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EX2206: Voyage to the Ridge 3 (ROV and Mapping)

EX-2206;EX-22-06

From August 6 - September 2, 2022 (Horta, Faial, Azores to San Juan, Puerto Rico) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 3 expedition (EX-22-06), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and U.S. waters in the vicinity of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Operations during this 28-day expedition included the completion of 9 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity of the Azores, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of the Azores, and Puerto Rico. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 250 m to 6000 m for a total of 41 hours of bottom time. EX-22-06 also collected 56,769 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar. All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA Archives.
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  • EX2206
gov.noaa.ncei.oer.cruise:EX2206_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 Kasey Cantwell
    Expedition Coordinator
    NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
    kasey.cantwell@noaa.gov
    Coverage Description Expedition Start and End
    Time Period Unknown to Unknown;Unknown to Unknown
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
    West:-67.73167
    East:-24.33747
    South:17.33259
    North:38.9235
    Spatial Coverage Map
    Documentation links not available.
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2022-08-06
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Not planned
    Purpose Operations will be conducted 24 hours per day and consist of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, mapping operations (primarily overnight), and full shore-based participation via telepresence. Operations will focus on exploring deep waters (greater than 250 m for ROV operations and greater than 200 m for mapping operations) along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) south of the Azores and the Azores Plateau. One additional dive and transit mapping operations are planned in the Sargasso Sea en route to Charlotte Amalie.
    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
    • Caribbean Sea
    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: 2022-10-18
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