Week 6: At Sea Operations + Ship-to-Shore with Falkor
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28 March 2023
Overview
Building on the foundation of Week 5 where you learned about the things a chief scientist does to get ready for a cruise, this week will focus on the activities that a chief scientist leads (or delegates!) while at sea. We will review the creation of plan-of-the-day, dive plans and associated documents, daily logs and situation reports, dive reports, sample logs, video and photo archives, and cruise reports. We will also discuss how to prepare your team for the various tasks that need to happen pre-, during-, and post-dive or operation, and how to help your team succeed in team work while maintaining physical, mental and emotional health. We will also review things to think about for mobilization and demobilization. Finally, as a Master Class exclusive, we will connect with COBRA-partner Schmidt Ocean Institute to hear from scientists sailing from COBRA Associate Director Julie Huber’s lab to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the new research vessel as they search for new hydrothermal vents near the mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Goals
Understand what kinds of planning and documentation needs to be prepared during a cruise (plan-of-the-day, dive plans, reports, etc.)
Understand how to prepare a plan that considers the time required for mapping, transit, ROV operations, etc.
Understand how to approach assigning shifts
Understand how to set the tone for maintaining good team relations and health
Pre-Class Activities
Watch this playlist of videos before class to help provide background on planning and preparing ROVs and HOVs for deep-sea research
Getting an ROV ready: Preparing ROV SuBastian for diving (2:44 min, from SOI)
What happens during an ROV dive: Beyond the Wow - Anatomy of a dive (5:28 min, from OET)
Who is part of the ROV team? ROV Pilot Career Profile (3:50 min, from OET)
What does a scientist do during an ROV dive? A scientist’s role during a dive (4:44 min, from iAtlantic H2020)
What happens for an ROV dive: Recovery of the ROV Jason (1:29 min, from Interactive Oceans)
Working with an AUV: How to launch and recover an AUV (9:17 min, from WHOI)
If you have more time: Al Jazeera’s TechKnow Deep Sea Gold Rush (23 min)
Class Plan & Materials
Hour 1
30 min: Connect with Falkor with Q&A time
25 min: Lecture Part 1: Mobilization, Planning, & Dives
5 min: Break
Hour 2
30 min: Lecture Part 2: Reports, Demobilization, Contingencies, & Morale
Resource: Presentation by Brian Kennedy about planning for and using telepresence
Class Slides
Post-Class Dream Cruise Project Development
Law & Policy Activity: Complete the application for consent to conduct Marine Scientific Research table in your Fellow Project. See the Dream Cruise Project Overview Template for the application for consent table and additional context.
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