Attachment_J.4_Scientific_Mission_Systems_Specification_REV_1_072922.pdf

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Attachment J.4

Scientific Mission System Specification

Revision 1

July 29, 2022

Solicitation No. 1305M222RNMAN00157

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Table of Contents

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 TERMS & ACRONYMS

3.0 SCIENTIFIC MISSION SYSTEMS (SMS)

4.0 SCIENTIFIC ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

4.1 a SES Remote Display Console

4.1 b Multibeam Survey System - Shallow Water

4.1 c Multibeam Survey System – Deep Water

4.1 d Sub Bottom Profiler

4.1 e Single Beam Echosounder System

4.1 f Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

4.1 g Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System

4.1 h Surface Sound Velocimeter System (SSVS)

4.1 i Acoustic Sensor Synchronization Unit

4.1 j Acoustic Sensor Calibration System

4.1 k Acoustic Monitoring System (AMS)

4.1 l Inertial Navigation System

4.1 m GNSS Augmentation System (GNSSAS)

4.1 n Self-Contained Water Profiling System (SCWPS)

4.1 o Single Beam Echosounder System Calibration Kit

4.2 Scientific Instrumentation

4.2 a Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)

4.2 b Water Column Profiler

4.2 c Self-Contained Portable CTD

4.2 d Uncontaminated Scientific Seawater System Instrumentation

4.2 e Sea Surface Temperature Sensing System

4.2 f Salinometer System

4.2 g Scientific Meteorological Systems

Scientific Mission Systems Specification Attachment J.4

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Scientific Mission Systems Specification defines the requirements and characteristics of the Scientific

Electronic Systems (SES), scientific instrumentation, and scientific meteorological systems provided by the contractor for the NOAA Advanced Survey (NAS). The specific location of the mast, pilot house, Electronics Technician (ET) shop, computer lab, main lab, transceiver room(s), transducer space(s), and other spaces related to the conduct of scientific missions identified herein shall be determined by the contractor in accordance with the requirements of this contract.

2.0 TERMS & ACRONYMS

The following list of relevant definitions is used throughout the document. To ensure a common understanding, definitions of words used throughout this system specification shall be those contained in the Merriam-

Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

Terms

Contractor The contractor is the firm that holds the contract with the Government for design, construction, and delivery of the ship. By extension, the term “contractor” as used in this system specification also may refer to the subcontractors and to the shipbuilder, as specified by the applicable subcontract agreements between the contracting organization and its subcontractors.

Provide The term ‘provide’ means design, purchase, install/integrate into the ship, tested and verified to be operational for its intended use

The following list of acronyms is used throughout the document.

Acronyms

ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System

AMS Acoustic Monitoring System

ANTS Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System

CRES Corrosion Resistant Steel

CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth

ET Electronics Technician

GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System

GPT General Purpose Transceiver

IMU Inertial Measurement Unit

INS Inertial Navigation System

MBES-DW Multibeam Echosounder – Deep Water

MBES-SW Multibeam Echosounder – Shallow Water

Acronyms

SBES Single Beam Echosounder system

SBP Sub Bottom Profiler

SCS Scientific Computer System

SES Scientific Electronic Systems

SMS Scientific Mission Systems

SSVS Surface Sound Velocity System

USBL Ultra-Short Baseline

XBT Expendable Bathythermograph

3.0 SCIENTIFIC MISSION SYSTEMS (SMS)

The SES, scientific instrumentation, and scientific meteorological systems shall be integrated into the ship design and designed in accordance with requirements of this document and the Attachment J.1 Statement of

Requirements (SOR).

4.0 SCIENTIFIC ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

SES shall receive all required sensor data inputs, including input from the Inertial Navigation System (INS), Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), gyrocompass systems, etc. The SES shall provide data outputs to the scientific computer system (SCS).

Rack mounted equipment (processing units, monitors, keyboards, mouse, etc.) shall be installed in the

Scientific Server Room and be specifically designed for standard 483 mm (19 inch) electronics racks. Cable from all scientific sonar transducers shall be terminated with 305 mm (12 inches) of slack at the inboard end to allow subsequent re-terminations. A direct link and necessary control equipment (monitors, keyboards, mouse, etc.) shall also be provided for each system in the main lab.

All operating systems must be based on the newest Windows operating system available within 6 months of the ship being delivered wherever possible.

A single set of control equipment with selectable direct links to each system is acceptable.

4.1 a SES Remote Display Console

An SES remote display console for monitoring SES equipment shall be provided in the Pilot House. The console shall contain four co-located color displays, minimum 584 mm (23 inch) intended for remote viewing of the following system feeds:

1. Multibeam Echosounder System – shallow water (MBES-SW)

2. Multibeam Echosounder System – deep water (MBES-DW)

3. Single Beam Echosounder System (SBES)

4. Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP)

5. Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

6. Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System (ANTS)

7. Self-Contained Water Profiling System (SCWPS)

Video feed to the displays shall be user-selectable at the console and allow for simultaneous viewing of up to four independent system outputs. The displays shall be provided with dimming controls for night use. The SES remote display console shall be oriented facing inboard and have at least 1.2 m (4 feet) of clearance in front and sufficient clearance for personnel access in the rear.

4.1 b Multibeam Survey System - Shallow Water

A MBSS-SW, Kongsberg EM 2040-04 MKII (Single RX / Single TX), or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and remote control power switch unit shall be rack mounted in the Scientific Server Room. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducer shall be mounted in the bottom of the Transducer Space, in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

4.1 c Multibeam Survey System – Deep Water

A MBES-DW, Kongsberg EM 304 MKII, with 0.5° X 1.0° resolution and an operating range of 10 meters to

8000 meters, or better, shall be provided. The transceiver unit, preamplifier unit, junction boxes, and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and remote control power switch unit shall be rack mounted in the hydrographics lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space.

4.1 d Sub Bottom Profiler

An SBP system, Kongsberg SBP 29, or equal, shall be provided. The transceiver unit, junction box, and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and control unit shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space.

4.1 e Single Beam Echosounder System

A SBES, Simrad Model EK80, or equal, with data logging and hydroacoustic post-processing shall be provided. The system shall be capable of operating at six frequencies simultaneously. The system shall consist of six wideband transceivers (WBTs), six transducers, rack mounted WBT remote control, rack mounted processing unit, mouse, keyboard, two rack mounted LCD Color displays, and all required interconnecting hardware and cabling.

The WBTs shall operate at 18 kHz (split beam), 38 kHz (split beam), 70 kHz (split beam), 120 kHz (split beam), 200 kHz (split beam), and 333 kHz (split beam). All transducers shall be mounted in the bottom of the

Transducer Space, in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

The WBTs shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and

WBT remote control unit shall be rack mounted in the Scientific Server Room. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided. The system shall have at least 4 terabyte free disk space and have backup hardware and software for the system software and data. The disk system shall be configured in RAID 10.

4.1 f Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)

An ADCP, Teledyne RDI Ocean Surveyor 38 kHz, 75 kHz, and 150 kHz, and a Workhorse Mariner 300 kHz, or equal, shall be provided. The system shall include four electronic processing units, four transducers, and all required interconnecting hardware and cabling.

The processing units, displays, mice, keyboards, and control units shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab.

The transducers shall be installed in the Transducer Space in freshwater backed sea chests and shall be fully serviceable and permit removal and reinstallation without dry-docking the ship.

4.1 g Acoustic Navigation and Tracking System

An Ultra Short Base Line (USBL) subsea positioning system, Sonardyne Ranger 2 or equal shall be provided.

The USBL shall be capable of an operation range to 7000 meters with system accuracy equal-to or better than 0.1%.

The transceiver unit, junction box, and power supplies shall be located in the Transceiver Room. The processing unit, displays, mouse, keyboard, and control unit shall be rack mounted in the Server Room. Displays, mouse, keyboard, and controls shall be located in the Main Lab for primary control and observation. Video output for remote viewing of system operations on the SES remote display console shall be provided.

Gate valve, hoist control unit, mounting hardware, instrument rack, and operator station shall be provided.

The transceiver unit, hoist control unit, and remote control unit shall be located in the gantry trunk. ANTS shall include indication for status of deployment and an alarm in the Pilot House if stalled in retrieval position.

4.1 h Surface Sound Velocimeter System (SSVS)

A SSVS, flow through system with tank assembly and sound velocity probe, AML XCH-SV-STD or equal, shall be provided. The sound velocity probe shall interface with the MBSS-DW and MBSS-SW. The system shall include through hull fittings, piping, mounting hardware, and operator station installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

4.1 i Acoustic Sensor Synchronization Unit

The SES shall be provided with a triggering system that shall control the ping rate of all installed SES echo sounders and sonars that could potentially interfere with the scientific sonar system. The triggering system unit, operating system computer, display, mouse, and keyboard shall be rack mounted in the Scientific Server Room.

4.1 j Acoustic Sensor Calibration System

Two watertight junction boxes shall be installed in the weather on exterior bulkheads, one box on port side and one box starboard side, such that the longitudinal location of the junction boxes is centered over the sonars in the

Transducer Space. The watertight junction boxes shall be installed on the same deck.

Two cables installed in parallel from the Scientific Server Room to each watertight junction box shall be provided. Each of these cables shall be of the same type, constructed of 2-conductor #10 AWG uncoated copper enclosed in a polyester/aluminum shield, 30.5 m (100 feet) in length each, with mating watertight connectors at each end.

4.1 k Acoustic Monitoring System (AMS)

Three wide band, low noise, omni-directional hydrophones shall be provided covering a frequency range of

10 - 100 kHz. The hydrophones shall be located such that they do not interfere with the acoustic performance of any mission sensor. One omni-directional hydrophone shall be installed in a floodable void or tank, on approximately centerline, and approximately within 1 m (39 inches) of the propulsor. Two omni-directional hydrophones shall be installed in a floodable void(s) or tank(s) in the Transducer Space near the ends of the deep water multibeam receive array, with one hydrophone located port and starboard at the same frame.

Two accelerometers with a nominal sensitivity of 100 mV/g and a natural resonance above

40 kHz shall be provided. The accelerometers shall be mounted to an installed welded stud directly above each propulsor on the shell plating.

All sensors shall have an internal preamplifier located within the crystal assembly.

The cabling for the hydrophones and accelerometers shall be terminated in a junction box in proximity to the electronics racks located in the Main Lab with 1 m (39 inches) of slack.

4.1 l Inertial Navigation System

One inertial navigation system (INS), Applanix POS MV v.5 or equal, shall be provided as the primary heading and position input for the SES. The INS shall provide 1 pulse per second (PPS) to the SES. The INS shall be a bolt on type.

4.1 m GNSS Augmentation System (GNSSAS)

A GNSSAS augmentation system shall be provided with two RS-232 and a USB 3.0 data output capability.

The GNSSAS shall have an integrated Starfire/RTK GNSS receiver capable of L1, L2, L5, G1 & G2 full wave length carrier phase tracking. The system shall have a GNSS rover antenna.

4.1 n Self-Contained Water Profiling System (SCWPS)

A SCWPS, AML Oceanographic Limited MVP200 or equal, shall be provided. The system shall include one free fall fish with an integrated Sound/Velocity/Temperature/Pressure (SVTP) sensor and an integrated

Conductivity/Temperature/Depth (CTD) sensor capable of collecting data from both sensors simultaneously. Remote

SCWPS displays and controls shall be provided in the Main Lab, Aft Control Station, and Pilot House. The system shall be capable of operating in at least 600m of water depth.

4.1 o Single Beam Echosounder System Calibration Kit

One Calibration Kit for the Single Beam Echosounder System shall be provided with a dedicated storage location identified onboard the ship. At a minimum the kit shall include a portable hard case that contains four commercially available outriggers, pole mounts, extension poles, clamps, and hardware, each outrigger shall have at least 500 yards of 100lb Spectra line on each marked with lead weights at 5 m intervals (to measure depth), beginning

10 m from the loose end. The kit shall include copper and tungsten carbide calibration spheres dedicated for each of the operational frequencies in accordance with Table 3-1. Each tungsten carbide sphere shall have a cobalt binder.

Table 3–1: Single Beam Echosounder System Calibration Spheres

Operational

Frequency (kHz)

Material Diameter

(mm)

18 Copper 63

Copper 60

Tungsten Carbide 38.1

Copper 32.1

Copper 23

Copper 13.7

Tungsten Carbide 38.1

333 Tungsten Carbide 22

- Tungsten Carbide 25

4.2 Scientific Instrumentation

Scientific instrumentation shall be provided and integrated across the ship design in accordance with requirements of this document and the Attachment J.1 Statement of Requirements (SOR).

4.2 a Expendable Bathythermograph (XBT)

An XBT system shall be provided. The system shall consist of a hand-held launcher Sippican Model LM-

3A, or equal, an oceanographic data acquisition system Sippican Model LMC-16, or equal, and an acquisition computer and display system in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.

The acquisition and display system, and the oceanographic data acquisition system shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab.

A bulkhead mounted, watertight storage box for the hand-held launcher and cabling shall be provided aft in the Wet Lab on the outboard bulkhead. The XBT connector box shall be installed inside the storage box. The XBT connector box shall provide an interface for communication from the oceanographic data acquisition system to the hand-held launcher.

System data outputs shall be provided to the SCS in NMEA 0183 format.

4.2 b Water Column Profiler

A water column profiler system shall be provided and include an underwater conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) unit, a carousel sampler and stand, twenty-four (24) 10-liter Nisken sampling bottles, a deck unit, and an acquisition computer and display system.

The water column profiler system shall include the following components:

1. Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE Model 9 plus, or equal, with the following:

a. Aluminum housing, 6,800 m (22,310 feet) depth rating with standard connectors.

b. One dissolved oxygen sensor, Sea-Bird Electronics SBE Model 43, or equal

c. One 6,800 m (10,000 psia) pressure sensor.

d. Secondary temperature and conductivity sensors,

2. Carousel sampler, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE 32, or equal, with the following:

a. Aluminum housing, 6,800 m (22,310 feet) depth rating with standard connectors.

b. 24 bottle positions, 10-liter size.

c. CTD integration (standard connections), SBE 11 Plus (real time) horizontal cage mount.

3. One sonar altimeter, Valeport 500kHz Altimeter, or equal.

4. One fluorometer, Chelsea Instruments Model AquaTracka III, or equal.

5. One transmissometer, Wet Labs C-Star Transmissometer, or equal.

6. One 12 kHz Pinger, Kongsberg Model cNode Mini, or equal.

Niskin bottles shall have a 10 liter capacity, be of non-metallic free-flushing construction, and fully interfaced with the carousel sampler to allow retrieval of water samples at user determined depths. The CTD stand shall be provided with circular rails at the base and shall be 1.2m (4 feet) in length, with interconnecting vertical rails.

The 12 kHz Pinger shall be powered by rechargeable batteries. A battery charger and two sets of batteries compatible with the unit shall be provided.

The CTD deck unit shall be a Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE Model 11 Plus V2, or equal. The CTD deck unit and its associated acquisition computer and display system shall be rack mounted in the Main Lab. The deck unit shall be provided with input from the scientific GNSS system. Data output shall be provided to the SCS. The acquisition computer shall have eight serial ports for connections to the deck unit and for data output to the SCS.

The CTD deck unit shall be connected to the slip rings on the hydrographic winches by way of a selector switch located in the Main Lab. A connector from the electro-mechanical (EM) conductor cable on the hydrographic winches to the underwater CTD unit shall be provided as recommended by the manufacturer.

4.2 c Self-Contained Portable CTD

A self-contained CTD system shall be provided. The system shall be a Sea-Bird Electronics Model Seacat

SBE-19 PLUS V2, or equal, with deck unit, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-36, or equal, and underwater power supply. The deck unit shall be installed in the Main Lab and shall provide data input to the SCS.

4.2 d Uncontaminated Scientific Seawater System Instrumentation

The uncontaminated scientific seawater system shall contain the following instrumentation: two temperature sensors, two thermosalinographs with associated interface boxes, fluorometer, flow metering system, and a vortex debubbler. Uncontaminated scientific seawater system piping and installation shall be in accordance with Attachment

J.1 Statement of Requirements (SOR). Uncontaminated scientific seawater system instrumentation shall provide data output to the SCS.

The temperature sensors shall be Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-38 Digital Oceanographic Thermometer, and shall be installed at the uncontaminated scientific seawater sea chest. Each of the temperature sensors shall interface with a thermosalinograph interface box via RS-232.

One thermosalinograph, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-21, or equal, and associated interface junction box, SeaCAT/Sealogger RS-232 & Navigation Interface Box, or equal shall be provided in the Wet Lab. The interface junction box shall be provided with navigation data from the scientific GNSSAS system, and shall interface with a temperature sensor.

One thermosalinograph, Sea-Bird Electronics Model SBE-45 MicroTSG, or equal, with micro-flow valve water feed and associated interface junction box, SBE-45 Power/Navigation/Remote Temperature Interface Box, or equal, shall be provided in the Wet Lab. The thermosalinograph shall be connected to a flow controlled branch line in the uncontaminated scientific seawater system. The interface junction box shall be provided with navigation data from the scientific GNSSAS system, and shall interface with a temperature sensor. Means shall be provided for selectively routing the serial output from the interface box to the SCS and from the interface box to the vicinity of the multi-beam transceivers for the purpose of providing auxiliary sound velocity readings.

The continuous flow fluorometer, Sea-Bird ECO FLNTU RT (ECO2.21110100CS), or equal, shall be provided in a NEMA 4 enclosure and connected to a flow controlled branch line in the uncontaminated scientific seawater system. The fluorometer shall be located in the Wet Lab.

The flow metering system shall consist of one flow sensor, GF Signet Model MK 515 Rotor-X, or equal, and two Signet 9900 Flow Monitors, or equal. The flow sensor shall be installed in the downstream section of the common suction manifold. One flow monitor shall be installed in the vicinity of the flow sensor, and the other flow monitor shall be installed in the ET Shop/Computer Lab. The flow monitor located in the ET Shop/Computer Lab shall interface with the SCS via a 4-20mA to RS-232 converter. The flow metering system shall include a low flow alarm with user defined threshold levels. The low flow alarm annunciator shall be located in the Main Lab.

4.2 e Sea Surface Temperature Sensing System

A sea surface temperature sensing system shall be provided and include the following: three seawater temperature sensors, three associated cofferdams with removable covers and stuffing tubes, three seawater temperature indicators, and associated foundations and interconnecting cabling. The seawater temperature sensors shall be installed in CRES housings and have the following characteristics:

1. Accurate to at least +/- 0.001 degrees C (0.0018 degrees F).

2. Temperature sensing resolution of at least +/- 0.0003 degrees C (0.00054 degrees F).

3. Stability of at least 0.001 degrees C (0.0018 degrees F) per 6 month period.

4. Capable of reading temperatures between 0 degrees C to 30 degrees C (32 degrees F to 86 degrees F).

5. Output temperature data using NMEA 0183.

6. Data update rate of at least 10 Hz.

The digital temperature indicators shall be mounted in electronics racks in the Main Lab, be capable of interfacing with equipment via RS-232 interfaces, and provide data to the SCS. The temperature sensors shall be located as far forward as possible of the main seawater cooling system discharge, and be equally spaced from 0.5 to

2.0 m (1.6 to 6.6 feet) below the design waterline.

4.2 f Salinometer System

Two laboratory salinometers, Guildline Model 8400B, or equal, shall be provided. The salinometers shall be bench mounted within the Wet Lab.

4.2 g Scientific Meteorological Systems

One weather fax shall be provided in the Chart Area of the Pilot House.

Scientific meteorological equipment shall be provided in accordance with Table 3-2.

Table 3–2: Scientific Meteorological Systems

Description Brand Model # Quantity Notes

Temperature Probe

R.M. Young Model 41342 or equal

Mounted on the Main Mast

Wind Speed &

Direction Sensor

Model 05106 or

Co-located with other Wind Birds on the Main Mast

Marine Wind Tracker

Display

Model 06206 or

Display unit specifically for the

R.M. Young 05106 Wind Speed and Direction Sensor. Display to be mounted in the Chart Area.

Ultrasonic Wind

Sensor

Model 81000 or

Relative Humidity

Sensor

Model 41382VC or equal

Meteorological

Translator Unit

Model 26800 or

Located in the ET Shop/Computer

Lab. For display of wind speed, direction, air temperature, and humidity.

Optical Rain Sensor

Optical

Scientific

Model

ORG815-DS or

To include lens heaters on transmitter and receiver lenses.

Mounted on top of the Pilot House.

Digital Barometer

VAISALA

Model PTB330 or equal

Sensing unit located in the weather.

Display unit located in the Chart

Area.

Humidity Sensing

Unit

Rotronic Hygroflex 3 or

Mounted on top of Pilot House

Pyranometer

Eppley

Laboratories

Model SPP or

Co-located sensors mounted with clear view of the sun

Infrared Radiometer Eppley

Laboratories

Model PIR or

Co-located sensors mounted with clear view of the sun

All scientific meteorological sensors shall be installed in locations having clean, unobstructed airflow, away from interferences, exhaust gases, and vents that could impact sensor data accuracy. Scientific meteorological systems shall interface with the SCS.