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Canada Deployment Opportunities
Contact point:
Yvonne Cook
LCM, Surface Networks
Meteorological Services of Canada
4905 Dufferin St., Downsview
Ontario, M3H 5T4
Canada
Tel: (+1) 416 739 4468
Fax: (+1) 416 739 4261
Email: yvonne.cookec.gc.ca
Potential ship deployment opportunities:
| Potential area, ship routes | Ocean Station Papa (50N, 145W) |
| Time period, regularity | Three trips per year. The usual times are, February, May/June and September. Trips vary in length, from two weeks in February to a likely 4-week trip in the spring. |
| Type of ship (e.g. VOS, research ship, navy ship) | Research vessel, John P. Tully |
| Availability of crew onboard (none, minimal, moderate, high) | Competent technical people on board who could be used to assist or execute deployments |
| Whether technician(s) can embark the ship (needed for floats, XBTs, moored buoy servicing) | Technicians can be embarked for other purposes
depending on the availability of space. Space is usually
available on the February and September trips, usually however there is massive competition for bunk space on the spring trip |
| Whether the ship can stop (needed for moored buoy servicing) | The ship will stop frequently and extra stops could
be programmed in. Station Papa is at 50N, 145W. The usual trajectory is from the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca (48 30N, 124 30 W) directly to station Papa, then northwards one degree, and returning to either the Queen Charlotte Islands or the northern tip of Vancouver Island |
| Potential area, ship routes | Within the 200 mi. limit along the East coast and Labrador coast. |
| Time period, regularity | Several trips per year |
| Type of ship (e.g. VOS, research ship, navy ship) | DFO/Fisheries patrol vessels. Bedford Institute of Oceanography research vessels. Coast Guard buoy tenders/ Icebreakers |
| Availability of crew onboard (none, minimal, moderate, high) | Moderately crewed |
| Whether technician(s) can embark the ship (needed for floats, XBTs, moored buoy servicing) | Usually unsuitable for tech. to join as cruises are
usually long duration and accommodation limited. Some
coastal buoy tending operations would be more suitable for technicians to embark and disembark from the ship. |
| Whether the ship can stop (needed for moored buoy servicing) | Ships could be easily stopped for short periods. |