The SIO Fleet and Ocean Science a Brief Look

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The SIO Fleet and Ocean Science a Brief Look
By David Skydel University of California San
Diego/Environment, Health, Safety/Radiation
Safety Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Many thanks to R. A. Knox Research Oceanographer
(emeritus) and Associate Director, SIO Without
whose assistance this presentation would not have
been possible
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History
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Beginnings
R/V Alexander Agassiz 1907-17 85 ft. First
US ship designed as R/V
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Gulf of California Expedition, 1939
R/V E. W. Scripps 1937-55 94 ft. Roger
Revelle, 2nd from left
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Postwar Era
R/Vs Horizon, Paolina-T and Crest in San Diego,
1947
Horizon and Argo in Cochin (Kochi), 1962
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Not the Love Boat
W. Horton solution, Horizon
Bunks on Baird
Argo, 1966 - Boreas Expedition
R. Raitt, Baird, 1952
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SIO Expeditions, 1952- ca. 2000
Over 6 million nautical miles
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Current Era
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Nimitz Marine Facility, SIO

• ADM Nimitz was a Regent of UC 1948-56, and
  organized NROTC at Berkeley in 1920s.
• 4 of 25 UNOLS ships, plus FLIP. Most of any
  UNOLS institution
• Global to local voyages, all areas of ocean
  science
• National operations coordinated for overall
  schedule efficiency via UNOLS
• Melville and Revelle are owned by US Navy.
  Sproul and New Horizon are UC-owned.

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University-National Oceanographic Laboratory
System
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R/V Robert G. Sproul
Year Built 1981
Year Acquired by Scripps 1984 Owner
University Of California Length 125 '
Beam 32 ' Draft, Full 9 '6"
Displacement, Full (Tons) 696 Cruising
Speed 9 knots Range (Nautical Miles)
3,250 Crew 5 Scientific Party
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R/V New Horizon
Year Built 1978 Year
Acquired by Scripps 1978 Mid-Life Refit
1995-96 Owner University Of California
Length 170 ' Beam 36 '
Draft, Full 12 ' 2 1/4 " Displ., Full
1,007 long tons Cruising Speed 10 knots
Range (N. Mi.) 9,600 at 10 kts
Crew 12 Scientific Party 19 (172)
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R/V Melville
Year Built1969 Year
Acquired by Scripps 1969 Mid-Life Refit
1992 Owner U. S. Navy Length
278 10 Beam 46 Draft,Full
166 Displacement, Full (Tons) 2,958
Cruising Speed 12 knots Range (N.
Mi.) 12,000 _at_ 10 kts Crew 23
Scientific Party 38
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R/V Roger Revelle
Length 275 Speed 12.5 knots Crew 22
Scientific Party 37 Range 13,000 n. mi.
Built/acquired 1996 Beam 52 5 Draft
17 Displ. 3512 tons Owner US Navy
Internet connectivity In-room computer
connections Air conditioned throughout Cooks 3
meals
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Still Not the Love Boat - Revelle, Sea of
Japan-East Sea, Jan. 2000
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Melville, South Pacific
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Recent Perspectives on Ocean Science Lectures -
Birch Aquarium Dr. David Sandwell Draining the
Oceans Dr. Paul Dayton The Environmental Costs
of Fishing Dr. Kendall Melville Waves On and In
the Ocean Dr. Lisa Tauxe Tracking Variations in
the Earth's Magnetic Field Dr. Daniel Cayan The
Regional Impact of Climate Variability Dr. Daniel
Rudnick Fronts and Eddies the Weather of the
Ocean Dr. Wolf Berger One Thousand Years of
Climate Change Dr. David Hilton Volcanoes Dr.
Charles Kennel The Aurora Borealis in Myth and
Science Dr. Neal Driscoll Landscape and Seascape
EvolutionThe Role of Plate Tectonics Dr. Donna
Blackman Exploring an Undersea Mountain Dr.
Nigella Hillgarth Life Under Stress Human and
Climatic Impacts on Marine Bird Populations Dr.
Gerald Kooyman Emperor Penguins A Century of
Study Dr. John Hildebrand Listening to
Whales Dr. Michael Latz Living Light in the
Ocean Darkness Dr. Jules Jaffe Sounds in the
Sea Dr. Bill Fenical Marine Microorganisms - The
Antibiotic Era Revisited Dr. Peter Franks New
Tools, New Discoveries Thin Layers of
Phytoplankton in the Ocean Dr. Mark Ohman
Migrations into the Ocean's Interior Dr. Melanie
Puglisi Survival in the SeaBiochemical
Warfare Dr. Margo Haygood Drugs from the Sea Dr.
Jeffrey Graham Filling the Hearts of Sharks
Primitive and Modern Heart Mechanics Dr. Jeffrey
Bada Bring 'em Back Alive The Search for Life
on Mars in the Coming Decades Dr. Lisa Shaffer
Beyond the Ivory TowerConnecting Discovery with
Decision-Making at Scripps Dr. Frank Vernon
Bringing the Information Superhighway to the Dirt
Road and the High Seas Dr. Fred Fisher FLIPThe
World's Strangest Research Lab Ms Deborah Day
Scripps Before the War Men, Science, and
Instruments at Sea before 1940 Dr. John Orcutt
Science at Scripps Historical Precedents and
Future Directions
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Operation SWAB
Program started in 1981 Is not a health and
safety survey All UNOLS ships adhere to this
standard Designed to detect low levels of 14C and
3H contamination
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• California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries
  Investigations (CalCOFI)
• Partnership between California Department of Fish
  and Game,
• NOAA Fisheries Service and SIO
• Began in 1949 and ongoing ever since.
• Every quarter a team from SIO leaves for a 2-3
  week cruise.
• Focus Is to study the marine environment off the
  coast of
• California and the management of its living
  resources.

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Each cruise occupies a grid of 66 stations
On each station a whole suite of chemical and
physical measurements are made.
Temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients, primary
production, phyto and zooplankton biomass, phyto
and zooplankton biodiversity, distribution of
birds and mammals.
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(CTD) Conductivity, Temperature, and Density
Rosette
Salinity, chlorophyll, oxygen, nutrients,
primary Productivity, and temperature
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Code of Federal Regulations 49, parts
100-185 IATA International Air Transport
Association IMDG International Maritime
Dangerous Goods NRC/RHB Raytheon Polar
Ice National Science Foundation (NSF) Freight
Forwarders Ships agent Local authorities Ships
crew Science party Resident Technicians
(ResTechs) Alterations to the best set plans
coups, terrorists, changing political attitudes,
war Patience Diplomacy
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The ship really is as fundamental to the work of
oceanographers as the telescope is to astronomers
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Thank You