Okeanos Explorer (EX1705): American Samoa, Kingman/Palmyra, Jarvis (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
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Description |
Link |
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mapsOE.htm |
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/oer-digital-atlas/mapsOE.htm |
Tags
- capstoneprime crust zonepacific monuments and sancuariescentral pacific seamountsdeep sea mineralste
- tropical northwest pacific
- telepresence
- biodiversity
- mapping surveymultibeammultibeam backscattermultibeam sonarmulti-beam sonarnoaa fleetokeanosokeanos
- hawaii
- american samoakingman reefjarvis islandpago pagohawaiicook islandskiribatipacific remote islands mar
- deep-sea corals
- sampling operations
- international waters
- seamounts
- submersibles
- davisville r337 rhode island
- marine protected areas