Dataset: Cruise Tracks

Name: Cruise tracks from USCGC Healy HLY1003, HLY1103, HLY1203, HLY1303 in the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi seas from 2010 to 2013 (OA - Western Arctic project)
Published: 2014-08-22
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:75.7077248 E:-121.1652642 S:53.890105 W:-169.447

Project:

Observation and Prediction of Ocean Acidification in the Western Arctic Ocean - Impacts of Physical and Biogeochemical Processes on Carbonate Mineral States (OA - Western Arctic)

Program:

Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability NSF-Wide Investment (SEES): Ocean Acidification (formerly CRI-OA) (SEES-OA)

NACP-OCB Coastal Synthesis (NACP-OCB Coastal)

Arctic Observing Network (AON)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Jeremy Mathis (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Natalie Monacci (University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF)

Contact:

Chase Stoudt (University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

22 August 2014

Version Date:

2014-08-22

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Cruise tracks from USCGC Healy HLY1003, HLY1103, HLY1203, HLY1303 in the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi seas from 2010 to 2013 (OA - Western Arctic project)

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Description

Cruise tracks generated from R2R Archive file
Cruise Id, Date/Time UTC, Lat, Lon, SOG, COG
1 minute fixes

BCO-DMO Note: HLY1303 cruise track generated from u/w discrete sample data
Navigation products are not yet available from R2R
srg/23Feb2015

Methods & Sampling

Generated from R2R archive file by BCO-DMO staff

Data Processing Description

Generated from R2R archive file by BCO-DMO staff

Data Files

File
CruiseTracks.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 6.19 MB) MD5:e8590f7f5df778f887a6033370b5fced Primary data file for dataset ID 525541

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Arctic Sciences	PLR-1041102

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
HLY1003	Arctic West	2010-09-07	USCGC Healy	Robert S. Pickart (Chief Scientist)	data info
HLY1103	Arctic West	2011-10-03	USCGC Healy	Robert S. Pickart (Chief Scientist)	data info
HLY1203	Arctic West	2012-10-05	USCGC Healy	Robert S. Pickart (Chief Scientist) Dr Jeremy Mathis (Co-Chief Scientist)	data info
HLY1303	Arctic West	2013-10-05	USCGC Healy	Robert S. Pickart (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

Global Positioning System Receiver

Supplied Name: GPS

Supplied Description:

Navigation Equipment

HEALY is outfitted with Sperry Marine's Voyage Management System (VMS). This system utilizes multiple heading, position, environmental, and navigation inputs to steer the ship along a desired course. Currently, HEALY has the following GPS receivers: GPS, DGPS, P-Code GPS, and 3-D GPS. Heading inputs include two gyrocompasses and the 3-D GPS heading information.

The ship is also outfitted with an electronic magnetic compass. A Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) is available for station keeping and slow speed transits (towing, dredging). HEALY's DPS attempts to do with props and a bowthruster what smaller ships do with fore and aft thrusters, so it has limitations. It was designed and built by ALSTOM and integrates the use of propellers, rudders, and the bow thruster to accomplish ship movement. DPS Limitations: At best heading in openwater, in a 20 kt wind, seas with a significant wave height of 4.0 feet and a 1 knot currents, HEALY shall be capable of maintaining a position of +/- 150 feet or 3% of water depth (whichever is greater) from a point or trackline and maintain a heading of +/- 5 degrees. The seas and wind shall be from the same direction, with the current from less the 45 degrees off the wind.

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Instrument Type

Generic Name: Global Positioning System Receiver

Acronym: GPS

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/POS03/

Generic Description:

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based radionavigation system that provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to civilian users on a continuous worldwide basis. The U.S. Air Force develops, maintains, and operates the space and control segments of the NAVSTAR GPS transmitter system. Ships use a variety of receivers (e.g. Trimble and Ashtech) to interpret the GPS signal and determine accurate latitude and longitude.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
CruiseId	Official UNOLS cruise id	text	cruiseid
ISO_DateTime_UTC	ISO formatted UTC Date and Time	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ	ISO_DateTime_UTC
Latitude	Latitude Position (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
Longitude	Longitude Position (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
SOG	Instantaneous Speed-over-ground	meters/sec	sog
COG	Instantaneous Course-over-ground [deg. clockwise from North]	decimal degrees	cog

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Dataset: Cruise Tracks