basin trans atlantic cruise with rv go sars euro-basin cruise planning meeting 29-30 september,...
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BASIN trans Atlantic cruise with RV GO Sars
EURO-BASIN cruise planning meeting 29-30 September, London
Geir Huse & Webjørn Melle
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Overall research questionsEcosystem structure and functioning: How are ocean basins in the North Atlantic structured and, what are the key drivers affecting them?
Comparative approach: What are the commonalities and differences in the structure and functioning of the Subpolar gyre, the Labrador, Irminger and Nordic Seas?
Connectivity: What are the major oceanographic and biological interconnections between these basins?
Ecosystem effects of climate variability and change: How is the distribution of water masses in the different basins and how does it affect the species distribution?
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
The RV GO Sars
25 berths available
Tentative survey datesLeg 1 – Bergen – St John’sTime: 1 May-30 June 2013.Departure Bergen: 1 May a.m.Arrival St. John’s: 1 June a.m.PI: Webjørn Melle, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
Leg 2 - St John’s - BergenTime: 4 June-30 June 2013.Departure St. John’s: 4 June a.m. Arrival Bergen: 30 June a.m.PI: Leif Nøttestad, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Key sites – leg 1
Norwegian Sea
Icelandic Sea
Irminger Sea
Labrador Sea
Key sites – leg 2
Norwegian Sea
Icelandic Sea
Irminger Sea
Labrador Sea
Work content1. Continuous acoustic mapping of pelagic nekton and
zooplankton with keel based and towed platforms2. Station sampling with:
• Trawls• Plankton nets• Acoustics/optics
3. Onboard process studies of zooplankton4. Opportunistic sampling (by large midwater trawl)5. Seabird and cetacean studies.
1. Sightings, and if possible tagging.2. Passive acoustics
• Active acoustics for ecological and predator-prey interactions
• Physical oceanography• CTD, ADCP• Bathymetry mapping.
• Conceptual ecosystem modelling.
Platform Instruments, sensors and software Vessel acoustics
EK60 –6 frequencies Multi-beam EM300 EM1002 Sonar SP70 Sonar SM2000 Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), 75 and 150 kHz LADCP – ADCP on CTD Acoustic target strength transducer Temperature, salinity, oxygen and fluorescence (surface sensors) Topas – parametric sonar
Towed systems MESSOR (EK 60 – 7 frequencies, OPC,++) WEBJØRN?? MUST (EK 60 – 7 frequencies, OPC,++)
Sampling equipment
Big pelagic trawl (Multpelt) to be used for opportunistic sampling of particular targets located acoustically Medium-sized pelagic trawl for routine use (Åkratrål) equipped with multisampler to sample 3 depth strata (3 cod-ends in one tow) Multinet (for sampling mesozooplankton) Macrozooplankton trawl (for sampling large zoopl. and micronekton) Scantrol Deepview: Continuous undulating automatic identification of pelagic resources in trawl
Trawl instrumentation
Scanmar Catch Control systems – height, distance, speed, trawl eye. ITI - Trawl sonar Cameras and housing for use on trawls
Software
LSSS ER60 Korona OASIS – abundance estimation software and vizualisation tool OLEX GNAV
Longline Baited long lines will be used to sample large pelagic piscivorous fish Litter sampling?? Underwater filming
Opportunistic underwater filming and still photos for both scientific and outreach purposes
The most important technologies available on GO Sars
MUST and MESSOR
Mulitfrq. Acoustics, VPR, L-OPC, F-CTD...
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
CRUISE Campaigns 2012-2013 (updated Aug 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, www.euro-basin.eu
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
as listed in POGO-SCOR & EUROFLEETS Cruise Databases
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson, MRI, Iceland
Maria S. Meriam, DFG
Meteor, DFG
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson
James Cook, NOC, UK
CRUISE Campaigns 2012-2013 (updated Aug 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, www.euro-basin.eu
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
as listed in POGO-SCOR & EUROFLEETS Cruise Databases
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson, MRI, Iceland
Maria S. Meriam, DFG
Meteor, DFG
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson
James Cook, NOC, UK
CRUISE Campaigns 2012-2013 (updated Aug 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, www.euro-basin.eu
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
as listed in POGO-SCOR & EUROFLEETS Cruise Databases
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson, MRI, Iceland
Maria S. Meriam, DFG
Meteor, DFG
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(potential contribution)
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson
James Cook, NOC, UK