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EX1204: Northeastern Canyons and Continental Margins							Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120529 and							20120613

During the Okeanos Explorer (EX) mission EX1204, the vessel
					will sail from Norfolk, VA, along the continental shelf break of the U.S. East
					Coast from Virginia to Rhode Island, to the shipâs home port of Davisville, RI.
					The goal of the mission is to explore northeastern canyons and continental
					margins using the shipâs Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, Simrad EK60, and
					Knudsen sub-bottom profiler. CTD casts are probable around different locations
					around the axis of the canyons with niskin bottle firings for water sampling,
					depending upon staff availability. XBT casts will be fired every 4 hours for
					system calibration checks. Multibeam data collected in a sloped but featureless
					area in the vicinity of McMaster canyon will be used in comparison with data in
					this same area recorded by the NOAA Ship Hassler and the NOAA Ship Bigelow.

Tags: accomac canyon, acoustic scattering, acumen, alvin canyon, atlantic basin, atlantic canyon, atlantis canyon, babylon canyon, baltimore canyon, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, canyon complex, carteret canyon, conductivity, coral preservation, ctd, davisville, deep sea corals, deep water corals, deep-sea exploration, depth, echo sounders, eez, exclusive economic zone, expedition, expendable bathythermograph, exploration, exploration vessel, explorer, fisheries management, gilbert canyon, high-definition underwater video, hudson canyon, hydrographer canyon, jones canyon, lydonia canyon, mapping survey, marco, marine education, mbes, mid atlantic research council on the ocean, multibeam, multibeam backscatter, multibeam mapping system, multibeam sonar, national marine fisheries service, noaa, noaa fleet, noaa ship bigelow, noaa ship hassler, norfolk, norfolk canyon, northeast fisheries science center, ocean, ocean acoustics, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration advisory working group, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceanographer canyon, oceans, oeawg, oer, offshore management, okeanos, okeanos explorer, r337, rhode island, science, scientific computing system, scientific mission, scientific research, scs, sea, shelf break, single beam sonar, single-beam sonar, singlebeam sonar, stewardship, sub-bottom profile, systematic exploration, technology, telepresence, temperature, transformational research, u.s. east coast, uchupi canyon, undersea, underwater, underwater video, us east coast, veatch canyon, virginia, virginia sea grant, washington canyon, water column backscatter, whoi, woods hole oceanographic institute, xbt
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Okeanos Explorer (EX1704): American Samoa and Cook							Islands (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: american samoa central pacific seamounts cook islands rose atoll rose atoll marine national monument, capstone habitat survey monument and sanctuaries prime crust zone subduction zone biology subduction, davisville rhode island, deep-sea corals, expedition exploration explorer mapping survey marine education multibeam multibeam backscatter mult, habitat characterization, international waters, marine protected areas, seafloor mapping, seamounts, telepresence, tropical northwest pacific
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2205: Voyage to the Ridge 2 (ROV and Mapping)

From July 9-30, 2022 (Norfolk, VA to Horta, Faial, Azores) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 2 expedition (EX-22-05), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau. Operations during this 22-days at sea expedition included the completion of 10 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity the Azores and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 420 m to 3350 m for a total of almost 53 hours of bottom time. EX-22-05 also collected 49,080 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar.

Tags: acoustic sounders, conductivity, ctd, deep discoverer rov, depth, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, expendable bathythermographs, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, noaa ship okeanos explorer, north atlantic ocean, 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 (EX1504L3): CAPSTONE Leg III: Main							Hawaiian Islands and Geologists Seamounts							(ROV/Mapping)

The ship will conduct 24 hour operations consisting of daytime
					ROV dives and evening/nighttime mapping operations including during transit.
					During this cruise we will conduct 8 hour ROV dives on most days with occasional
					10 or 12 hour dives (at the shipâs discretion) on particularly interesting or
					deep dive sites. ROV operations will focus on depths between 350 and 3,000
					meters and will include high-resolution visual surveys and limited sample
					collection. Mapping operations will be conducted in 250 m of water and deeper,
					and include overnight multibeam, water column backscatter, and sub-bottom data
					collection. Opportunistic CTD rosette operations may be requested to collect
					more information about the environmental parameters at ROV dives sites, or
					opportunistically at selected sites where collecting the data is considered
					important to understanding the physical or chemical properties of the overlying
					water column.

Tags: coral disturbance and recovery wwi s19 submarine deep sea corals research and technology program dsc, davisville rhode island, deep-sea corals, expedition exploration explorer marine education noaa ocean ocean discovery ocean education ocean ex, habitat characterization, hawaii, marine archaeology, oahu big island geologists seamounts mccall seamount ellis seamount swordfish seamount, sampling operations, seamounts, submersibles, telepresence
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2107: Windows to the Deep 2021: Southeast U.S. (ROV and Mapping)

The Windows to the Deep 2021: Southeast U.S. ROV and Mapping expedition (EX-21-07) was a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Blake Plateau and Florida Straits that took place between October 26 and November 15, 2021. Operations during this 21-days at sea expedition included a combination of ROV dives in support of NOAA Ocean Exploration and its partner priorities. The primary focus of this expedition was the Blake Plateau, including its escarpment, off the coast of the Southeast U.S., but three dives were also conducted in the western and central Florida Straits due to weather conditions. Overall, 14 dives were completed, including two explorations of the water column, several dives to mound and ridgelike structures likely to be bioherms, two deeper dives to explore the steep Blake Escarpment, and one dive to document a lone sinkhole in the southeast region of the Blake Plateau. ROV dives were conducted from 300 m to 3650 meters water depth for a total of 47 hours of bottom time, and 15,800 square km were mapped using EM 304 multibeam sonar. All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA Archives.

Tags: deep discoverer rov, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, flow-through sensors, global positioning system, gps, gulf of mexico, marine environment monitoring, meteorological sensors, national centers for environmental information, navigation sensors, nesdis, noaa, noaa ship okeanos explorer, north atlantic ocean, ocean temperature, ocean winds, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceanographic sensors, oceans, office of exploration and research, positioning/navigation, salinity/density, scientific computing system, seirios camera sled, sonar, thermosalinographs, u.s. department of commerce, winch, wind monitor
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Atlantic Deep-Water Canyons (Benthic Landers)							2013

Each benthic lander contains a programmable sediment trap which
					can take 12 monthly samples, plus instruments to record temperature, salinity,
					dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and bottom currents every 15 minutes. Each lander
					also holds settling plates that will allow us to examine recruitment of larval
					invertebrates.

Tags: baltimre canyon norfolk canyon middle atlantic canyons, benthic lander honjo mooring mid atlantic canyons anthropogenic pollutants organic carbon methane se, expedition, exploration, explorer, marine education, noaa, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oer, science, scientific mission, scientific research, sea, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, undersea, underwater
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Exploration of Caribbean Seamounts within the Greater and Lesser Antilles Transition Zone: Characterization of the Benthic Ecology and Geology

Within the Caribbean region, numerous unexplored seamounts punctuate the seafloor holding records of geologic, biologic and oceanographic processes over different time-scales.  Seamounts are topographically and oceanographically complex with environmental characteristics that vary greatly within and among seamounts. Differences in environmental characteristics may influence community structure among seamounts, yet to our knowledge no studies to date have examined these factors across multiple spatial scales of a seamount chain. Seamounts have often been suggested to be oases, biodiversity hotspots, islands, and centers for endemism in the deep sea; however, many of these hypotheses are only beginning to be explored in detail. Exploration of seamount environments in the Greater Antilles/Lesser Antilles transition zone including enhanced mapping efforts, ROV surveys, discrete collections, and ecological studies will provide insight into their geological origin, the spatial distribution, ecology, and biodiversity of associated fauna, and placement of this region in a global biogeographic context.

Tags: greater antilles lesser antilles dog seamount noroit seamount conrad seamount shark seamount southea, seamounts benthic ecology benthic geology greater antilles/lesser antilles transition zone ocean exp
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Profiling Sensor to Map N2 Gas Production in OMZs

The newly developed Gas Tension Device (GTD) for this project was successfully tested. The new GTD was used to 150 m depth on the shipâs rosette CTD and step profiled throughout the water column. The data show reasonable vertical profiles of gas tension after the time series records have been deconvolved. Water samples were taken and preserved by UMass Dartmouth for comparison to mass spectrometric approaches. The cruise and ship time was shared with another project involving tests of a water sampler for REMUS-100 AUVs sponsored by UW Royalty Research, saving ship time costs associated with bringing the ship from UW to Hood Canal.

Tags: aquatic sciences, ctd, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, gtd, hood canal, marine education, marine environment monitoring, 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, r/v robertson, science, scientific mission, scientific research, sea, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, u.s. department of commerce, undersea, underwater, washington
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Continental Slope Coral Banks of the Southeastern United States: Exploring the Distribution, Ecology, and Biology of Deep Coral Habitats and Associated Fauna 2005

Deep coral habitats are more extensive and important than previously known, and at the same time they are being threatened. These high profile features may concentrate exploitable resources and enhance local productivity in ways similar to seamounts, but this has not yet been explored. Even though hypotheses have been posed on how coral banks form, data are lacking. Live coral ages and growth rates are poorly known in this area, and ages of coral mounds or dead coral stands are also limited or equivocal. The degree to which there is an obligate deep coral fauna is unclear. While the genetic structure of Lophelia in the northeastern Atlantic is being described, such studies are just beginning in the western Atlantic. It is for these reasons that locating, describing, and mapping deep corals and conducting basic biological studies in these habitats are priorities for our research. On our previous cruises, we have documented deep coral and outer shelf reef habitats and associated biota. However, these missions have only begun to quantify this extensive habitat off the southeastern US (SEUS). Our studies have also yielded many new records of biota, new ecological data, new data on habitat distributions/structures, and data on water column trophic connectivity. This cruise continues and expands our explorations of these unique and relatively unknown deep-water habitats.

Tags: coral banks, deep coral, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, florida atlantic coast, lophelia, marine education, noaa, north atlantic ocean, north carolina coast, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, outer shelf reef, science, scientific research, sea, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, transformational research, trophic connectivity, undersea, underwater
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX1206: Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration							on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20121030 and							20121120

EX1206 was added and is now the final cruise of the 2012 season
					for Okeanos Explorer (EX). It will be primarily focused on further supplementing
					Northeast canyon and continental shelf mapping efforts carried out on EX cruises
					EX1106, EX1201, EX1204, and during 2011-2012 by NOAA ships Nancy Foster, Henry
					B. Bigelow, and Ferdinand R. Hassler. Multibeam and singlebeam survey,
					sub-bottom profiles, and CTD/XBT casts will be performed during the
					mission.

Tags: acoustic scattering, acumen, atlantic canyons undersea mapping expedition, bathymetry, bathymetry/seafloor topography, cape hatteras, conductivity, continental shelf mapping, ctd, davisville, deep water mid-atlantic canyon exploration, deep-sea exploration, depth, echo sounders, ex1106, ex1201, ex1204, expedition, expendable bathythermograph, exploration, exploration vessel, explorer, ferdinand hassler, ferdinand r. hassler, henry b. bigelow, henry bigelow, high-definition underwater video, mapping survey, marco, marine education, mbes, mid atlantic regional council on the ocean, multibeam, multibeam backscatter, multibeam mapping system, multibeam sonar, nancy foster, noaa, noaa fleet, northeast canyons, northeast fisheries science center, ocean, ocean acoustics, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, oer, okeanos, okeanos explorer, r337, rhode island, ron brown, ronald h. brown, 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, transformational research, undersea, underwater, underwater video, us-canadian territorial boundary, virginia sea grant, water column backscatter, xbt
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Rosebud Hydrothermal Vents - Galapagos Rift 2005

Just over a quarter-century ago, a discovery on the bottom of the eastern Pacific Ocean forever changed our understanding of our planet, and life on it. Thriving at deep-sea vents was a community of tubeworms, giant clams, white crabs, and other species never before seen by people. The hydrothermal vents and exotic organisms were first found in 1977 at the GalÃ¡pagos Rift, located on a mid-ocean ridge about 250 miles from the GalÃ¡pagos Islands. In 2002, researchers diving in the submersible Alvin discovered that sea-floor lava had paved over a hydrothermal vent site called the Rose Garden. The Rose Garden was gone, wiping out large communities of tubeworms, mussels, and other animals living there, but further exploration in Alvin revealed that life still flourished. A few hundred meters away, tiny animals had begun colonizing a new vent field in the aftermath of the volcanic eruption. These animal communities exist in a dark, volcanic undersea valley. Researchers named the new vent site Rosebud, for the young community of sea creatures found living there. This new field is located 2,600 meters (1.6 miles) below the ocean surface and is about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) wide.

Tags: alvin, deep-sea vents, earth science, expedition, exploration, explorer, galapagos rift, galapagos spreading center, giant clams, hydrothermal activity, hydrothermal exploration, hydrothermal vents, marine education, microbe, mid-ocean ridge, noaa, northeast south pacific, ocean, ocean discovery, ocean education, ocean exploration, ocean exploration and research, ocean literacy, ocean research, oceans, pacific ocean, r/v atlantis, rise/abyss- hydrothermal vents (htv), rose garden, science, scientific research, sea, south pacific, stewardship, systematic exploration, technology, the institute for genomic research, transformational research, tubeworms, undersea, underwater, university of minnesota, volcanic, woods hole oceanographic institute
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2205: Voyage to the Ridge 2 (ROV and Mapping)

From July 9-30, 2022 (Norfolk, VA to Horta, Faial, Azores) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 2 expedition (EX-22-05), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau. Operations during this 22-days at sea expedition included the completion of 10 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity the Azores and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 420 m to 3350 m for a total of almost 53 hours of bottom time. EX-22-05 also collected 49,080 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar.

Tags: deep discoverer rov, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, images, national centers for environmental information, nesdis, noaa, noaa ship okeanos explorer, north atlantic ocean, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceans, office of exploration and research, seirios camera sled, u.s. department of commerce, underwater video camera, video camera
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
EX2104: 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts (ROV and Mapping)

The 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts expedition (EX-21-04) was a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the seamounts of the Northwest Atlantic that took place between June 30 and July 29, 2021. Operations during this 30-day at sea expedition included a combination of ROV dives in support of NOAA Ocean Exploration and its partner priorities as well as exploratory mapping operations targeting areas containing no or poor quality modern mapping data. The initial focus was on the U.S. Northeast Seamount and high seas areas, however, during the expedition weather altered the planned transect to outside Bermudan waters where three dives took place before rejoining the planned dive sites exploring a total of 19 seamounts and one canyon (Hydrographer) for water column exploration. During the expedition, 20 Deep Discoverer ROV dives were conducted from 300 m to 4187 m water depth for a total of 154 hours of bottom time, and surveyed using EM 304 multibeam sonar 54,710 square km over 30 days at sea. All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA Archives.

Tags: deep discoverer rov, doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei, doc/noaa/oar/oer, earth science, flow-through sensors, global positioning system, gps, marine environment monitoring, meteorological sensors, national centers for environmental information, navigation sensors, nesdis, noaa, noaa ship okeanos explorer, north atlantic ocean, ocean temperature, ocean winds, oceanic & atmospheric research, oceanographic sensors, oceans, office of exploration and research, positioning/navigation, salinity/density, scientific computing system, seirios camera sled, sonar, thermosalinographs, u.s. department of commerce, winch, wind monitor
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce