[Exports_project_office] Fwd: R/V Atlantis

[Mary Jane Perry]

Yup, that is WHOI.  Scripps techs did a lot of work for science, but WHOI
techs don't.  Need watch rotation for CTD on the Armstrong.

On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 2:46 PM David Siegel via Exports_project_office <
exports_project_office at espo.nasa.gov> wrote:

> fyi...
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From: *"Brian N. Popp" <popp at hawaii.edu>
> *Subject: **R/V Atlantis*
> *Date: *May 9, 2019 at 2:21:00 PM EDT
> *To: *David Siegel <david.siegel at ucsb.edu>
>
> Dave
>
> Claudia and I just got off the Atlantis just before the meeting and there
> were a couple things we thought you ought to be aware of about the ship.
> None of it is a show stopper as long as you are aware of it beforehand.
>
> The ship's crew only operates winches when deploying and recovering
> packages. The remainder of the time, science runs the winch. I don't know
> if this is true for the Armstrong For Atlantis, there is a winch station in
> the computer lab. It will take scientists away from their work to operate
> the winch. For example, during in situ pump deployments, we had to have a
> scientist at the winch station the entire 5 hours the package was deployed
> at depth as well as we took the pumps to depth and brought them back to the
> surface. If it were me, I would ask WHOI to have ship's crew take care of
> all winch operations.
>
> SSSG we had on board were not very familiar with over-the-side operations.
> I would guess that WHOI would assign more experienced crew for this
> operation but it my be worthwhile asking how much experience the marine
> techs have had. The ship's crew were good although recovery of a small fish
> trap was a bit awkward, which I attributed to bad luck.
>
> Each scientist can only have one electronic device on the WiFi network at
> any given time. This can be a problem with checking mail if an institution
> requires dual authentication long in. Many apps have workarounds so if
> science knows about this ahead of time they can learn how to use the app.
> Nobody on the ship last week seemed to know the workaround.
>
> Beware that the second bunk in the chief scientist's cabin is a fold out.
> It is reasonably comfortable but there is no lateral support and you can
> easily end up on the floor in foul weather - not that it will be rough in
> the North Atlantic early springtime.
>
> Brian
>
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Mary Jane Perry
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