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EX1205L2: Northeast Canyons and Continental Margins Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120728 and 20120803
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
EX1205 Leg 2 is the final cruise of the 2012 season for Okeanos Explorer (EX). It will be primarily focused on supplementing Northeast canyon and continental shelf... -
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EX1203: Florida Escarpment and Straits Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120505 and 20120523
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
EX1203 of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer (EX) will run its Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar survey system 24 hours per day with periodic XBT casts for calibration. One to... -
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EX1202L3 :Gulf of Mexico Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120411 and 20120429
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
During EX1202 Leg III between April 11 and April 29, 2012 on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer (EX), 24-hour operations occured in targeted areas in the Northern Gulf of... -
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Deep Water Corals of the Davidson Seamount: Habitat Suitability Taxonomy Age and Growth 2006
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Building off the successes of an Office of Ocean Exploration (OE) expedition to Davidson Seamount in 2002, this project will focus on deep-water corals. The week-long... -
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EX1105: Field Trials of EM302 Multibeam Sonar Water Column Backscatter on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20110822 and 20110910
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
During this OER project in partnership with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE),... -
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Profiling Sensor to Map N2 Gas Production in OMZs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The newly developed Gas Tension Device (GTD) for this project was successfully tested. The new GTD was used to 150 m depth on the shipâs rosette CTD and step... -
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ACUMEN 2012: Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Between February and August 2012, a team of NOAA and external partners will conduct a mapping âblitzâ focused on deepwater canyons off the northeastern seaboard.... -
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EX1205L1: Exploration, Blake Plateau on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120705 and 20120724
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The EX-12-05 Leg 1 cruise represents a partnership between NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, National Science Foundation (NSF) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution... -
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Cradle of the Earthquake: Exploring the Underwater San Andreas Fault on the R/V Pacific Storm and the SRV Derek M. Baylis between 20100910 and 20101003
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Over one hundred years after the devastating Great 1906 Earthquake that nearly destroyed San Francisco, this expedition explored the Northern San Andreas Fault, the... -
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EX1106: Exploration Mapping to Davisville, Rhode Island on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20110915 and 20110928
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
In EX-11-06, the final cruise involving the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer in the 2011 Field Season, the ship will depart from Pascagoula, MS, round the Florida Keys,... -
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New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2005 (NZASRoF'05) Expedition explored active submarine volcanoes in the Kermadec Arc, located north of New Zealand,... -
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New Zealand American Submarine Ring of Fire 2007
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The New Zealand American Ring of Fire 2007 expedition has been an outstanding success for all partners. The automous benthic explorer (ABE) team leader, Dana Yoerger,... -
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EX1301: Ship Shakedown and Patch Test Exploration, NE Canyons and Seamounts on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20130318 and 20130405
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Following annual ship shakedown and patch tests, EX1301 will complete the comprehensive mapping of the Northeast canyons and the adjacent continental shelf carried... -
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Bioluminescence 2009: Living Light on the Deep Sea Floor
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Bioluminescence is a fascinating phenomenon that is relatively rare on land but is common in all the world's oceans. At least 12 animal phyla, as well as Eubacteria... -
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EX1204: Northeastern Canyons and Continental Margins Exploration on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20120529 and 20120613
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
During the Okeanos Explorer (EX) mission EX1204, the vessel will sail from Norfolk, VA, along the continental shelf break of the U.S. East Coast from Virginia to... -
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Aegean and Black Sea 2006
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
From April to June 2006, scientists from the University of Rhode Island led an expedition to study the archaeology and geology of the Aegean and Black Seas aboard two... -
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R.M.S Titanic 2003 Expedition on the Russian Research Vessel Akademik Mstislav Keldysh between 20030622 and 20030702
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
As the leading ocean agency, and as per the Guidelines for Research, Exploration and Salvage of RMS Titanic, issued under the authority of the RMS Titanic Maritime... -
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Deepwater Canyons 2012: Pathways to the Abyss on NOAA Ship Nancy Foster between 20120815 and 20121001
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Mid-Atlantic Deep-Water Canyons project is co-funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and NOAAâs Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (which... -
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Pushing the Boundaries: Using Advanced Technology to Locate and Rapidly Assess Cultural Sites in Multiple Underwater Environments within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Located in Lake Huron, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary was established in 2000 to protect one of the nation's most historically significant collections of... -
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Mapping and Characterization of Deep Sea Coral Ecosystems off the Coast of Florida 2005
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
With the continuing global depletion of coastal fisheries, commercial fishing vessels are moving into deeper water and exploiting fish and crustacean species that are...