Okeanos Explorer (EX1703): Howland/Baker PRIMNM and PIPA (ROV/Mapping)

Description

Operations will include the use of the ship's deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers), XBT and Underway CTD casts in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, OER’s 6000 m two-body ROV Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship's high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 mapsOE.htm https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/oer-digital-atlas/mapsOE.htm
0 http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/

Tags

  • seafloor mapping
  • davisville rhode island
  • expedition exploration explorer marine education noaa ocean ocean discovery ocean education ocean ex
  • tropical northwest pacific
  • telepresence
  • biodiversity
  • and ocean needs monuments telepresence prime crust zone pcz vulnerable marine habitats high density
  • faults
  • samoa central pacific seamounts
  • deep-sea corals
  • sampling operations
  • international waters
  • phoenix islands protected area pipa capstone campaign to address pacific monument science
  • seamounts
  • habitat characterization
  • submersibles
  • technology
  • marine protected areas
  • tokelau kiribati phoenix islands howland and baker unit pacific remote islands marine national monum

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