Introduction to the 1999 Edition:
This manual summarizes the regulations, restrictions, customs and traditions
under which all research aboard SIO vessels is carried out. The purpose
is to assist you, the chief scientist, from whatever institution or agency,
in preparing for a single cruise or a leg of an expedition and in discharging
your shipboard responsibilities. Recognizing the varied nature of shipboard
research, considerable flexibility has been written into this manual.
All exceptions or modifications require prior approval from the Director
of SIO or the Associate Director for Ship Operations and Marine Technical
Support, hereafter "Associate Director."
As in the previous edition we have collected in Section
III. "Expeditions and Foreign Clearances" material that is particularly
relevant to expeditions with multiple port calls away from San Diego
and/or to cruises involving work in foreign waters. If you are chief
scientist on such a cruise please read the Expeditions and Foreign Clearances
section as well as the rest.
It is assumed throughout this manual that the chief scientist
is the same person as the principal investigator of the primary grant/contract
supporting the scientific research to be carried out on the cruise.
We realize that this is not always the case; when they are not the same
person, it is incumbent on both of them to sort out who is going to
carry out which of the actions listed herein as responsibilities of
the "chief scientist."
Other Sources of Information: In general,
the primary initial contact for scientists on any questions about SIO
ships or their technical support is the Ship Scheduling Office:
Ship Scheduling
Office
SIO 0210
UCSD
9500 Gilman Dr.
La Jolla, CA 92093-0210
858-534-2840
858-822-5811 (fax)
shipsked@ucsd.edu
The Scheduling Office often will refer your question
and subsequent interactions about it to one or more other elements of
the enterprise (Marine Facility,
resident technicians,
etc.) that are best suited to give you the specific information or support
you need. If you are an "old hand" or already know which of these other
elements to approach, please do so. If in doubt, however, always feel
free to talk to the Ship Scheduling Office, where you will be given
answers or onward referral(s) as appropriate. SIO provides several other
useful documents:
1. A handbook
for each ship, detailing ship features, arrangements and capabilities,
and any specific ship-dependent procedures or rules not covered in this
manual.
2. A mini-directory of contacts
for various aspects of ship operations and shipboard technical support
at SIO. This information is included as an addendum or feature of this
and other documents, and is also available in stand-alone form from
the Ship Scheduling Office.
3. A Manual for Seagoing Scientists, intended
for first-time seagoers, emphasizing the basics of shipboard life as
well as do's and don'ts of social interactions at sea.
4. Single-sheet capsule descriptions of ship particulars
and equipment features for each ship.
5. A detailed policy statement about the use of isotopes
on SIO ships.
6. A single-page guide to ways and means of communicating
with SIO ships.
7. The various forms
that scientific party members and/or the chief scientist must complete
before or after the cruise.
All of these documents are available on request from
the Ship Scheduling Office; indeed some (#7) will be sent to you whether
you request them or not.
Increasingly, these documents and other ship-related
information are being made available on the World Wide Web (http://sio.ucsd.edu//shipsked).
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