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EX2205: Voyage to the Ridge 2 (ROV and Mapping)

EX-2205;EX-22-05

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.
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  • EX2205
gov.noaa.ncei.oer.cruise:EX2205_COLLECTION
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    Distributor Distributor information not available
    Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
    ncei.info@noaa.gov
    Dataset Principal Investigator Derek Sowers
    Expedition Coordinator
    NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
    derek.sowers@noaa.gov
    Coverage Description Expedition Start and End
    Time Period Unknown to Unknown;Unknown to Unknown
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
    West:-55
    East:-24
    South:35
    North:55
    Spatial Coverage Map
    Documentation links not available.
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2022-07-09
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Not planned
    Purpose EX-22-05 is the second of a series of three strategic telepresence expeditions that aim to map and characterize the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), focusing on poorly understood and largely unknown areas along the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and the Azores Plateau.
    Use Limitations
    • Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints.
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
    • Earth Science > Oceans > Marine Environment Monitoring
    • Earth Science > Oceans > Aquatic Sciences
    Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
    • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
    • DOC/NOAA/OAR/OER > Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Oceanic & Atmospheric Research, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
    Platform keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
    • NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer
    • Deep Discoverer ROV
    • SEIRIOS Camera Sled
    Instrument keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
    • Acoustic Sounders
    • CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth
    • XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs
    • Wind Monitor
    • Thermosalinographs
    • GPS > Global Positioning System
    • Positioning/Navigation
    • MBES > Multibeam Mapping System
    • Echo Sounders
    • Underwater Video Camera
    Place keywords Limits of Oceans and Seas
    • North Atlantic Ocean
    Keywords Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) Program Discovery Keywords
    • expedition
    • exploration
    • explorer
    • marine education
    • noaa
    • ocean
    • ocean discovery
    • ocean education
    • ocean exploration
    • ocean exploration and research
    • OER
    • ocean literacy
    • ocean research
    • science
    • scientific mission
    • scientific research
    • sea
    • stewardship
    • systematic exploration
    • technology
    • transformational research
    • undersea
    • underwater
    Keywords Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) Okeanos Explorer Discovery Keywords
    • okeanos explorer
    • okeanos
    • scientific computing system
    • SCS
    • noaa fleet
    • R337
    • multibeam
    • multibeam sonar
    • telepresence
    • sub-bottom profile
    • mapping survey
    • multibeam backscatter
    • water column backscatter
    • singlebeam sonar
    • single beam sonar
    • single-beam sonar
    • deep-sea exploration
    • high-definition underwater video
    • underwater video
    • exploration vessel
    Use Constraints No constraint information available
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Acquisition Information (collection)
    Instrument
    • Kongsberg EM304
    • Simrad EK60
    • Simrad EK80
    • Knudsen CHIRP 3260
    • RM Young 61202V
    • RM Young 41382VC
    • RM Young 05106
    • Sippican XBT/XSV
    • SBE 45 Micro TSG
    • SBE 911plus CTD
    • SBE 32
    • POS/MV 320
    • Furuno GPS
    • Reson SVP 70
    • Ocean Surveyor ADCP
    • ECO FLNTU Fluorometer
    • Zeus Plus HDTV Camera
    • Mini Zeus Camera
    • Insite Titan Tilt and Rotate Color Zoom Camera
    • Insite Aurora Camera
    • SBE 911plus CTD
    • Insite Nova Camera
    • Zeus Plus HDTV Camera
    • Cyclops Camera
    • Insite Nova Camera
    • SBE 911plus CTD
    • Insite Titan Tilt and Rotate Color Zoom Camera
    Platform
    • Okeanos Explorer (EX)
    • Deep Discoverer
    • Seirios
    Last Modified: 2022-08-25
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