Project Instructions. EX-18-06, Mid and Southeast US (rov & mapping), June 11 - July 2, 2018

This document contains project instructions for EX-18-06. Operations for this cruise will be conducted 24 hours/day and consist of daily remotely operated vehicle (ROV), CTD operations, overnight mapping, and full shore-based participation via telepresence. The expedition will commence on June 6, 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina (FLETC- Charleston Pier Papa) and conclude on June 27, 2018 in Norfolk, Virginia (Marine Operations Center-Atlantic). Operations will include the use of the ship’s deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler), XBTs in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, CTD casts, OER’s two- body ROV Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship’s high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. Operations are planned throughout the South Atlantic Bight, offshore Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. 2018 Ocean Exploration Program OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/rz5x-k707 Public Domain 1878