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EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During EX2203

Metadata Updated: November 10, 2022

From April 4 - 28, 2022, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer sailed to support NOAA Ocean Exploration's Puerto Rico Mapping and Deep-Sea Camera expedition (EX-22-03). The ship departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The mission objectives were two-fold: seafloor mapping in U.S waters offshore of Puerto Rico and testing deep-sea camera systems developed by the Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography (MISO) Facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for potential integration into future NOAA Ocean Exploration operations. The primary mapping area of the expedition was the Muertos Trough region and surrounding seamounts in U.S. Caribbean waters around Puerto Rico. In addition, a transit over the 8,000 m deep Puerto Rico Trench was used to test the limits of the new Kongsberg EM 304 MKII multibeam sonar that was installed in 2021. Upon completion of mapping in the priority areas, the expedition focused on testing the integrated deep-sea camera and conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) system to support a number of mission objectives through simultaneous imaging and sampling of the water column. The last portion of the expedition consisted of mapping the high seas and offshore waters of the U.S. East Coast while transiting to the final destination of Newport, Rhode Island.

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Dates

Metadata Date October 6, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2022
Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2022
Reference Date(s) April 4, 2022 (creation), October 6, 2022 (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

Metadata Source

Harvested from NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Series
Metadata Date October 6, 2022
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2022
Metadata Updated Date November 10, 2022
Reference Date(s) April 4, 2022 (creation), October 6, 2022 (publication)
Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.ncei:EX2203_EK60
Access Constraints Cite as: NOAA Ocean Exploration. 2022. EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During EX2203. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/486p-ye24 [access date], Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose., Resource may not be available for up to one year after initial collection.
Bbox East Long -65.59686
Bbox North Lat 39.71969
Bbox South Lat 16.51958
Bbox West Long -77.1567
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update notPlanned
Harvest Object Id 7a3b7664-ef0e-4011-a357-4f41a52241f2
Harvest Source Id ab8b0290-e4db-4a00-89f2-4e427c2054b2
Harvest Source Title NGDC MGG Sonar Water Column
Licence These data are considered raw and have not been subjected to the NOAA's quality control or quality assurance procedures. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty., Not subject to copyright protection within the United States.
Lineage Calibrated w/ calibration data
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-77.1567, 16.51958], [-65.59686, 16.51958], [-65.59686, 39.71969], [-77.1567, 39.71969], [-77.1567, 16.51958]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2022-04-04T00:00:00
Temporal Extent End 2022-04-28T11:59:59

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