Spray #16

Profil de vie Glider Spray #16
Modifié 14/11/2008 – Créé 14/11/2008
Spray #16
Date
15/11/06
18/11/06
Location
LPO, Brest
LPO, Brest
Objet
Received Spray16
Take out 85 cc of oil to complement
Spray04 ballasts.
Start preparation for MED 1
08/01/07
LPO, Brest
09/01/07
LPO, Brest
Add 85 cc of mineral oil Marcol 82.
Install batteries used during CIS 1
16-17/01/07
18/01/07
LPO, Brest
LPO, Brest
2 Ballasts
Comms tests failed
25/01/07
29/01/07
LPO, Brest
Calanova, Mallorca
Ship to Mallorca
Receive shipping
30-01/02/07
02/02/07
Calanova, Mallorca
Off Mallorca
03/02/07
08/02/07
Off Mallorca
Off Mallorca
09/02/07
15/02/07
Off Mallorca
Off Mallorca
20/02/07
26/02/07
08/03/07
Gulf of Lion
Gulf of Lion
Gulf of Genova
Preparation for deployment
Deployment at 15:16 TU in virtual
mooring mode
Reach 1000m depth during dive 13
Leave mooring station to a path to
spanish coast
Start section toward Gulf of Lion
Reduce time without GPS from 48 to
24 h
Change route with 5 waypoints
Change route to 8 waypoints
Set number of dives to 400
Observations
Related documents
Air travel from SD to Brest
Spray16 arrived during Spray04 Report on Spray04 preparation for the 2nd PAP
preparation for PAP 2 cruise.
deployment, T.Terre, P.Lherminier, january 07
Spray16 stayed in its box since 18/11 Compte rendu de préparation et déploiement d’un
planeur Spray et du Slocum profond du LPO en
Méditerranée Occidentale dans le cadre de MERSEA
WP3, T.Terre, P.Lherminier, February 2007
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The added mineral oil does have
properties very close to the one used
originally in Spray.
The batteries should allow a 2-month
autonomy
Ballast sheets 1 and 2
The comm tests failed due to a bad pin Mail to Jeff same day at 18:47.
on the female power connector of the Report referenced on 08/01/07
CF1 card. Once the pin was reshape, it
worked fine.
Shipping by truck from door to door
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Forgot to ask for the custom papers at
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the driver !
Straightforward
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Position N 39° 56.364, E002° 24.305
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Mooring station at N39° 56, E002° 24
Head for N 40° 20, E002°
Head for N42°, E005°
Head for N42° 45, E005° 45
Head for N42° 45, E007°
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Profil de vie Glider Spray #16
Modifié 14/11/2008 – Créé 14/11/2008
12/03/07
26/03/07
30/03/07
10/04/07
Gulf of Genova
Gulf of Lion
Gulf of Lion
Gulf of Lion
Reverse the route (dive #176)
Change route to 2 wpts
Change Home
Adjust route to Banyuls
12/04/07
13/04/07
16/04/07
Gulf of lion
Off Banyuls
Off Banyuls
17/04/07
Off Banyuls
18/04/07
20/04/07
27/04/07
OOB, Banyuls
OOB, Banyuls
LPO, Brest
Adjust route to Banyuls
Adjust depth to 500m
Adjust depth to 400m
Change waypoint
Adjust depth to 200m
Adjust depth to 150m
Change waypoint
Adjust depth 100m
Abort command
Prepare for return trip to Brest
Return trip to Brest
Extract air from oil bags and trap
04/05/07
11/05/07
05/06/07
LPO, Brest
LPO, Brest
LPO, Brest
Start discharge of forward pack
End discharge
Change batteries
12-13/06/07
PO, Brest
Ballast
25-27/07/07
LPO, Brest
30/07/07
LPO, Brest
31/07/07
LPO, Brest
New CF1 software version 7.1
New Spray (TT8) Code version 7.02
Test and format flashcard
Test watchdog
Calibrate fluorometer
Check calibrate compass
Tune Ballast
01/08/07
LPO, Brest
04/08/07
Meriadzeck Terrace
Head for N42° 15, E005°
N42°27.12, E003° 45
N42° 28.32, E003°27.18,
N42° 27.12, E003° 45
N42° 24, E003° 42
Entrance of canyon to Banyuls
N42° 33.6, E003°27.18
N42° 28.32, E003°27.18
~12cc from each bags and ~7cc from
trap
Load 47 Ohm, V~14V
V ~3V
-25 g with the previous set
Report on Spray16 deployment in Western
Méditerranean in the framework of MERSEA
Return to Brest with Ifremer truck
Report on Spray16 deployment in Western
Méditerranean in the framework of MERSEA
Idem
Compte-rendu de préparation et déploiement du
planeur Spray16 en Atlantique Nord-Est
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Ballast sheets 1 – 2
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Mail J.Sherman 31/05/07
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Ballast sheets 3 - 4
Check GPS and comms
Set ground station
Deployment for PAP survey at 05:36
UTC from N.O. Pourquoi Pas ?
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Profil de vie Glider Spray #16
Modifié 14/11/2008 – Créé 14/11/2008
No news at the surfacing of 74th dive
18/08/07
Shelf continental slope
13/09/08
13/11/08
Longeville/mer, Vendée Found on a sandy beach !!
LPO, Brest
Shipping back to SIO
13 months of drift !!
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Report on Spray16 operations for the third PAP
deployment
Report on Spray16 reapperance