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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OER Digital Atlas | HTML | mapsOE.htm | Open resource |
Tags
- bahamasdominican republicturks and caicos islands
- biodiversity
- caribbean
- davisville rhode island
- deep-sea corals
- expeditionexplorationexplorermarine educationnoaaoceanocean discoveryocean educationocean exploratio
- habitat characterization
- mapping
- seamounts
- submersibles
- telepresence
- warm temperate northwest atlantic