Project Instructions: EX-19-07, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration (ROV & Mapping)

This document contains project instructions for EX-19-07. Operations for this cruise will be conducted 24 hours/day and consist of daily remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives, CTD operations, overnight mapping, and full shore-based participation via telepresence. The expedition will commence on October 31, 2019 in Miami, Florida and conclude on November 21, 2019 in Key West, Florida. Operations will include the use of the ship’s deepwater mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK 60/80 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers), XBTs in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, CTD casts, the 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 Southeast U.S. Continental Margin, offshore Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.