{"id":530887,"date":"2021-11-01T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T23:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/pioneer17\/?p=530887"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T21:44:53","slug":"another-mooring-dispatched-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/another-mooring-dispatched-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Mooring Dispatched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_530916\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530916\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-530916\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0138-2.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-530916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ship starts ~2 nautical miles away from the planned location and drives toward the target site slowly as the mooring is deployed off the stern. The surface buoy is the first things to go into the water.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today was a gift for early risers. The sun was bright, the weather comfortable.\u00a0 This was fortuitous, for the team was on the stern deck of the R\/V <em>Neil Armstrong<\/em> as the sun rose at 6 am. They diligently worked to finish attaching the various parts that ultimately comprise the Inshore Surface Mooring (ISSM).\u00a0 Deployment of the mooring began at 8 am, as planned.<\/p>\n<p>During the actual deployment, the work was like a choreographed dance, with each player moving gracefully from one task to another seamlessly.\u00a0 They work together like a well-oiled machine.<\/p>\n<p>The following video and images provide a sense of the number of steps in this endeavor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inshore Surface Mooring Deployment\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/641240842?h=88e9a155c3&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Images and Text by Darlene Trew Crist\u00a9WHOI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_530891\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530891\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-530891\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0134-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0134-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0134-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0134-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0134-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-530891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Below the buoy is the Near Surface Instrument Frame (NSIF),which holds instruments that measure\u00a0 dissolved oxygen, water temperature, conductivity, depth, fluorescence, photosynthetically available radiation and turbidity (clarity) of the water. Technician Jennifer Batryn gives the NSIF a final check before deployment.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_530919\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530919\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-530919\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0153-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0153-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0153-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0153-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/DSC0153-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-530919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The buoy and NSIF are connected to the Multi-Function Node and anchor with 3 stretch hoses with buoyant orange spheres in between. The stretch hoses contain electrical conductors which allow power and data to flow to the instruments on the seafloor, but are &#8220;stretchy&#8221; to accommodate ocean conditions such as waves and swell.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_530920\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-530920\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-530920\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-6.53.03-PM-1-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-6.53.03-PM-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-6.53.03-PM-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-01-at-6.53.03-PM-1.jpeg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-530920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The last portion of the mooring to be deployed is the Multi-Function Node.It holds numerous instruments and the 7000 lb anchor (orange component in the center). It is lowered to ~30 meters above the seafloor, then dropped into place.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Images and Text by Darlene Trew Crist\u00a9WHOI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a gift for early risers. The sun was bright, the weather comfortable.\u00a0 This was fortuitous, for the team was on the stern deck of the R\/V Neil Armstrong as the sun rose at 6 am. They diligently worked to finish attaching the various parts that ultimately comprise the Inshore Surface Mooring (ISSM).\u00a0 Deployment&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":530889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,19],"tags":[28,34,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530887"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531075,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530887\/revisions\/531075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}