gov.noaa.ncei.oer:EX2203_Sound_Velocity_Profile_COLLECTION eng; USA utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact 2026-03-23T20:21:41 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) EX2203: North Puerto Rico Mapping + drop cam EX-2203 EX-22-03 2022-04-04 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NCEI Metadata ID:EX2203 Shannon Hoy NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research principalInvestigator NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research author NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher 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. EX-22-03 will include 24-hour-a-day acoustic exploration mapping operations focused on areas generally deeper than 200 m north of Puerto Rico, the high seas, and U.S. waters off the U.S. East Coast. This expedition will also include a demonstration of two deep-sea cameras designed and provided by the Multidisciplinary Instrumentation in Support of Oceanography (MISO) Facility at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Access Constraints: No access constraints Use Constraints: No use constraints. EX2203: North Puerto Rico Mapping + drop cam publication Cruise ID: EX2203 NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/oer/iso/xml/EX2203_COLLECTION.xml information largerWorkCitation operation eng; USA oceans geoscientificInformation -77.1567 -65.59686 16.51958 41.53097 2022-04-04 2022-04-28 Datasets for sound velocity profiles are collected from an expendable bathythermograph (XBT) and for conductivity temperature depth (CTD). physicalMeasurement NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information distributor In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free. However, fees may apply for custom orders, data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media. Contact NCEI for other distribution options and instructions. RAW https://data.noaa.gov/waf/NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/oer/iso/xml/EX2203_COLLECTION.xml HTTPS Metadata Landing Page completeMetadata https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0253607 information fileAccess https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/oer-digital-atlas/mapsOE.htm information OER Digital Atlas information dataset Processing Steps Sound Speed Manager (SSM), co-developed by NOAA and the University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping / Joint Hydrographic Center, is used to convert sound velocity profiles for input into the multibeam data acquisition software package, Seafloor Information Systems (SIS). Sound velocity profiles are collected in native formats for expendable bathythermograph (XBT) (.edf, .rdf) and conductivity temperature depth (CTD) (.hex, .cnv) systems and are processed into .asvp format for SIS. SSM is also used during shallow water transits when conducting constant XBTs is not practical, for example transits across continental shelves to and from port, to provide historical sound velocity profiles downloaded from the World Ocean Atlas version 13. Shannon Hoy processor repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 unclassified none asNeeded Okeanos Explorer NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer is the only federal vessel dedicated to exploring our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery and the advancement of knowledge about the deep ocean. Lockheed Martin Sippican eXpendable BathyThermograph/eXpendable Sound Velocimeter Sippican XBT/XSV Lockheed Martin Sippican, Inc. https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed/data/ms2/documents/ocean/20050054_XBT_XSV_reader_page.pdf Lockheed Martin Sippican eXpendable BathyThermograph/eXpendable Sound Velocimeter Lockheed Martin Sippican eXpendable BathyThermograph/eXpendable Sound Velocimeter information information resourceProvider Sippican XBT/XSV Temperature, Depth, Sound Velocity The Expendable Bathythermograph is used by scientists to provide an ocean temperature versus depth profile. Useful for oceanographic research, the XBT does not restrict ship mobility. 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