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EK60 Water Column Sonar Data Collected During GU1806

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 08:42 PM | Dataset Last Updated: March 20, 2024 at 12:00 AM
1. Deploy various tags on GoMex whales 2. Photo and video documentation of GoMex whales 3. Recovery of short duration tags (camera and acoustic tags) 4. Collect tissue samples (biopsies) of GoMex whales from R3. 5. Deploy sonobuoys to collect recordings of the sounds produced by GoMex whales and of anthropogenic sounds 6. Periodic collection of oceanographic and environmental data including scientific echosounders (EK80) and acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data to quantify acoustic backscatter due to small fish and zooplankton 7. AdHoc collection of vertical profiles of hydrographic parameters (e.g., temperature, salinity, oxygen concentration) via CTD and Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs) 8. Deploy and recover autonomous camera and acoustic recording buoys at select locations 9. Service HARP buoys located in the northeastern quadrant of the Gulf of Mexico

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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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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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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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