1. Work Package 2 / 3 TECHNOLOGIAL & PROCEDURAL HARMONISATION FixO3 General Assembly 14 th to the 16 th October 2014, Heraklion-CRETE Observatory 1 - FRAM ingo.schewe@awi.de

2. WP 2 / WP3 – Technological & Procedural Harmonisation Task 2.1:Review of the current status of all fixed observing sites Task 3.1: Assessment of procedures Current status of the Observatory (October 2014) Position: Framstrait 78° - 80° N Type (moorings, bottom landers, water column and benthos samplings) Payload:  current meters, sediment traps, sediment oxygen sensors, OFOS, LOKI people involved:  Antje Boetius  Ingo Schewe  Felix Janssen  Thomas Soltwedel  Ursula Schauer  Wilken-Jon von Appen

3. Significant results/highlights during the first year project extension of the biogeoscientific array to the Western Framstrait installation of two new profiling oceanographic moorings (McLane type) additional photo transects for SA 1.2 taken Data Management and Data Access Real Time: not jet established Delayed Mode: Key persons involved data management for your time-series:  Ingo Schewe  Wilken-Jon von Appen WP 2 / WP3 – Technological & Procedural Harmonisation Task 2.1:Review of the current status of all fixed observing sites Task 3.1: Assessment of procedures

4. Pre-deployment (procedures in short) long term expedition planning and detailed expedition planning Design of – integration of additional instruments e.g. into moored platforms (TNA) – new sophisticated devices => crawler, ice-tethered platforms Maintenance/service issues: general exchange of all instruments after full deployment phase Calibration of instruments according to manufacturer’s recommendations Preparations: disassembly of all components Equipment: adaptation of additional instruments (e.g. design of mountings) WP 2 / WP3 – Technological & Procedural Harmonisation Task 2.1:Review of the current status of all fixed observing sites Task 3.1: Assessment of procedures Operating Scheme/Schematic (with time intervals) Pre-deployment: 1-3 years (incl. expedition planning) Deployment times:  generally for 1-2 years for moorings  days to weeks for in-situ experiments and short term measurements (e.g. sediment oxygen)  hours for water-column or sediment sampling On the field: 3 – 6 weeks

5. Deployment (procedures in short) Means: – generally R/V POLARSTERN (in ice-free areas also other ships) – bottom lander systems – mooring lines – ROV/ AUV Maintenance on board: – generally exchange of instruments, sometimes maintenance and redeployment Testing/Validation: – special testing deployments for new equipment for hours or weeks Deployment procedures (?) – bottom landers -> release and recovery – mooring lines -> anchor-stone first, successively mounting of instruments, slipping – OFOS -> seafloor imagery from a towed system WP 2 / WP3 – Technological & Procedural Harmonisation Task 2.1:Review of the current status of all fixed observing sites Task 3.1: Assessment of procedures

6. WP 3 – Procedural Harmonisation Task 3.1: Assessment of procedures On the field (procedures in short) Data transfer: no online transfer established jet Surveys: water column profiles Emergencies: adjustment of deployment positions due to ice situation Data post processing: not on the field, just after recovery