Project instructions: EX-19-04, 2019 Technology demonstration (remotely operated vehicles & mapping), July 18 - August 01, 2019

This document contains project instructions for EX-19-04. Operations for this cruise will be conducted 24 hours/day and consist of demonstrations of emerging technology and of existing technology integration into the Okeanos’s Continuing Operations (CONOPS), remotely operated vehicle (ROV) dives to support technology demonstrations, mapping using the ship’s suite of deepwater sonars, and limited shore participation via telepresence. The expedition will commence on July 18, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia (Marine Operations Center-Atlantic) and conclude on August 1, 2019 in Davisville, Rhode Island. Operations will include the use of the ship’s deep-water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM 302 multibeam sonar, EK 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, the two-body ROV system Deep Discoverer and Seirios, and the ship’s high-bandwidth satellite connection for continuous real-time ship-to-shore communications. 2019 Ocean Exploration Program OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/mnxw-2m13 Public Domain 1878