OOI-Papa 2023

Completed

Sikuliaq

University of Alaska Fairbanks · USA

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Operating area: Station Papa. Gulf of Alaska

Route: Seward (Alaska) - United States → Seward (Alaska) - United States

May 13 – May 28, 202314 days at seaactual: departed May 13, 2023, arrived May 28, 2023

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Sikuliaq

University of Alaska Fairbanks

NGA LTER 2023 1 of 2 — Northern Gulf of Alaska.OOI-Papa 2023 +1 — Station Papa. Gulf of Alaska Arctic Chief Sci Training Cruise (attached to transit) +1 — Bering Sea FATE OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN THE CHUKCHI SEA — Alaskan Arctic

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Projects aboard (2)

OOI-Papa 2023

This is the ninth cruise (eighth turnaround) for the Global Station Papa Array of the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI; http://www.oceanobservatories.org). The Station Papa Array includes a network of moorings and gliders to monitor waters in the data sparse high latitudes of the Gulf of Alaska. The moorings and the gliders give the array the capability to address the role of the mesoscale flow field in ocean dynamics

People aboard

OOI-Papa 2023

Deidra Emrich · Principal investigator

Waves at Papa YR2

Jim Thomson · Principal investigator

Party size: 12

Estimated vacant berths: 12

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Dynamic Positioning (DP)
Meteorological Data
Echosounder, 12kHz
ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
ADCP/UHDAS – range 250-350m (e.g. 150kHz)
ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
Multibeam - Shallow-water (EM710/712/2040/Seabat 7100)
Multibeam - Mid-Water (EM302/304)

Pooled / portable

CTD
Winch Pool Portable Winch

Science party brings

Portable Laboratory Vans/Containers - Science Supplied
Science-provided vans ×2

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ202308S · MFP references 22/1500, 21/850 · synced Sep 30, 2026