Global Class Research Vessel
Community Input to Science Mission Requirement

Updated: September 17, 2007

Input received from the SMR on-line questionnaire form
<http://www.unols.org/committees/fic/Global/_GCSMR_Survey_Form.asp>
is posted at this site.

Total Number of Responses: 20

Discipline of Study:

Discipline Number
Biological Oceanography 3
Chemical Oceanography 2
Marine Geology and Geophysics 5
Physical Oceanography 6
Ship Operations and Management 2
Marine Technician/Technical and Engineering Support 0
Other 2
Blank 1

 

Geographic Regions:

Region Number
1. North Atlantic (NA6, NA7, NA10, NA11) 12
2. North Atlantic High Latitude (NA1 - NA5, AR11) 9
3. Mediterranean Sea (NA8) or Baltic Sea (NA5A) 4
4. Caribbean, Gulf (NA9) 6
5. South Atlantic (SA1 - SA6) 6
6. N.E. Pacific (NP8, NP9) 11
7. Alaska (NP5, NP6) 0
8. EPR, Cent. Amer. (NP13) 2
9. Hawaii Is. Chain (NP11, NP12) 7
10. Western Pacific (NP5, NP7, NP10) 4
11. Equatorial Pacific (SP1 - SP3) 5
12. South Pacific, SEPR (SP4-SP9) 5
13. Australia (IN5, IN8) 3
14. Indian Ocean (IN3 - IN11) 3
15. Arctic (AR1 - AR11, NP1-NP3) 8
16. Antarctic (AN1 - AN12) 6
Blank or N/A 1

 

Accomodations:

Importance Number
High 5
Medium 11
Low 2
Blank or N/A 2

Minimum Berths Number
<30 6
30 6
35 2
37 1
38 3
40 0
45 0
50 0
>50 0
None Selected 2

Maximum Berths Number
<30 2
30 1
35 1
37 4
38 3
40 3
45 2
50 1
>50 0
None Selected 4

 

Range:

Importance Number
High 6
Medium 11
Low 1
Blank or N/A 2

Minimum Range Number
<18000 KM / 10000 NM 3
18638 KM / 10061 NM 3
20000 KM / 10796 NM 2
22230 KM / 12000 NM 5
24082 KM / 13000 NM 2
25000 KM / 13495 NM 0
27788 KM / 15000 NM 2
30000 KM / 16194 NM 0
32011 KM / 17280 NM 1
35000 KM / 18894 NM 0
>35000 KM 0
None Selected 2

Maximum Range Number
<18000 KM / 10000 NM 1
18638 KM / 10061 NM 0
20000 KM / 10796 NM 1
22230 KM / 12000 NM 1
24082 KM / 13000 NM 3
25000 KM / 13495 NM 2
27788 KM / 15000 NM 3
30000 KM / 16194 NM 0
32011 KM / 17280 NM 4
35000 KM / 18894 NM 1
>35000 KM 0
None Selected 4

 

Ship Speed :

Importance Number
High 5
Medium 10
Low 2
Blank or N/A 3

Transit Speed Number
<10 kts 0
10 - 12 kts 7
12 - 14 kts 10
>14 kts 1
None Selected 2

Sampling/Station/Survey Number
0-1 kt 7
1-3 kts 5
3-6 kts 3
>6 kts 1
None Selected 4

 

Ship Speed:

Importance Number
High 16
Medium 1
Low 1
Blank or N/A 2

Criteria Number per Sea State
4 5 6 7 >7 None
Selected
CTD operations (90% of the time): 2 1 10 2 0 5
Mooring deployments (75% of the time): 4 6 4 1 0 5
Coring operations (50% of the time): 4 3 3 0 0 10
ROV or other sensitive deployment operations (50% of the time): 4 9 0 0 0 7

 

Station Keeping Characteristics:

Importance Number
High 9
Medium 5
Low 5
Blank or N/A 1

Criteria Number
one meter 1
three meters 2
five meters 7
ten meters 3
fifteen meters 0
twenty meters 2
Blank or N/A 5

 

Deck Working Area:

Importance Number
High 11
Medium 5
Low 2
Blank or N/A 2

Criteria Number
2000 sf 2
3000 sf 4
4000 sf 10
4500 sf 1
5000 sf 0
None Selected 3

 

Laboratory:

Importance Number
High 11
Medium 3
Low 2
Blank or N/A 4

Lab Type Number
Required Optional/Desired Not Required Blank or N/A In a van?
Main (dry) lab 16 1 0 3  
Wet lab 12 3 2 3 0
Hydro lab (separate) 10 3 3 4 0
Computer lab 9 6 0 5 1
Analytical/Biochemical 7 3 4 6 2
Climate control chamber 4 5 3 8 7
Walk in Freezer 5 2 4 9 4
Darkroom 1 4 9 6 2
Staging bay/Hanger 8 4 4 4  
Science Office 4 4 5 7  

Laboratory Sizes:

Lab Type Number
<1000 sf 1500 sf 1700 sf 2000 sf 2500 sf 3000 sf Not Needed None Selected
Main (dry) lab 1 8 4 4 0 0 0 3

Lab Type Number
230 sf 400 sf 500 sf 700 sf 1000 sf Not Needed None Selected
Wet lab 5 7 2 1 1 0 4

Lab Type Number
300 sf 400 sf 500 sf 700 sf 1000 sf Not Needed None Selected
Hydro lab (separate) 4 1 2 6 0 1 6

Lab Type Number
300 sf 400 sf 500 sf 600 sf 700 sf 1000 sf Not Needed None Selected
Computer lab 3 2 2 4 2 0 1 6

Lab Type Number
300 sf 400 sf 500 sf 600 sf 700 sf 1000 sf Not Needed None Selected
Analytical/Biochemical 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 10

Lab Type Number
63 sf 100 sf 150 sf 200 sf Not Needed None Selected
Climate control chamber 2 4 1 0 3 10


Lab Type Number
63 sf 100 sf 150 sf 200 sf Not Needed None Selected
Walk in Freezer 2 5 0 0 3 10

Lab Type Number
76 sf 100 sf 150 sf 200 sf Not Needed None Selected
Darkroom 3 3 0 0 5 9

Lab Type Number
200 sf 350 sf 500 sf 750 sf Not Needed None Selected
Staging bay/Hanger 2 4 5 2 1 6

Lab Type Number
65 sf 100 sf Not Needed None Selected
Science Office 3 3 6 8

 

Science Storage Area:

Importance Number
High 7
Medium 8
Low 4
Blank or N/A 1

Criteria Number
None Reqired 0
5000 cf 4
10000 cf 6
15000 cf 4
20000 cf 3
>20000 cf 0
Other 0
Blank or N/A 3

 

Winch and Wire Requirements:

Importance Number
High 14
Medium 0
Low 0
Blank or N/A 6

Winch Number
Need every cruise/
Used regularly		 Need every cruise/
used periodically		 Needed on occasional cruises Never Used Blank or N/A
CTD winch 12 2 3 0 3
2nd Electo-Mechanical (EM) Cable/CTD winch 4 3 3 4 6
Small diameter Fiber Optic (F/O) Cable winch 1 3 3 3 10
Trawl/coring winch (large wire rope) 5 3 5 2 5
Large diameter EM Cable winch 2 3 4 4 7
Large diameter FO Cable winch 2 2 4 4 8

 

Towing Requirements :

Importance Number
High 7
Medium 4
Low 6
Blank or N/A 3

 

Crane Requirements :

Importance Number
High 13
Medium 4
Low 2
Blank or N/A 1

 

Over-the-Side Handling Requirements :

Importance Number
High 15
Medium 1
Low 1
Blank or N/A 3

 

Acoustic System Requirements :

Importance Number
High 9
Medium 5
Low 0
Blank or N/A 5

System Number
Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler (ADCP) 13
Multi-Beam Swath Mapping 13
Precision Depth Sounder 14
Sub-bottom profiler 9
Acoustic Navigation System 6
Other 0

 

Navigation:

Importance Number
High 11
Medium 7
Low 2
Blank or N/A 1

 

Shipboard (Internal) Communication Needs:

Importance Number
High 6
Medium 10
Low 2
Blank or N/A 2

 

Extrnal Communication:

Importance Number
High 13
Medium 5
Low 0
Blank or N/A 2

 

Van Requirements:

Importance Number
High 4
Medium 7
Low 5
Blank or N/A 4

Maximum Number of Vans Number
None 0
1 4
2 5
3 2
4 3
5 0
6 2
7 0
>7 0
Blank or N/A 4

Importance Number
??? 6
yes 4
no 10

Type of Vans Number
Cold Van 6
Storage Van 9
Lab Van - general 10
Isotope Van 6
Equipment Van 0
Equipment/Workshop Van 9
Personnel Van (berthing) 1
Other 2
Blank or N/A 5

 

Other Science Requirements:

Importance Number
High 2
Medium 1
Low 1
Blank or N/A 16