University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System ~UNOLS ~

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1 University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System ~UNOLS ~ A presentation by Tim Askew at the Fourth International Port Meteorological Officer Conference (PMO-IV) Support to Global Ocean Observations using Ship Logistics December 2010

2 UNOLS and the Academic Research Fleet History the Early Days UNOLS is formed the organization The Academic Research Fleet National Oceanographic Facilities Science at Sea 2009/2010 Fleet Operations The Future

3 The Early Days HMS Challenger, 1870s Atlantis, Copyright, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

4 UNOLS in a Nutshell UNOLS: Founded in 1971with 33 ships operated by 17 laboratories UNOLS today is an organization of 60 U.S. institutions with ocean science programs 16 of the UNOLS institutions are facility operators that include: 21 Research vessels, a National Deep Submergence Facility, a National Oceanographic Aircraft Facility, and a National Oceanographic Seismic Facility. Facilities are either owned by one of the Federal agencies or by individual institutions. Elected Council & 8 major committees (volunteers) UNOLS Office

5 UNOLS MEMBERSHIP

6 UNOLS Goals UNOLS is a coordinator or facilitator of community-wide efforts with these goals: Promote broad, coordinated access to oceanographic research facilities Support continuous improvement of existing facilities Plan for and foster support for the oceanographic facilities of the future

7 UNOLS: Council, Committees, and Federal Sponsors UNOLS Member Institutions Oceanographic Community Supporting Federal Agencies Navy (ONR), NSF, NOAA, USGS, MMS UNOLS Office UNOLS Council UNOLS Ship and Facility Operators Research Vessels, Aircraft, Submersibles Ship Scheduling Committee (SSC) Research Vessel Operators Committee (RVOC) Research Vessel Technical Enhancement Committee (RVTEC) Fleet Improvement Committee (FIC) Arctic Icebreaker Coordinating Committee (AICC) DEep Submergence Science Committee (DESSC) Scientific Committee for Oceanographic Aircraft Research (SCOAR) Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee (MLSOC) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar Icebreakers (Healy, Polar Star, Polar Sea) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) NDSF Alvin, Jason, AUV Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) CIRPAS Twin Otter and Pelican Aircraft Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) R/V Marcus Langseth

8 Science Investigators and the Fleet Science Ideas Other NOAA Final Scheds Ship Time Requests Navy NSF Sched Mtgs Draft Scheds Proposal Peer And Program Review UNOLS Scheduling Process Operator Ship Proposals Federal Agencies & Other Sponsors $ Science goes to Sea!

9 The UNOLS Fleet 2010 SHIP/CLASS Operator Owner BUILT Conv/Mid-Life LOA m (ft) Science Berths Global Class Melville SIO NAVY (279) Knorr WHOI NAVY (279) Thomas G. Thompson UWASH NAVY (274) Roger Revelle SIO NAVY (274) Atlantis WHOI NAVY (274) Marcus G. Langseth LDEO NSF (235) Ocean Class Kilo Moana UHAWAII NAVY (186) 29 8 Intermediate Class Wecoma OSU NSF (185) Endeavor URI NSF (184) Oceanus WHOI NSF (177) New Horizon SIO SIO (170) Regional Class Point Sur MLML NSF (135) Cape Hatteras DUKE NSF (135) Atlantic Explorer BIOS BIOS (168) Regional/Coastal Class Robert Gordon Sproul SIO SIO (125) Pelican LUMCON LUMCON (105) Walton Smith UMIAMI UMIAMI (96) Hugh R. Sharp UDEL UDEL (146) 14 5 Local Class Savannah SKID/UG SKID/UG (92) 19 9 Blue Heron UMINN UMINN (86) 6 25 Clifford Barnes UWASH NSF (66) 6 44 Ship Age

10 Global Class Marcus G. Langseth Atlantis Knorr Roger Revelle Melville Thomas G. Thompson

11 Ocean Class Kilo Moana

12 Intermediate Class Wecoma Endeavor Oceanus New Horizon

13 Regional Class Atlantic Explorer Point Sur Cape Hatteras

14 Regional/Coastal Class Pelican Robert Gordon Sproul F.G. Walton Smith Hugh R. Sharp

15 Local Class Clifford A. Barnes Blue Heron Savannah

16 National Deep Submergence Facility AUV Sentry DSRV Alvin (Photo credit: WHOI) ROV Jason II (Photo credit: WHOI

17 Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies Pelican OPV ( Photo credit: UV 18a Twin Otter

18 Seismic Vessel: R/V Marcus G. Langseth Photo credit: Mutter, J. C., S. Carbotte, M. Nedimovic, J. P. Canales, and H. Carton (2009), Seismic imaging in three dimensions on the East Pacific Rise, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(42), The starboard paravane about to enter the water. The paravanes permit the streamers and other towed equipment to be widely separated.

19 USCG Healy USCG Icebreakers

20 FLIP

21 From: UNOLS Fleet Improvement Plan, 2009 ( UNOLS Ship Requests

22 Collecting Water and Taking Measurements

23 Water Sampling Then and Now 1950 s, Down to the Sea for Science CTD work aboard Endeavor (Photo courtesy of Sam DeBow)

24 Rock Sampling

25 Collecting Mud

26 A piston corer that contains 24 feet of samples from the upper seafloor sediments

27 Mooring Deployment

28 Towing nets

29 Sediment Trap

30 Shipboard Laboratories Then and Now Computer Lab

31 Studying the Mud

32 In the Lab

33 Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin

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35 Collecting Samples from ALVIN

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37 Cup Crushing!

38 ROV Jason

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40 Specimens from the deep

41 Rocks from the Seafloor

42 Zoarcid Fish

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47 Life Aboard a Ship

48 Staterooms

49 Exercising and Games

50 Rough Seas

51 More Rough Seas

52 Where are the ships in 2010?

53 Nereus: Mariana Trench Nereus at launch (photo credit: WHOI) Collecting sediment from the bottom of the Mariana Trench (photo credit: WHOI) There are lots of videos here: if you want to show them.

54 Photos from HOT webpage:

55 Long Core Long core being deployed off the Knorr (photo credit: WHOI) The 150 ft long core barrel (photo credit: WHOI) Recovered sediment (photo credit: WHOI)

56 California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) New Horizon Launching the work boat Rough Seas Multicorer Manta recovery All photos from the CalCOFI website: media/ccphots.html

57 R/V Endeavor Haiti Cruise Group shot on Haiti cruise Sam debriefing Photos courtesy of Sam Debow

58 Chile Cruise - Melville Science party ( cruise blog) Melville credit: SIO/UCSD Ship Tracking Map from epicenter circled.

59 GOM Oil Spill - Pelican Vernon Asper, UNOLS Chair Vernon Asper onboard the Pelican assessing the oil spill (photo: PRIs The World, 10/05/13/impact of oil spillon marine life/) The Pelican in the Gulf of Mexico (photo: PRIs The World, of oil spill onmarine life/)

60 The Future

61 New Research Vessels R/V Sikuliaq: Sikuliaq is an Inupiaq name meaning "young sea ice" or "young sea ice that is safe to walk on." The Navy has recently awarded contracts for the design and construction of two new Ocean Class ships.

62 UNOLS 2010 Goal - GREEN SHIPS AND BLUE WATERS GREENING THE UNOLS FLEET Solar Sailor:

63 Thank you!