       6603       5538

04/08/24                01:48:21.93          60           52                           7750      4570       4357       6965       5706

 

List of files:

All files have the convention to start with hly04-03-osxxx_yyyyyy.zzz (or HLY04-03-bxxx_yyyyyy.zzz) where xxx are numerical file designation for a single configuration that may consist of yyyyyy separate files. zzz is the file extension, e.g. ENR for single-ping raw, N1R for P-code GPS, and N2R for Ashtech GPS data. For processing purposes the file number was kept in sequence although raw data file numbers go from 001 to 071 which includes empty files caused by the COM-Port troubles and the automatic setting to advance to the next file number. In the list the file number, the ensemble numbers, start and end date, time and position and the hours of the data collection in that file are given. All times are UTC, longitudes are in decimal degrees West and latitudes are in decimal degrees North.

 

OS75:

                                                start of file                               end of file

 file#     #ens                 date  time lat    lon                     date  time  lat    lon      hrs

  010        26308                      | 719  5:14  64.56 166.67                        | 719 19:51 65.70 168.71 | 14.6

  011        35893                      | 719 20:41 65.71 168.76                        | 720 16:37 67.36 168.90 | 19.9

  012        45083                      | 720 16:43 67.36 168.90                        | 721 17:45 69.95 164.41 | 25.0

  013        28746                      | 721 17:51 69.95 164.41                        | 722 16:35 71.07 159.43 | 22.7

  014        29412                      | 722 16:41 71.07 159.43                        | 723 15:55 71.45 157.19 | 23.2

  015         24033                     | 723 16:00 71.45 157.18                        | 724 11:03 71.58 155.62 | 19.1

  016        52293                      | 724 11:07 71.58 155.62                        | 725 16:38 71.92 154.90 | 29.5

  017        19754                      | 725 16:48 71.93 154.90                        | 726 16:22 71.93 154.82 | 23.6

  018        24261                      | 726 16:27 71.93 154.82                        | 727 18:54 72.01 154.69 | 26.4

  019         5542                       | 727 19:02 72.01 154.70                        | 727 22:10 71.99 154.79 |  3.1

  020        3024                        | 727 22:11 71.99 154.79                        | 727 23:52 71.97 155.09 |  1.7

  021        16992                      | 727 23:55 71.97 155.09                        | 728 15:56 72.29 154.28 | 16.0

  022        13789                      | 728 16:02 72.29 154.29                        | 728 23:42 71.64 153.15 |  7.7

  023         3287                       | 728 23:43 71.64 153.15                        | 729  2:20 71.29 152.68  |  2.6

  024        21543                      | 729  2:21 71.29  152.67                        | 729 16:57 71.31 152.57 | 14.6

  025        35455                      | 729 17:05 71.31 152.56                        | 730 17:06 71.54 152.42 | 24.0

  026        19791                      | 730 17:16 71.54 152.42                        | 731 16:55 71.61 152.41 | 23.7

  027        10921                      | 731 19:11 71.58 152.41                        | 801  8:23  72.59 151.91 | 13.2

  028        14064                      | 801  8:27 72.59  151.91                        | 801 20:20 72.51 152.17 | 11.9

  029        24239                      | 801 21:44 72.50 152.20                        | 802 18:13 72.42 152.05 | 20.5

  030        31943                      | 802 19:52 72.42 152.08                        | 803 22:54 71.98 152.13 | 27.0

  031        31943                      | 802 19:52 72.42 152.08                        | 804 19:48   0.00    0.00  | 47.9

  032        31943                      | 802 19:52 72.42 152.08                        | 805 10:28   0.00     0.00 | 62.6

  033        13305                      | 805 10:43 71.71 152.18                        | 805 21:59 71.64 152.22 | 11.3

  034        22293                      | 805 22:07 71.64 152.22                        | 807  5:13 72.18  153.93 | 31.1

  035        17375                      | 807  5:20 72.17 153.93                         | 807 20:02 72.14 154.12 | 14.7

  036        17738                      | 807 20:09 72.14 154.13                        | 808 11:10 72.48 153.39 | 15.0

  037        36413                      | 808 11:26 72.47 153.40                        | 809 18:14 72.77 152.84 | 30.8

  038        27615                      | 809 18:21 72.77 152.84                        | 810 17:42 72.20 159.11 | 23.3

  039        2458                        | 810 17:48 72.19 159.11                        | 810 19:10 72.18 159.08 |  1.4

  040        18261                      | 810 19:41 72.17 159.08                        | 811  5:50 72.56  158.79 | 10.1

  041        18194                      | 811  5:52 72.56  158.79                        | 811 18:11 72.63 158.43 | 12.3

  042        28511                      | 811 18:18 72.62 158.43                        | 812 22:06 72.78 158.36 | 27.8

  043        14934                      | 812 22:13 72.78 158.36                        | 813 18:28 72.79 158.38 | 20.2

  044        32851                      | 814 16:27 72.90 158.40                        | 815 20:14 72.99 158.22 | 27.8

  046        31760                      | 815 20:22 72.99 158.22                        | 816 23:15 73.80 156.73 | 26.9

  047        21839                      | 816 23:22 73.80 156.73                        | 817 17:50 73.78 156.78 | 18.5

  048        29852                      | 817 17:58 73.78 156.78                        | 818 19:11 73.93 157.84 | 25.2

  049        27222                      | 818 19:38 73.93 157.83                        | 819 18:39 73.52 159.50 | 23.0

  050        30856                      | 819 18:49 73.52 159.50                        | 820 20:55 73.29 160.07 | 26.1

  051        15977                      | 820 21:03 73.29 160.07                        | 821 16:19 73.29 160.18 | 19.3

  052        19436                      | 821 16:27 73.29 160.19                        | 822 19:08 73.15 160.43 | 26.7

  053         9244                       | 822 19:29 73.12 160.47                        | 823  5:56 73.10 160.50 | 10.4

  054        25169                      | 823  6:00 73.10  160.50                        | 824  1:44 72.74 161.30 | 19.7

 

 

BB153:

                                                start of file                               end of file

 file#     #ens                 date  time lat    lon                     date  time  lat    lon      hrs

  000       20921                      | 719  4:55 64.57 166.65                         | 719 20:18 65.70 168.69 | 15.4

  001        27211                      | 719 20:27 65.70 168.72                        | 720 16:29 67.37 168.90 | 20.0

  002        33280                      | 720 16:35 67.36 168.90                        | 721 17:03 69.95 164.41 | 24.5

  002        33280                      | 720 16:35 67.36 168.90                        | 721 17:03 69.95 164.41 | 24.5

  003        31746                      | 721 17:08 69.95 164.41                        | 722 16:26 71.07 159.44 | 23.3

  004        31693                      | 722 16:32 71.07 159.44                        | 723 15:49 71.45 157.19 | 23.3

  005        25969                      | 723 15:54 71.45 157.19                        | 724 11:02 71.58 155.63 | 19.1

  006        53536                      | 724 11:05 71.58 155.62                        | 725 16:52 71.93 154.90 | 29.8

  007        37077                      | 725 16:58 71.93 154.89                        | 726 16:17 71.93 154.82 | 23.3

  008        44478                      | 726 16:21 71.93 154.82                        | 727 18:44 72.01 154.69 | 26.4

  009        38104                      | 727 18:49 72.01 154.69                        | 728 16:03 72.29 154.29 | 21.2

  010        13483                      | 728 16:08 72.29 154.30                        | 728 23:38 71.66 153.17 |  7.5

  011        23048                      | 728 23:39 71.65 153.17                        | 729 16:35 71.31 152.57 | 16.9

  012        33288                      | 729 16:54 71.31 152.57                        | 730 17:20 71.55 152.42 | 24.4

  013        37857                      | 730 17:25 71.55 152.42                        | 731 21:47 71.72 152.24 | 28.4

  014        40079                      | 731 21:52 71.73 152.23                        | 801 20:14 72.51 152.17 | 22.4

  015        39225                      | 801 20:19 72.51 152.17                        | 802 18:07 72.42 152.05 | 21.8

  016        51887                      | 802 18:12 72.42 152.05                        | 803 23:07 71.98 152.13 | 28.9

  017        37229                      | 803 23:10 71.98 152.13                        | 804 19:56 71.97 152.21 | 20.8

  018        46003                      | 804 20:02 71.97 152.21                        | 805 21:42 71.64 152.21 | 25.7

  019        52236                      | 805 21:47 71.64 152.21                        | 807   5:04 72.18 153.92 | 31.3

  020        26426                      | 807   5:11 72.18 153.93                        | 807 19:57 72.14 154.12 | 14.8

  021        27197                      | 807 20:02 72.14 154.12                        | 808 11:10 72.48 153.39 | 15.1

  022        54832                      | 808 11:33 72.47 153.41                        | 809 18:03 72.77 152.85 | 30.5

  023        42452                      | 809 18:12 72.77 152.84                        | 810 17:49 72.19 159.11 | 23.6

  024        33327                      | 810 17:52 72.19 159.11                        | 811 18:20 72.62 158.43 | 24.5

  025        34600                      | 811 18:24 72.62 158.43                        | 812 19:50 72.75 158.44 | 25.4

  026        27755                      | 812 19:54 72.75 158.44                        | 813 18:21 72.79 158.38 | 22.5

  027        28795                      | 813 18:26 72.79 158.38                        | 814 16:09 72.91 158.40 | 21.7

  028        49967                      | 814 16:16 72.91 158.40                        | 815 20:07 72.99 158.22 | 27.9

  029        48807                      | 815 20:13 72.99 158.22                        | 816 23:25 73.80 156.73 | 27.2

  030        32750                      | 816 23:30 73.80 156.73                        | 817 17:43 73.78 156.78 | 18.2

  031        46408                      | 817 17:49 73.78 156.78                        | 818 19:39 73.93 157.83 | 25.8

  032        40992                      | 818 19:46 73.92 157.82                        | 819 18:33 73.52 159.50 | 22.8

  033        47021                      | 819 18:38 73.52 159.50                        | 820 20:47 73.29 160.08 | 26.2

  034        34152                      | 820 20:54 73.29 160.07                        | 821 16:14 73.29 160.18 | 19.3

  035        43964                      | 821 16:19 73.29 160.18                        | 822 19:00 73.15 160.42 | 26.7

  036        29671                      | 822 19:07 73.15 160.43                        | 823 16:58 73.06 160.86 | 21.9

 

 

 

Elog entries for OS75 and BB153:

The following is a copy of the elog entries for the ADCP75 and the ADCP150, mostly concerning errors and malfunctions that were documented for this cruise.

 

 

  Healy Science System Logs, all entries 

 

 

Start date:

07/19/04

End date:

08/28/04

System:

ADCP (75khz)

ID

Date

System

Type

  953  

Mon Jul 19 07:50:16 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

Started ADCP75 @ about 5:15 am

  982  

Thu Jul 22 00:27:02 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

Message†"ADCP†timeout;†check†communication†and†power†cables!"†occured. 
Data collection is continuing since data is still be recorded.

  991  

Thu Jul 22 18:36:52 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed config file to UD75_mid.txt, narrowband only up to 300 m plus bottom track 
to 400 m

  1031  

Sat Jul 24 21:37:07 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed configuration file to UD75_deep.txt before heading out to deeper stations.

  1045  

Sun Jul 25 18:37:43 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed bottom tracking to BX10000 1000 m when computer was rebooted.

  1062  

Tue Jul 27 20:13:47 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Turned off bottom tracking because of getting into too deep waters.

  1066  

Wed Jul 28 16:43:51 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Set up UD75_deep.txt configuration file for the deep water:
30 bins, 15 meter bin size, no bottom tracking

  1073  

Thu Jul 29 00:03:46 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed configuration file to UD75_shallow (interleaved pinging) for 
shallow water with bottom tracking.

  1099  

Sat Jul 31 19:38:15 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunct-Resolution 

 ADCP75 locked up at approx. 17:26pm. After approximately 30 minutes of trying to 
figure out why there were no com ports except com1, determined it had to be a 
problem with the quattro quad com port itself. When initially checking the cables I 
found that the board and port extension were lose in the case. 
 
 I shutdown the computer and put it on the bench. Secured card as best I could, it 
could be better in a different computer or case. Put the unit back in service with the 
same com port settings as ADCP150. Unit is up and operating at approximately 
19:00. 
 
 --dmh

  1106  

Sun Aug 1 21:56:17 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

 2015 GMT After ADCP operator rebooted machine to initialize for another day of 
logging an error was displayed regarding RDH input. Apparently one of the com 
ports on the lava quattro card was no longer being displayed. 
 
 I attempted to reset the machine twice. There wasn't much in the way of diagnostics 
to follow. All serial ports showed up in device manager as operational. There was an 
error in the event log regarding a serial mouse (which is not installed) and then 
immediately afterwards there was an entry from the lava board regarding a serial 
hardware error and shutting down the serial device.
 
 I uninstalled the bogus serial mouse from device manager and shutdown and 
restarted the machine. The ADCP appears to be pinging again and collecting data. 
2145GMT.
 
--dmh

  1114  

Mon Aug 2 21:33:28 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1810 UTC shut down computer as daily routine but when starting BBTalk or VMDas 
not all COM-Ports showed up. A serial mouse that doesn't exist appeared again, 
which might cause trouble with the COM-Ports. Eventually deinstalled Lava Quattro 
Card and installed a brand new one. The serial mouse showed up again but all 
COM-Ports were found and the instrument is collecting data again at 1950 UTC.

  1124  

Tue Aug 3 23:41:00 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

1055 UTC shut down computer and restarted. All COM-Ports immediately found, no 
serial mouse appeared, shut down again as a test, this time the serial mouse 
appeared again, but disabled. All Com-Ports found and system is running again 
collecting data. 
 
What was done: Sysadmin modified the boot.ini file in c:\ to have the switch /noserialmice 
which will keep the OS from scanning the serial ports for an attached mouse. The OS was 
becoming confused with the nav inputs and thought one of them was a serial mouse.
 
 --dmh

  1134  

Thu Aug 5 11:19:18 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1030 UTC
ADCP just shut down....screen froze, ctrl+alt+dlt didn't help, so turned the computer 
off completely, started again,  ran prognostic test and started data collection again.

  1143  

Thu Aug 5 22:24:37 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

While trying to process data starting 08/02/2004 ~1930 UTC, I realized a switch in 
the COM-Ports, that data in the .N1R was supposed to be in the .N2R file and vice 
versa. This meant that the NAV Port referred to COM 9 instead of 8 and the RPH Port 
referred to COM 8 instead of 9.
In the future the COM Ports need to be checked in BBTalk prior to starting VMDas to 
know which COM-Port is which.
This switch occured after installing the new Lava Quattro Card, hopefully the ports 
won't switch around in the future but one needs to keep an eye on them (also to be 
sure to have the right data in the right file).

  1171  

Sun Aug 8 11:41:48 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1115 UTC
Computer shut down and rebooted by itself (no idea why) but started in 
Windows 2000 mode instead of Windows 2000 Professional...so I restarted it 
with ctrl+alt+dlt. System seems to be working since then, ran a diagnostic 
test before starting data aquisition and checked COM-Ports. Started VMDas 
and data aquisition. 

  1183  

Mon Aug 9 22:35:57 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

Every time data is transferred to a USB stick (for transfer to a Mac PowerBook and 
processing), the messages :
 
NMEA [RPH or NAV]: serial buffer full: storing 300 bytes without processing
NMEA [RPH or NAV]: serial buffer level ok
 
occur in the .LOG-file (not only once) which then gets big really fast.  
 
BR

  1202  

Tue Aug 10 19:52:12 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1915 UTC
System locked up, screen frozen, did a hard reboor, because ctrl+alt+dlt didn't help, when getting 
to the point to press ctrl+alt+dlt to type in password Windows just rebooted again on its own, 
then it worked.
BR

  1212  

Wed Aug 11 18:33:10 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

1800 UTC
Rebooted computer, message appeared 'computer has installed new devices'.
In the device manager the Microsoft Serial Ball Point Mouse appeared twice, once disabled (as 
before) and once with the note 'device cannot start'.
COM-Ports seem all to work ok and haven't switches as checked in BBTalk. So far no negative 
effect.
BR

  1213  

Wed Aug 11 18:34:56 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

Created new config-file to continue interleaved pinging with 4 meter braodband bin size and 8 
meter narrowband bin size...adjust to the depth.
1800 UTC
applied new Config-file

  1276  

Wed Aug 18 19:51:14 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1911 UTC
System just locked up, ctrl+alt+dlt didn't help, so I did a hard reboot, ran diagnostic 
test and everything is running again.
BR

  1282  

Thu Aug 19 20:02:31 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

1840 UTC
rebooted computer as daily routine, started BBTalk but only COM1,7,9 appeared, so 
COM 8 was missing. Checked the devices in computer manager and two serial mice 
appeared of which one wasn't disabled. So I rebooted the computer again and all 
COM-Ports showed up and only one disabled serial mouse is found in the device 
manager (besides the regular mouse that the computer is using). Data collection 
was started and is working.
BR

  1305  

Sun Aug 22 20:42:26 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Comment/Event 

1900 UTC
.LOG-file for the last collecting file hly04-03-os065 got huge (145 KB instead of <10 
KB) because of NMEA [RPH] communication timeout between 22:27 and 16:57.
Data was collected and saved the normal way.
BR

  1307  

Sun Aug 22 20:50:12 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1900 UTC
Rebooted machine as daily routine, one COM-Port (number 8) was missing after the 
reboot and two serial mice appeared again, one disabled, one not. Rebooted again, 
which got rid of the second mouse the last time this occured, but again one COM-
Port was missing. Tried the same two more times without success, the COM-Port 
was still missing and two mice showed up.
I rebooted one last time before wanting to call for help, and that time all COM-Ports 
showed up and only one disabled serial mouse appeared.
Data is collected since then.
BR

  1326  

Wed Aug 25 00:48:12 2004

ADCP (75khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

00:45 UTC
ADCP75 locked up, had to do a hard reboot, because ctrl+alt+dlt didn't help. Started 
machine and it it collecting data again.
BR 

 

  Healy Science System Logs, all entries 

 

 

Start date:

07/19/04

End date:

08/28/04

System:

ADCP (150khz)

ID

Date

System

Type

  952  

Mon Jul 19 07:49:18 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Comment/Event 

Started ADCP150 @ about 4:30am 

  958  

Mon Jul 19 17:33:37 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

Message "ADCP timeout; check communication and power cables!" occured.
Data collection is continuing since data is still be recorded.

  981  

Thu Jul 22 00:26:30 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

Message†"ADCP†timeout;†check†communication†and†power†cables!"†occurs on 
regular basis. 
Data†collection†is†continuing†since†data†is†still†be†recorded.

  983  

Thu Jul 22 00:27:28 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

Message†"ADCP†timeout;†check†communication†and†power†cables!"†occurs on 
regular basis. 
Data†collection†is†continuing†since†data†is†still†be†recorded.

  1030  

Sat Jul 24 21:36:11 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed configuration file to UD153_dafault_no_bt.txt before heading out to deeper 
stations.

  1044  

Sun Jul 25 18:37:08 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed bottom tracking to BX10000 1000 m when computer was rebooted.

  1061  

Tue Jul 27 20:13:21 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Turned off bottom tracking because of getting into too deep waters.

  1072  

Thu Jul 29 00:02:53 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Operational Adjustment 

Changed configuration file to UD150_default for shallow water with bottom 
tracking.

  1170  

Sun Aug 8 11:38:38 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

1115 UTC
Computer shut down and rebooted by itself but hung up before the entry of 
the password...keyboard and mouse didn't respond, ctrl+alt+dlt did not work 
so I had to do a hard reboot, shut the machine off and turn it on again. 
System seems to be working since then, ran a diagnostic test before 
starting data aquisition.

  1184  

Mon Aug 9 22:38:28 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Error/Bug/Malfunction 

While rebooting the computer at 1800 UTC the system hung up at the point where 
you usually have to type in the password. So just a hard reboot helped, after that 
everything worked fine.
 
BR 

  1249  

Mon Aug 16 00:13:14 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Comment/Event 

"ADCP timeout; check communication and power cables"
appears frequently since rebooting the machine this morning, but data is collected 
the usual way.

  1306  

Sun Aug 22 20:43:34 2004

ADCP (150khz) 

Comment/Event 

1900 UTC
.LOG-file for the last collecting file HLY04-03-b035 got huge (149 KB instead of <10 
KB) because of NMEA [RPH] communication timeout between 22:37 and 16:57.
Data was collected and saved the normal way.
BR

 

3. Chlorophyll: Lead PI, Dean Stockwell

 

Chlorophyll samples have been collected from 56 service casts and 28 productivity casts covering the 60 stations occupied. Six to ten depths per cast have been sampled and processed.  In addition, samples have been processed from 1 bio-optical station and 14 samples have been analyzed for underway analysis (Sharon Smith) and 3 samples for Karl Kaiser.  Data entry into the JOSS data server has been made following quality control checks on spreadsheet information.  Highest chlorophyll concentrations to date (32.9 mg Chl/l) occurred at BC1, 14 meters depth.  Values approaching 25 mg Chl/l were found at the chlorophyll maximum at station West Hanna Shoal 2.

 

4. Primary Production,  Bio-optics, and Remote Sensing of Ocean Color:

David Ruble onboard lead; Victoria Hill and Xiaoju Pan: on-board team members

 

Objectives

 

Characterization of bio-optical properties, the development of relationships between biological properties of the water column and optical measurements. Collection of validation points for SeaWiFS and MODIS.

 

Observations

 

Measurement of primary productivity using c14 and nutrient uptake (nitrate and ammonium) experiments at 6 light depths (100%, 50%, 30%, 15%, 5%, 1%). Discrete optical measurements of absorption of particulate and soluble material, continuous profile measurements of absorption, attenuation, backscatter, upwelling radiance, and downwelling irradiance. Samples filtered for later analysis of total suspended material and pigments (HPLC). Surface measurement of incidence irradiance and surface reflectance, sunphotometer and ozone.

 

Progress

 

With all equipment still set up from the spring cruise we were able to begin sampling by HV1. Productivity and optics measurements were taken on all Barrow Canyon, East Barrow and East Hanna Shoal stations. A few passive optics measurements have been taken in conjunction with clear skies and we are hopeful that this will yield satellite validation points.

 

Experimental Observations

 

Experimental observations have included primary production as well as nutrient uptake. The new uncontaminated seawater system has been working well and temperatures in the incubators are within 1oC of ambient seawater. High productivity indications have been found at the head of Barrow Canyon in parallel with oxygen supersaturation. Samples for cell count analysis have been taken from the surface and subsurface chlorophyll maximum at experiment and optical stations.

 

 Date

SBI

Station 

Secchi

(m)

HPLC

Cell counts

Primary

Production

15NO3

15NH4

07/20/04

06 HV1

14.0

+

+

+

+

+

07/21/04

08 ACW2

10.5

+

+

+

+

+

07/22/04

14 BC1

8.3

+

+

+

+

+

07/23/04

15 BC2

9.8

+

+

+

+

+

07/24/04

21 BC3

9.6

+

+

+

+

+

07/26/04

22 BC4

12.9

+

+

+

+

+

07/27/04

23 BC5

15.3

+

+

+

+

+

07/28/04

24 BC6

17.7

+

+

+

+

+

07/29/04

25 EB1

5.4

+

+

+

+

+

07/30/04

28 EB2.2

7.5

+

+

+

+

+

08/01/04

30 EB8

40.5

+

+

+

+

+

08/02/04

31 EB7

35.6

+

+

+

+

+

08/03/04

32 EB6

12.0

+

+

+

+

+

08/05/04

33 EB5

10.0

+

+

+

+

+

08/06/04

34 EB4

9.6

+

+

+

+

+

08/07/04

35 BC6

12.5

+

+

+

+

+

08/08/04

36 BC7

13.1

+

+

+

+

+

08/09/04

37 BC8

36.5

+

+

+

+

+

08/10/04

3? EHS1

12.0

+

+

+

+

+

08/11/04

42 EHS4

22.9

+

+

+

+

+

08/12/04

44 EHS5

23.3

+

+

+

+

+

08/13/04

47 EHS6

18.7

+

+

+

+

+

08/14/04

48 EHS7

22.3

+

+

+

+

+

08/15/04

49 EHS9

22.7

+

+

+

+

+

08/16/04

50 EHS11

18.9

+

+

+

+

+

08/17/04

51 EHS12

30.6

+

+

+

+

+

08/19/04

54 WHS6

22.2

+

+

+

+

+

08/21/04

55 WHS5

17.7

+

+

+

+

+

08/22/04

57 WHS3.1

17.8

+

+

+

+

+

08/23/04

59 WHS2

19.7

+

+

+

+

+

 

Additional phytoplankton pigment (HPLC) samples were taken at the high-resolution lines crossing Barrow Canyon, as well as normal optical stations.

 

Optical Observations

 

Active optical observations have been very successful. Discrete absorption spectra of particulate and soluble material have been made to compare with the active profiles.  Clear skies for the first third of the cruise have enabled good measurements of surface optics (SO) and passive optics (PO) as well as sun photometery. Problems with the Satlantic hyperpro in the second half of the cruise have necessitated the use of the old passive profiler on several of the stations.

 

 

 

 

 

SfcOpt

Sun

PassOpt

ActOpt

ActOpt

ORCA

Station #

SBI Station #

Secchi depth

Water

Depth

SAS

Micro

Tops

Pro/Ref

AC9

HS6

200407201

06 HV1

14.0

53

+

 

+

+

+

200407211

08 ACW2

10.5

33

+

+

+

+

+

200407221

14 BC1

8.3

77

+

+

+

+

+

200407231

15 BC2

9.8

131

+

 

+

+

+

200407241

21 BC3

9.6

204

 

 

+

+

+

200407261

22 BC4

12.9

426

+

+

+

+

+

200407271

23 BC5

15.3

809

 

 

 

+

+

200407281

24 BC6

17.7

2200

+

 

+

+

+

200407291

25 EB1

5.4

56

+

 

 

+

+

200407301

28 EB2.2

7.5

145

+

 

+

+

+

200408011

30 EB8

40.5

3728

+

 

+

+

+

200408021

31 EB7

35.6

3373

 

 

+

+

+

200408031

32 EB6

12.0

2208

+

 

+

+

+

200408051

33 EB5

10.0

1432

+

 

 

+

+

200408061

34 EB4

9.6

481

+

 

+

+

+

200408071

35 BC6

12.5

1762

+

 

+

+

+

200408081

36 BC7

13.1

2837

 

 

+

+

+

200408091

37 BC8

36.5