Gulf of Mexico (rov & mapping), November 29 - December 21, 2017 ; Cruise plan, EX1711 ;

Kennedy, Brian R.C.

United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Ocean Exploration and Research,

"This document contains project instructions for EX-17-10 commencing in Balboa, Panama on November 15, 2017 and concluding in Key West, Florida on November 22, 2017. This is an exploratory mapping expedition - no ROV operations will be conducted. Operational areas for this cruise include transiting through the Panama Canal, exploratory transit mapping through the Caribbean, the Seaflower Marine Protected Area in Colombian waters, and the Gulf of Mexico. Operations will include the use of the ship's deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, 300 kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar), and the ship's highbandwidth satellite connection for hourly data transfer, real-time ship to shore communications, and real-time video streaming of sonar screens and ship's cameras"--Page [3].

Project Instruction

Mexico, Gulf of

Ocean Exploration Program
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)