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Cruise Requests are due to Raymond Sweatte at least 15 days BEFORE requested cruise date

NO EXCEPTIONS!

R/V Savannah Request

Principal Contact Information

Name:*

Email:*

Work Phone:*

Alternate Phone:

Chief Scientist Contact Information

Name:*

Email:*

Work Phone:*

Alternate Phone:

Cruise Objectives & Itinerary

Cruise Objectives:

Departure Date:*

Departure Time (hh:mm am/pm): *

Departure Port:

Return Date:*

Return Time (hh:mm am/pm): *

Arrival Port:

Additional Ports of Call

Port 1

Port 1 - Arrival Date:

Port 1 - Purpose:

Port 1 - Departure Date:

Port 2

Port 2 - Arrival Date:

Port 2 - Purpose:

Port 2 - Departure Date:

Cruise Information

Scientific Collecting Permit Required?

Number of science crew: *

Area of Operation, including Cruise Track (if applicable):

Funding

Primary Project

Primary Purpose:*

Source of Funding:*

Agency:

Grant #:

Title:

Ancilliary Project

Primary Purpose:

Source of Funding:

Agency:

Grant #:

Title:

Participating Personnel: (*At least one individual must be listed)

#	Title	Name	Institution	Function on Cruise	Gender	Dates (if less than entire cruise)

Sampling Locations

List sampling locations along with date/time:

Support Vessels

List support vessels and number of crew needed:

Special Dietary Needs/Food Allergies

List all special dietary needs/food allergies:

EQUIPMENT

SCS System (Surface Mapper)

GPS POSITION

SHIP GYRO HEADING

SHIP SPEED

WATER DEPTH

SURFACE SALINITY

SURFACE TEMPERATURE

CDOM

CHLOROPHYLL

WIND SPEED

WIND DIRECTION

AIR TEMPERATURE

RELATIVE HUMIDITY

Auxiliary CTD Sensors

CTD System:*
These sensors are on board the CTD at all time, however, due to maintenance and repairs some may be removed at the time of your cruise. Select the sensors vital to your mission and we will make every effort to ensure their installation.

CTD System

CDOM

CHLOROPHYLL

BACKSCATTERANCE

UNDERWATER PAR

DISSOLVED OXYGEN

TRANSMISSOMETER
A transmissometer (10 cm or 25 cm) may be added with the REMOVAL of another instrument.

# of casts	What Depth?

Hydro Wire NISKIN Bottle

8-liter:

# required:

Coring Equipment

Small Acrylic Piston Corer:

Number of drops?

Number of core barrels required?
Core barrels, caps and valves are user supplied. These items may be provided for you for a fee.

Do you want SkIO to provide?

ADCPs

300 kHz

1200 kHz (side arm mounted)

Both

Grab Samplers

Large

Small

Trawl Nets

10 ft

30 ft

SHIPBOARD SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

Hydrowire .250 deployed through J-Frame (stbd)

Available Read Outs:

Use:

Length, meters

Maximum Payload

Trawl Wire 1/2 deployed through A-Frame (aft)

Use:

Length, meters

Maximum Payload

Radioisotopes and Deck Van

Radioisotope Work Planned?
Deck van required for radioisotope use.

Water Supply

Small Boat

Small Boat?
Required for all dive operations.

Number of passengers on small boat?

Estimated # of hours:

USER-SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT

Please list any user-supplied equipment that may require special consideration (e.g., electrical, water, securing):

EQUIPMENT RECOVERY AND DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS

Please describe:

DIVING OPERATIONS

Diving Operations?

Number of Scientific Party Participating in Dive?:

Number of Dives Planned Per Day (Provide # and depths of each dive):

Dive Objectives:
Trent Moore (Dive Safety Officer) must be contacted and informed of all objectives and certifications involved in all diving operations.

Dive Equipment

Nitrox compressor

Dive Ladder

Small Boat
Required for all dive operations.

Required*

**Approvals are required for all requests**