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OOI Endurance Array OM

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Sikuliaq

Sikuliaq

University of Alaska Fairbanks · USA

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Operating area: Central Oregon to central Washington shelf and slope

Route: Newport (Oregon) - United States → Newport (Oregon) - United States


Mar 29 – Apr 11, 202413 days at seaactual: departed Mar 29, 2024, arrived Apr 11, 2024

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Projects aboard (2)

OOI Endurance Array OM

Deploy and recover oceanographic surface moorings, profilers and gliders for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal Endurance Array. Seven surface moorings will be deployed and recovered over the shelf and slope of central Oregon and central Washington. Up to four profiler moorings will be deployed and recovered over the shelf of central Oregon and central Washington. Up to six gliders will be deployed and recovered off the coasts of central Oregon and Washington. The moorings, profilers and gliders include multidisciplinary sensors taking multiyear time series as part of OOI. During the cruise, the ship will aslo acquire data for validation of these sensors (underway oceanographic and meteorological data, CTD and auxiliary sensor profile data and CTD rosette bottle samples.


People aboard

OOI Endurance Array OM

  • Jonathan Fram · Chief scientist
  • Edward Dever · Principal investigator

PNW Foram Ecology

  • Jennifer Fehrenbacher · Principal investigator

Party size: 12

Estimated vacant berths: 12

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • Underway Seawater System
  • Meteorological Data
  • Echosounder, 12kHz
  • Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
  • Pinger, 12kHz
  • Biological multi-frequency echosounder - EK80
  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Winch Pool Portable Winch
  • Other ROV
  • CTD

Science party brings

  • Portable Laboratory Vans/Containers - Science Supplied
  • Science Supplied Portable Winch
  • Science-provided vans

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SKQ202405S · MFP references 22/1517, 24/4467 · synced Sep 30, 2026