Okeanos Explorer (EX1806): Mid and Southeast US (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 Profiler), XBTs in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, CTD casts, OER's two-body ROV Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship's high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. Operations are planned throughout the South Atlantic Bight, offshore Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Resources
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mapsOE.htm |
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/oer-digital-atlas/mapsOE.htm |
Tags
- davisville rhode island
- expeditionexplorationexplorermapping surveymarine educationmultibeammultibeam backscattermultibeam s
- telepresence
- biodiversity
- deep-sea corals
- sampling operations
- habitat characterization
- south atlantic bight
- submersibles
- warm temperate northwest atlantic
- aspirebenthic habitatsbiogeographic patternschemosynthetic communitiesdeep-sea coralsdeep-sea ecosys
- canyons
- seeps and vents