Okeanos Explorer (EX1903L2): 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 Profilers), 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.
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
- seafloor mapping
- davisville rhode island
- aspirebiogeographic patternsdeep sea coral communitiesdeep sea ecosystemsdeep sea sponge communities
- continental shelf
- expeditionexplorationexplorermapping surveymarine educationmultibeammultibeam backscattermultibeam s
- telepresence
- biodiversity
- habitat characterization
- submersibles
- warm temperate northwest atlantic
- southeastern u.s.