Cruise Report: EX-12-05 Leg 1, Blake Plateau Exploration Using Sentry AUV

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Ocean Exploration and Research
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Ocean Exploration Program ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Description:
  The Blake Plateau Exploration Using Sentry AUV expedition (EX-12-05 Leg 1) was a combined NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution(WHOI) cruise from July 5 to 24, 2012, with multiple objectives that included mapping, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) engineering, and telepresence-enabled AUV exploration. The 20-day expedition conducted was composed of two parts: (1) three days of engineering dives with the Sentry AUV and (2) using a suite of technologies to conduct exploratory interdisciplinary investigations off the east coast of the United States at the deep-sea areas of the Blake Ridge Diapir (BRD), Cape Fear Diapir (CFD), and Hatteras Transverse Canyon (HTC). Mapping operations targeted areas containing no or poor-quality modern mapping data, resulting in nearly 4,500 square kilometers mapped in high resolution. During the expedition, 14Sentry AUV dives were attempted, but one was cancelled due to weather.Additionally, three CTD casts were successfully completed. This report contains summaries of the operations for this expedition, including several student projects. All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA Archives.
• Series:
  EX-12-05
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/4wgy-r884
• Document Type:
  Cruise Report
• Place as Subject:
  Blake Plateau ; North Atlantic Ocean ; United States
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/28170/noaa_28170_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Ocean Exploration Program
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:06fd6e6655ebbd13f1a3598ac1e601061d740ab5b719800642ab06e5464a8e56