There are charges for phone and e-mail messages both to and from the ship. All of these communication media use satellite services and are not free. E-mail messages are sent and received via the satellite email service Telaurus. A prepaid account will be set up on board the ship using a Credit/Debit Card. Messages are charged by size. The scientists can collect any remaining money on the account by contacting the email provider Telaurus. The money will be credited to the Credit Card.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION AVAILABLE ON R/V CAPE HATTERAS
Indicate desired items and return to Joe Ustach, D/UNCOC

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I. Seawater Sampling and Analysis

__ Sea Bird CTD  (6000 m depth limit)
     __ Sea Tech in situ Transmissometer (20 cm path length); 6000 m depth limit
     __ Chelsea Instruments in situ Fluorometer (6000 m depth limit)
     __ Quantum Sensor - Biospherical Instruments QSP-200L  (1000 m depth limit)
     __ Dissolved Oxygen Sensors Sea Bird 43
     __ Benthos PSA-916 Sonar Altimeter

__ SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler: 12 bottle capacity (Select one bottle size)
     __ 30-1 Niskin bottles
     __   5-1 Niskin bottles
     __ 12-1 Niskin bottles

__ SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler: 24bottle capacity
     __ 12-1 Niskin bottles

__ Guildline Model 8410 Portasal Salinometer (quantity of 2)

__ Turner Designs Model 10-AU Fluorometer

__ Sippican MK-12 XBT System (probes available at cost)

__  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, RDI  150 kHz (350 m maximum profiling depth)
      __ DAS Software
      __ TRANSECT Software

__  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler, RDI  600kHz (70 m maximum profiling depth)
      __ DAS Software
      __ TRANSECT Software  

II.   Bottom Sampling Equipment

__ Piston Corer (barrel lengths expandable to 80 feet in 10-foot increments)
     __ Indicate longest core length planned
     __ Number of 10' core liners needed (Scientist is responsible for liner costs)

__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Mark III (50 x50 cm box)

__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Soutar (modified with steel frame)

__ Box Corer, Ocean Instruments Multi-corer, MC-800; takes eight 10cm diameter samples.

__ Gravity Corer

__ Shipek Grab

__ Giant Gravity Corer

III.   Echo Sounding and Seismic Equipment

 Intended Use: __ Accurate water depth determination
                        __ Sub-bottom geological profiling

__ Hull-mounted 3.5 kHz transducers (array of 9 each)
__ Hull-mounted 12 kHz transducers (2 each)

__ Knudsen Chirp 3260 Echosounder   

IV.  Miscellaneous Equipment

__ Drying Oven (16" x 12" x 16" inside dimensions): range 40° - 250°C

__ Autoclave (8.5" x 8.5" x 16" inside dimensions)

__ Incubator (32.5" x 23" x 14"; permanently installed in main lab)

__ Freezers (1 ea. chest freezer permanently installed in main lab and 1 ea. stand-up
       freezer permanently installed in wet lab)

__ Simrad/Taiyo Model TD-L1550 VHF Automatic Direction Finder – all channels

__ 12 kHz Benthos Pingers (quantity of 2), 1 model 2216 and 1 model BFP-312

__ Inflatable work boat:  Avon 19' - 8 person capacity

V.   CAPE HATTERAS Shipboard Computer System   (SCS)

The following instruments/sensors are monitored continuously through the cruise.  Data are stored in comma and quote delimited file format on IBM compatible media.

 Date & Time (GMT)
 Differential GPS
 Loran C
 Gyrocompass Heading
 Air Temperature
 Barometric Pressure
 Relative Humidity
 Wind Speed & Direction (RM Young anemometers, port & starboard)
 Photosynthetically Active Radiation (QSR-2200 Scalar PAR Reference sensor- Biospherical Instruments)
 Sea Surface Temperature (SeaBird SBE 21 Flow-Thru system w/ remote temp. sensor)
 Sea Surface Salinity (SeaBird SBE 21)
 Sea Surface Fluorescence (Turner Fluorometer with data as voltages)
 Water Depth (shallow)
 Water Depth (3.5 and 12 kHz)
 
Additional instruments/sensors brought on board by the science party may be interfaced to this system.

Contact the technical staff for more details.