EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During EX2507
From September 19 - October 3, 2025 from Guam to Koror, Palau, NOAA Ocean Exploration conducted the Beyond the Blue: Palau Mapping 3 expedition (EX2507), a mapping and eDNA collection expedition with opportunistic marine mammal observations to the West Pacific. EX2507 mapped 28,060 sq. km of seafloor (2,325 in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone). All data associated with this expedition have been archived and are publicly available through the NOAA archives. This expedition was originally scheduled for 20 days, intending to begin on September 19 and end on October 8, 2025. Due to a lapse of appropriations in federal funding on October 01, the expedition was impacted resulting in a reduction of operational days at sea.
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Water Column Sonar Data Map Viewer
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AWS Cloud Storage Bucket
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Water Column Sonar Data Archive Homepage
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GCMD Keyword Forum Page
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International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Sea Area ("Limits of Oceans and Seas" publication S-23)
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NCEI Contact Information
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| identifier | https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC/MGG/Sonar_Water_Column/iso/xml/EX2507_EK60.xml |
| issued | 2025-09-19T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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"Earth Science > Oceans > Aquatic Sciences > Fisheries",
"Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Acoustics",
"Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems > Pelagic",
"Earth Science > Biosphere > Ecosystems > Marine Ecosystems",
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"DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Vertical Location > Water Column",
"In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > Acoustic Sounders > WCMS > Water Column Mapping System"
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | 132.64195,4.31284,144.38708,13.35122 |
| temporal | 2025-09-19T00:00:00+00:00/2025-10-03T11:59:59+00:00 |
| title | EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During EX2507 |
