Project instructions, EX-18-12, mapping deepwater areas in the Caribbean and South Atlantic Bight, November 28 - December 16, 2018

The expedition will commence on November 28th, 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico (18.4603° N, 66.1166° W) and conclude on December 16, 2018 in Charleston, SC (41.6127'N, 071.471° W). 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), XBT casts in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, 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 in the US EEZ, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Islands and Bahamas. 2018 Ocean Exploration Program OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/b1kj-4976 Public Domain 1878