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EX1103: Exploration and Mapping, Galapagos Spreading							Center: Mapping, CTD, Tow-Yo, and ROV on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer							between 20110608 and 20110728

This cruise will be composed of two separate legs. The first
					leg will be a transit from San Diego, CA to the Galapagos Spreading Center,
					where multibeam mapping, CTD casts, and CTD tow-yo operations will be performed.
					The ship will have a port call and science party change in Puntarenas, Costa
					Rica between July 2 and July 7, 2011. Following this port call, from July 7 -
					July 28, 2011, the ROV Little Hercules and camera sled Seirios, will investigate
					targets identified in Leg 1. Further multibeam mapping and CTD casts will also
					be performed. Leg 2 will end at Balboa, Panama.

Tags: bathymetric, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, camera sled, clipperton island, costa rica, ctd, deep ocean, deep sea, deep water, deep-sea exploration, dissolved oxygen, ecuador, ecuador rift, em302, expedition, expedition command center, exploration, exploration vessel, explorer, galapagos marine reserve, galapagos ridge, galapagos spreading center, geophysical, high-definition underwater video, inca fracture zone, inner space center, innerspace center, isc, kongsberg em302, light scattering sensor, little hercules, lss, mapping operations, mapping survey, marine education, meteorological, metoc, multibeam, multibeam backscatter, multibeam sonar, multibeam survey, navidad, noaa, noaa fleet, north pacific, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceanographic, oceans, oer, off-axis vents, okeanos, okeanos explorer, orp, oxidation reduction potential, paramount seamounts, plumes, pmel, puntarenas, r337, remotely operated vehicle, rov, san diego, science, scientific computing system, scientific mission, scientific research, scs, sea, seafloor mapping, seamount, seamounts, seirios, single beam sonar, single-beam sonar, singlebeam sonar, stewardship, sub-bottom profile, sulfide mounds, systematic exploration, technology, telepresence, tow-yo, transformational research, u.s. west coast, undersea, underwater, underwater video, uri, vsat, water column backscatter
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Aviators Down! The Search for Tuskegee and Free French World War II Aircraft in Lake Huron

Nearly 200 military aircraft were lost in the Great Lakes during World War II (WWII). The vast majority of losses occurred in lower Lake Michigan where Navy aviators attempted to qualify for carrier takeoffs and landings. The Army also lost pilots and aircraft in Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron. Dozens of foreign pilots including French and Norwegian exiles training in North America were also lost over waters in the Great Lakes. Although many of the WWII aircrafts wrecked in the Great Lakes have been recovered, the majority have not yet been found. The goals for this project were to emphasize the importance of WWII-related cultural heritage within and adjacent to Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary; develop archaeological survey methodologies to locate and characterize small, disarticulated aircraft sites; and create and develop new partnerships between NOAA and other academic and governmental agencies that will facilitate the exploration and characterization of Lake Huron's maritime and aviation heritage. Funding for this project was provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration via its Ocean Exploration Fiscal Year 2017 Funding Opportunity. Data contains multibeam, side scan sonar, and field images collected between 27 June and 26 September, 2018 in Alpena, Oscoda, and Iosco counties, Michigan. Fieldwork was conducted during daylight hours out of Alpena, Harrisville, and Tawas City, Michigan.

Tags: alcona county, aquatic sciences, camera, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, greenbush, harrisville, iosco county, lake huron, marine education, marine environment monitoring, michigan, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceans, oer, office of ocean exploration and research, oscoda, pride of michigan, r/v storm, science, scientific mission, scientific research, sea, sea ark, stewardship, sturgeon point, systematic exploration, tawas, technology, transformational research, u.s. department of commerce, undersea, underwater, underwater video camera
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1707): Musicians Seamounts							(Telepresence Mapping)

Operations for this cruise will include 24 hour mapping, and
					continuous telepresence-based remote participation in mapping operations.
					Multibeam and splitbeam mapping operations will be conducted 24 hours a day
					throughout the cruise. Sub-bottom profile mapping will be conducted 24 hours a
					day at the discretion of the CO. XBT and Underway CTD sound velocity casts in
					support of multibeam sonar mapping operations will be conducted at an interval
					defined by prevailing oceanographic conditions, but not to exceed 6 hours. All
					mapping data will be fully processed according to standard procedures and will
					be archived with the National Centers for Environmental Information
					(NCEI).

Tags: biodiversity, biogeographic patterns monuments sanctuaries habitat characterization prime crust zone pcz deep sea , davisville rhode island, deep-sea corals, expedition exploration explorer mapping survey marine education multibeam multibeam backscatter mult, habitat characterization, hawaii, hawaii honolulu musicians seamounts, marine protected areas, seafloor mapping, seamounts, telepresence
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1904): 2019 Technology Demonstrations

Operations will include the use of the ship's deep-water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM 302 multibeam sonar, EK 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, the two-body ROV system Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship's high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. Technology demonstrations will include an integration/shakedown a REMUS 600 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), deployment of a towed Kraken Robotics Katfish with Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS), integration of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 360 degree camera on Deep Discoverer, integration/testing of a Kraken Robotics SeaVision laser scanner on ROV Deep Discoverer and integration/testing of a One Way Travel Time Inverted Ultra Short Baseline (OWTTIUSBL) from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on ROV Deep Discoverer. Operations are planned throughout the Northeast U.S. Continental Margin and on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf off of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Tags: cold temperate northwest atlantic, davisville rhode island, expeditionexplorationexplorermarine educationnoaaoceanocean discoveryocean educationocean exploratio, katfishremus 600billy mitchell fleetuss murphyu-550pan pennsylvaniauss bassmit 360 camerawhoi owttiu, norfolk canyonhudson canyon, northeast u.s. canyons, submersibles, telepresence, testing new technologies
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2201: Mapping & ROV Shakedown

From February 23 - March 3, 2022 (Pascagoula, MS to Key West, FL), NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted a shakedown of the remotely operated vehicle (ROV), video, telepresence, and sampling operations as well as mapping and positioning systems aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. The ROV engineers tested and calibrated ROVs Deep Discoverer and Seirios' ROV motor controllers, auto position software, lighting system, hydraulic system, ME-20 low-light camera, high-definition ancillary ROV cameras, sector-scanning sonar, as well as tested remote-piloting capabilities of ROV Deep Discoverer. Shakedown and readiness operations for the EM 304 multibeam sonar included a GNSS Azimuth Measurement Subsystem (GAMS) calibration, Patch Test, speed-noise test, coverage extinction data collection, and integration and testing of the newly installed SeaPath 380-R3. In total, the expedition team conducted 7 ROV dives ranging from 480 to 3,420 m depth and collected 4,930 square kilometers of acoustic data during transits and calibrations. The expedition explored the West Florida Shelf and the Straits of Florida offshore the U.S. southeastern coast. The expedition confirmed the location of a shipwreck target, thought to be a 19th century whaler. Corals and sponges were observed 4 out of the 7 surveyed dive sites, with 3 of the 7 containing high diversities of benthic species. A total of 12 samples were collected: 3 geological, 3 biological, and 6 commensal (not including blank samples).

Tags: acoustic sounders, conductivity, ctd, deep discoverer rov, depth, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, expendable bathythermographs, gulf of mexico, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, noaa ship okeanos explorer, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceans, office of exploration and research, seirios camera sled, temperature, u.s. department of commerce, xbt
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1404L1): Shakedown and Mapping, NE Seamounts

Multibeam, single beam, and subbottom sonar data will be collected 24 hours a day and XBT casts will be conducted at an interval defined by prevailing oceanographic conditions, but not to exceed 3-4 hours.  EX1404L1 will perform baseline characterization mapping (multibeam, splitbeam, subbottom) of New England Seamount chain in preparation for EX1404L3. During transiting to and from seamounts, exploration mapping will include areas of poor quality from existing ECS data and gaps in ECS data.

Tags: canyons, deep-sea exploration, expedition, exploration, exploration vessel, explorer, extended continental shelf, high-definition underwater video, mapping survey, marine education, multibeam, multibeam backscatter, multibeam sonar, narragansett bay, new england seamount chain, noaa, noaa fleet, northeastern u.s. continental shelf, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oer, okeanos, okeanos explorer, r337, science, scientific computing system, scientific mission, scientific research, scs, sea, seafloor mapping, seamounts, shakedown, single beam sonar, single-beam sonar, singlebeam sonar, stewardship, sub-bottom profile, systematic exploration, technology, telepresence, transformational research, undersea, underwater, underwater video, unexplored, unmapped, veatch canyon, water column backscatter
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Mapping and Characterization of Deep Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Coast of Florida 2005

With the continuing global depletion of coastal fisheries, commercial fishing vessels are moving into deeper water and exploiting fish and crustacean species that are frequently associated with complex coral structures. Deep-sea coral ecosystems (DSCE) exist at numerous locations around the coast of Florida. These coral communities provide habitat for relatively unknown but highly diverse assemblages of fish and invertebrates, many of which are undoubtedly undescribed species. There is therefore an urgent need to identify these coral habitats, map their distribution and abundance, and document any potentially valuable fishery species associated with them. Resource managers can use this information to develop conservation policy and scientists can use it as a foundation for hypothesis driven ecological and physiological research. Since deepwater reefs are not visible to the general public, dissemination of information through the media and the education system is vital in order to create empathy for their protection. The overarching objective of this proposal is to increase the current understanding of deep-water coral habitats along Florida's coasts. Primary objectives use shipboard technology and the JSL submersible to map coral distribution and characterize communities (particularly commercial fisheries' species) found in association with high-relief geological features in four regions of interest: the base of the Florida-Hatteras Slope, the Miami and Pourtal's Terraces, and the SW Florida shelf slope. Secondary objectives address aspects of coral biology, diversity and biogeography of associated fauna, and microbial ecology. The proposed research will not only provide important information about the deepwater coral ecosystems off the Florida coast, but also contains a significant outreach element.

Tags: biogeography, coastal fisheries, commercial fishing, coral, coral biology, deep sea coral, deep sea coral ecosystem, deepwater reefs, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, florida coast, florida-hatteras slope, jsl submersible, marine education, miami terrace, noaa, north atlantic ocean, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, pourtal terrace, resources, science, scientific research, sea, southwest florida shelf slope, stewardship, sw florida shelf slope, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, undersea, underwater, western north atlantic
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1604): CAPSTONE Wake Island PRIMNM							(Preliminary Mapping)

Multibeam and singlebeam mapping operations will be conducted
					24 hours a day throughout the cruise. Sub-bottom profile mapping will be
					conducted 24 hours a day at the discretion of the CO. XBT and/or UnderwayCTD
					(UCTD) sound velocity casts in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations
					will be conducted at an interval defined by prevailing oceanographic conditions,
					but not to exceed 6 hours. All data will be fully processed according to
					standard onboard procedures and will be archived with the NOAA National Centers
					for Environmental Information.

Tags: capstone central pacific seamounts deep sea corals deep sea minerals marine sanctuary pcz plate tect, davisville rhode island, habitat characterization, international waters, seafloor mapping, seamounts, telepresence, transformational research undersea underwater water column backscatter expedition exploration explor, tropical northwest pacific, wake atoll wake island guam kwajalein primnm
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San							Andreas Fault on the R/V Pacific Storm and the SRV Derek M. Baylis							between 20100910 and 20101003

Over one hundred years after the devastating Great 1906
					Earthquake that nearly destroyed San Francisco, this expedition explored the
					Northern San Andreas Fault, the history of past earthquakes, and the intertwined
					relationships between large earthquakes and biologic diversity along this, the
					fastest moving fault in western North America. The expedition combined
					cutting-edge technology with the use of an innovative, fuel-efficient vessel to
					explore the past and predict the future of this unexplored geobiologic
					system.

Tags: backscatter, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, core sampling, derek m. baylis, expedition, exploration, explorer, fracture zones, mapping survey, marine education, mbes, mendocino triple junction, multi-beam sonar, multibeam, multibeam mapping system, multibeam sonar, noaa, north pacific ocean, northern san andreas fault, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, oer, pacific storm, san francisco, san juan bautista, science, scientific mission, scientific research, sea, stewardship, sub-bottom profile, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, undersea, underwater
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1003): Transit from Hawaii to Guam

This cruise consists of 14 days of transit from Hawaii to Guam. Operations will focus on streamlining mapping operations. Objectives include testing and refining multibeam data acquisition in deep-water, Exploration Command Center (ECC) familiarization and training, and testing and refining data and communication sharing pathways.

Tags: expedition, exploration, explorer, guam, hawaii, marine education, noaa, noaa fleet, north pacific ocean, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, okeanos, okeanos explorer, r337, science, scientific computing system, scientific mission, scientific research, scs, sea, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, transfomational research, undersea, underwater
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Operation Laser Line 2006

Mapping the coral reefs has been identified as one of the first and most important steps needed to address the increasing decline of the world's coral reefs. Either photography or direct observation is required to identify corals and other coral-reef community organisms, but only small areas can be covered with these techniques. Laser line scanning has been suggested as an alternative method that can provide high-resolution imagery of the sea floor over a much wider area than conventional photography. Laser line scan (LLS) systems sweep a blue-green laser across the ocean bottom and use the reflected light to generate a gray-scale image of the sea floor, similar to black-and-white photography. The NOAA Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center, in collaboration with partners from the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, and the University of Hawaii Botany Department will embark on a six- day research cruise, from November 8 to 13, 2006. The only commercially available LLS system in the world will be deployed at a handful of sites off the coast of Maui. Expedition survey targets include beds of commercially harvested black coral; a recently discovered, deep, hard-coral reef; an important nursery area and fishing site for commercially harvested groundfish; deep algae beds; and a World War II aircraft wreck. This wide range of targets will enable us to thoroughly evaluate LLS technology, and hopefully provide the impetus to design less expensive and more capable LLS systems to meet the management and research needs of our coral reef ecosystems.

Tags: au-au channel, black coral, coral reefs, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, hawaii undersea research center, hawaiian islands, hurl, laser line scan, lls, mapping, marine education, noaa, north pacific ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, pacific island fisheries science center, photography, science, scientific mission, sea, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, undersea, underwater
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2203: North Puerto Rico Mapping + drop cam

From April 4 - 28, 2022, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer sailed to support NOAA Ocean Exploration's Puerto Rico Mapping and Deep-Sea Camera expedition (EX-22-03). The ship departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The mission objectives were two-fold: seafloor mapping in U.S waters offshore of Puerto Rico and testing deep-sea camera systems developed by the Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography (MISO) Facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)  for potential integration into future NOAA Ocean Exploration operations. The primary mapping area of the expedition was the Muertos Trough region and surrounding seamounts in U.S. Caribbean waters around Puerto Rico. In addition, a transit over the 8,000 m deep Puerto Rico Trench was used to test the limits of the new Kongsberg EM 304 MKII multibeam sonar that was installed in 2021. Upon completion of mapping in the priority areas, the expedition focused on testing the integrated deep-sea camera and conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) system to support a number of mission objectives through simultaneous imaging and sampling of the water column. The last portion of the expedition consisted of mapping the high seas and offshore waters of the U.S. East Coast while transiting to the final destination of Newport, Rhode Island.

Tags: acoustic sounders, aquatic sciences, caribbean sea, conductivity, ctd, deep-sea exploration, depth, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, echo sounders, expedition, expendable bathythermographs, exploration, exploration vessel, explorer, global positioning system, gps, high-definition underwater video, mapping survey, marine education, marine environment monitoring, mbes, multibeam, multibeam backscatter, multibeam mapping system, multibeam sonar, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, new york bight, noaa, noaa fleet, noaa ship okeanos explorer, north atlantic ocean, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceans, oer, office of ocean exploration and research, okeanos, okeanos explorer, positioning/navigation, r337, science, scientific computing system, scientific mission, scientific research, scs, sea, single beam sonar, single-beam sonar, singlebeam sonar, stewardship, sub-bottom profile, systematic exploration, technology, telepresence, temperature, thermosalinographs, transformational research, u.s. department of commerce, undersea, underwater, underwater video, water column backscatter, wind monitor, xbt
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1701): Kingman/Palmyra, Jarvis							(Mapping)

Operations will include the use of the shipâs deep water
					mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries
					sonars, ADCPs, and Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar), and the shipâs
					high-bandwidth satellite connection for real-time ship to shore
					communications.

Tags: american samoa central pacific seamounts jarvis island kingman reef pacific remote islands marine na, biogeographic patterns capstone deep sea minerals habitat surveys monument and sanctuaries pcz prime, davisville rhode island, expedition exploration explorer mapping survey marine education multibeam multibeam backscatter mult, international waters, seafloor mapping, telepresence, warm temperate northeast pacific
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce