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    WHOI Hawaii Ocean Timeseries Station (WHOTS) : WHOTS-6 2009 mooring turnaround cruise report

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    Date
    2010-02
    Author
    Whelan, Sean P.  Concept link
    Santiago-Mandujano, Fernando  Concept link
    Bradley, Frank  Concept link
    Plueddemann, Albert J.  Concept link
    Barista, Ludovic  Concept link
    Ryder, James R.  Concept link
    Lukas, Roger  Concept link
    Lethaby, Paul  Concept link
    Snyder, Jefrey  Concept link
    Sabine, Christopher L.  Concept link
    Stanitski, Diane  Concept link
    Rapp, Anita D.  Concept link
    Fairall, Christopher W.  Concept link
    Pezoa, Sergio  Concept link
    Galbraith, Nancy R.  Concept link
    Lord, Jeffrey  Concept link
    Bahr, Frank B.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/3458
    Location
    22.75°N, 158°W
    Hawaii
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/3458
    Keyword
     Kilo Moana (Ship) Cruise KM0916; Ocean-atmosphere interaction; Oceanographic buoys; Marine meteorology 
    Abstract
    The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Hawaii Ocean Timeseries Site (WHOTS), 100 km north of Oahu, Hawaii, is intended to provide long-term, high-quality air-sea fluxes as a part of the NOAA Climate Observation Program. The WHOTS mooring also serves as a coordinated part of the Hawaiian Ocean Timeseries (HOT) program, contributing to the goals of observing heat, fresh water and chemical fluxes at a site representative of the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean. The approach is to maintain a surface mooring outfitted for meteorological and oceanographic measurements at a site near 22.75°N, 158°W by successive mooring turnarounds. These observations will be used to investigate air–sea interaction processes related to climate variability. The first WHOTS mooring (WHOTS-1) was deployed in August 2004. Turnaround cruises for successive moorings (WHOTS-2 through WHOTS-5) have typically been in either June or July. This report documents recovery of the WHOTS-5 mooring and deployment of the sixth mooring (WHOTS-6). The moorings utilize Surlyn foam buoys as the surface element and are outfitted with two Air–Sea Interaction Meteorology (ASIMET) systems. Each ASIMET system measures, records, and transmits via Argos satellite the surface meteorological variables necessary to compute air–sea fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum. The upper 155 m of the mooring is outfitted with oceanographic sensors for the measurement of temperature, conductivity and velocity in a cooperative effort with R. Lukas of the University of Hawaii (UH). A pCO2 system is installed on the buoy in a cooperative effort with Chris Sabine at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Dr. Frank Bradley, CSIRO, Australia, assisted with meteorological sensor comparisons. A NOAA “Teacher at Sea” and a NOAA “Teacher in the Lab” participated in the cruise. The WHOTS mooring turnaround was done on the University of Hawaii research vessel Kilo Moana, Cruise KM-09-16, by the Upper Ocean Processes Group of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in cooperation with UH and NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division (ESRL/PSD). The cruise took place between 9 and 17 July 2009. Operations began with deployment of the WHOTS-6 mooring on 10 July at approximately 22°40.0'N, 157°57.0'W in 4758 m of water. This was followed by meteorological intercomparisons and CTDs at the WHOTS-6 and WHOTS-5 sites. The WHOTS-5 mooring was recovered on 15 July 2009. The Kilo Moana then moved to the HOT central site (22°45.0'N, 158°00.0'W) for CTD casts. This report describes the cruise operations in more detail, as well as some of the in-port operations and pre-cruise buoy preparations.
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    Whelan, S. P., Santiago-Mandujano, F., Bradley, F., Plueddemann, A., Barista, L., Ryder, J., Lukas, R., Lethaby, P., Snyder, J., Sabine, C., Stanitski, D., Rapp, A. D., Fairall, C. W., Pezoa, S., Galbraith, N., Lord, J., & Bahr, F. (2010). WHOI Hawaii Ocean Timeseries Station (WHOTS): WHOTS-6 2009 mooring turnaround cruise report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/3458
     

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