Okeanos Explorer (EX1812): Caribbean/SAB ROV and 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), XBT casts in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, 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 and the ship's high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. Operations are planned in the US EEZ, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas.

Resources

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

Tags

  • davisville rhode island
  • telepresence
  • biodiversity
  • deep-sea corals
  • seamounts
  • habitat characterization
  • submersibles
  • warm temperate northwest atlantic
  • mapping
  • bahamasdominican republicturks and caicos islands
  • caribbean
  • expeditionexplorationexplorermarine educationnoaaoceanocean discoveryocean educationocean exploratio

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