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    • EX2205: Voyage to the Ridge 2 (ROV and Mapping)

    Metadata Updated: November 4, 2022

    From July 9-30, 2022 (Norfolk, VA to Horta, Faial, Azores) NOAA Ocean Exploration completed the Voyage to the Ridge 2 expedition (EX-22-05), a combined mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Azores Plateau. Operations during this 22-days at sea expedition included the completion of 10 successful ROV exploration dives in the vicinity the Azores and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge north of the Azores. ROV dives were conducted in water depths ranging from 420 m to 3350 m for a total of almost 53 hours of bottom time. EX-22-05 also collected 49,080 square kilometers of seafloor bathymetry and associated water column data using an EM304 multibeam sonar.

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    Metadata Date August 25, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 4, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date November 4, 2022
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update notPlanned

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    Harvested from NCDDC OER

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    Resource Type Fieldsession
    Metadata Date August 25, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 4, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date November 4, 2022
    Reference Date(s) July 9, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact); NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (Principal Investigator)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei.oer.cruise:EX2205_COLLECTION
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    Frequency Of Update notPlanned
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    Harvest Source Title NCDDC OER
    Licence Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints.
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    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Spatial Data Service Type
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