Project instructions for EX1105 : Gulf of Mexico water column exploration, August 22-Sept 10, 2011 (Key West, FL-Pascagoula, MS)
Malik, Mashkoor
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Ocean Exploration and Research,
Gas Seepage
Ocean Bottom
Scientific Expeditions
Submarine Geology
"During this OER project in partnership with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), two ships will work collaboratively in the Gulf of Mexico to map known targets of man-made or natural seeps to test the use of their sensors to detect these seeps. The NOAA Ship Pisces will utilize its ME70 multibeam sonar sensor and the Okeanos Explorer will use its state-of-the-art Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar system and its newly acquired EK60 echosounder. Of special interest to the objectives of this mission is the water column backscatter data component of the EM302 multibeam survey system. These data will be analyzed as they are collected over known natural and man-made seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and, along with the data from the newly acquired EK60 echosounder, will be compared to those data collected by the Pisces ME70 and single beam sonar sensors"--Abstract (ISO 19115-2 metadata).
Ocean Exploration Program
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)
Mexico, Gulf of
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Mapping report. Cruise EX1105, Water column exploration 2011, August 22, 2011 to September 10, 2011 Key West, FL - Pascagoula, MS
Malik, Mashkoor; Beaudoin, Jonathan D.; Peters, Colleen; Stuart, Lillian; Rice, Glen; Kagesten, Gustav; Jerram, Kevin; Krauss, Nicholas; Schroth-Miller, Maddie;
"The purpose of this report is to briefly describe the data acquisition and processing of EM 302 multibeam system, EK 60 single beam echo sounder and Knudsen sub-bottom profiler during EX1105 (August 22 - September 10, 2011). For details about setup ...
Mapping data report, cruise EX-11-06 : Exploration mapping: Pascagoula, Mississippi to Davisville, Rhode Island ,September 15 - 28, 2011
Lobecker, Elizabeth; Cantelas, Frank J.; Skarke, Adam D.; Peters, Colleen; Stuart, Lillian; Harris, Ashley; Kagesten, Gustav; Philip, Brendan; Gordon, Denise;
"The purpose of this mapping report is to describe the mapping data collection and processing methods to enable maximum usability of the EX-11-06 dataset. A detailed description of the setup of the various mapping equipment and sensors is provided in...
Mapping data acquisition and processing report, cruise EX1202 Leg 2 : Exploration: Gulf of Mexico, March 19 - April 7, 2012 Tampa, FL to Pascagoula, MS
Lobecker, Elizabeth; Doroba, John; Pinero, Chris; Smithee, Tara; Kok, Tom; Kennedy, Brian R.C.; McLetchie, Karl;
"EX1202 Leg 2 was a combination of Little Hercules ROV operations and mapping operations. The standard daily schedule of operations included mapping in the early morning, ROV dive operations from approximately 0730 to 1800 local, then mapping operati...
Data Management Plan, EX1105 : Field trials of EM302 multibeam sonar water column backscatter
Gottfried, Susan
"During this OER project in partnership with NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), two ships will work collaboratively in the Gulf of Mexico to map known targets of m...
Mapping data report. Cruise EX1202 Leg 1, Exploration mapping, Gulf of Mexico, Feb. 27 - March 14, 2012, Charleston, SC to Tampa, FL
Malik, Mashkoor; Stuart, Elaine; Doroba, John; Stuart, Lillian; Gordon, Denise; Abramova, Anastasia; Stone, Allison; Denney, Sean;
"The purpose of this report is to briefly describe the mapping data collection and processing methods, and to report the major results of the cruise. For a detailed description of the Okeanos Explorer mapping capabilities, see appendix B and the ship...