Description
Between February and August 2012, a team of NOAA and external partners will conduct a mapping âblitzâ focused on deepwater canyons off the northeastern seaboard. In preparation for this series of Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions (ACUMEN), a team of NOAA and non-NOAA partners identified priority frontier areas along the continental shelf and slope. In total, five expeditions will gather baseline information to support science and management needs. The expeditions will highlight the complementary capabilities of three NOAA ships: Okeanos Explorer, Ferdinand R. Hassler, Henry B. Bigelow and the Nancy Foster for a NOAA-BOEM project. NOAA Partners include: the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), Office of Coast Survey (OCS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Office of Habitat Conservation, and the NESDIS/NODC National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC). External partners include: Virginia Sea Grant; Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean: New York Department of State and Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; and Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region. Key partners in the NOAA-BOEM project include USGS, Continental Shelf Associates, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and the Marine Conservation Institute.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Web Page | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
Tags
- accomac canyon
- aquatic ecosystems
- archaeological
- archaeology
- baltimore canyon
- bathymetry/seafloor topography
- benthic habitat
- biosphere
- cape lookout
- conductivity
- conservation
- conserve
- crm
- ctd
- cultural resource management
- deep ocean
- deep sea
- deep-sea exploration
- deep water
- deep water shipwrecks
- depth
- expedition
- exploration
- exploration vessel
- explorer
- hard-bottom biological communities
- hard-bottom habitat
- high-definition underwater video
- historic
- mapping survey
- marine archaeology
- marine education
- maritime
- maritime archaeology
- mbes
- mid-atlantic bight
- multibeam
- multibeam backscatter
- multibeam mapping system
- multibeam sonar
- nautical
- nautical archaeology
- noaa
- noaa fleet
- norfolk canyon
- north atlantic
- ocean
- ocean discovery
- ocean education
- ocean exploration
- ocean exploration and research
- ocean literacy
- ocean research
- oceans
- oer
- okeanos
- okeanos explorer
- poor man's canyon
- preserve
- protect
- protection
- r337
- science
- scientific computing system
- scientific mission
- scientific research
- scs
- sea
- single beam sonar
- single-beam sonar
- singlebeam sonar
- soft-bottom biological communities
- stewardship
- sub-bottom profile
- submarine canyons
- submerged cultural heritage
- submerged cultural resource
- systematic exploration
- technology
- telepresence
- temperature
- transformational research
- uch
- undersea
- underwater
- underwater cultural heritage
- underwater video
- washington canyon
- water column backscatter