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Component Name:
Mola Mola AUV
Component Group:
NOAA Master Component Group
Date Created:
2023-07-14 11:22:34.239
Last Updated By:
Susan.Gottfried
Last Updated:
2023-07-14 11:22:34.239
UUID:
e40ed32a-2cfa-4d8c-91b4-4b00165bafe3
XML
<gmi:MI_Platform xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:gmi="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmi http://ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/published/xsd/schema.xsd" uuid="e40ed32a-2cfa-4d8c-91b4-4b00165bafe3">
<gmi:citation>
<gmd:CI_Citation>
<gmd:title>
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University of Southern Mississippi
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</gmd:title>
<gmd:date>
<gmd:CI_Date>
<gmd:date>
<gco:Date>
2009
</gco:Date>
</gmd:date>
<gmd:dateType>
<gmd:CI_DateTypeCode codeListValue="adopted" codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_DateTypeCode">
adopted
</gmd:CI_DateTypeCode>
</gmd:dateType>
</gmd:CI_Date>
</gmd:date>
</gmd:CI_Citation>
</gmi:citation>
<gmi:identifier>
<gmd:MD_Identifier>
<gmd:code>
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Mola Mola Photo Survey AUV
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</gmd:code>
</gmd:MD_Identifier>
</gmi:identifier>
<gmi:description>
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The MOLA MOLA autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), given the scientific name of the Ocean Sunfish, is used to collect photos of the seafloor. It follows a pre-programmed mission plan untethered from its support ship as it conducts surveys to a depth of 2000 meters. MOLA MOLA has been used to study corals, geological features, deep-sea biological communities, and an 1800�s shipwreck in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
</gco:CharacterString>
</gmi:description>
<gmi:instrument>
<gmi:MI_Instrument>
<gmi:identifier>
<gmd:MD_Identifier>
<gmd:code>
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VOYIS Insight Micro
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</gmd:code>
</gmd:MD_Identifier>
</gmi:identifier>
<gmi:type>
<gco:CharacterString>
Camera
</gco:CharacterString>
</gmi:type>
<gmi:description>
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The primary sensor is the VOYIS centrally-mounted color camera. Uniform illumination is provided in the pitch-black deep-sea environment by fore and aft LED arrays. A laser line projector and secondary camera are used to map the seafloor, producing complementary topographic data useful in interpreting the photo survey.
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</gmi:description>
</gmi:MI_Instrument>
</gmi:instrument>
</gmi:MI_Platform>