Final Project Instructions : EX-17-11 Gulf of Mexico (rov & mapping), November 29 - December 21, 2017 Gulf of Mexico (rov & mapping), November 29 - December 21, 2017 Cruise plan, EX1711

"This document contains project instructions for EX-17-10 commencing in Balboa, Panama on November 15, 2017 and concluding in Key West, Florida on November 22, 2017. This is an exploratory mapping expedition - no ROV operations will be conducted. Operational areas for this cruise include transiting through the Panama Canal, exploratory transit mapping through the Caribbean, the Seaflower Marine Protected Area in Colombian waters, and the Gulf of Mexico. Operations will include the use of the ship's deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, 300 kHz Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), and Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar), and the ship's highbandwidth satellite connection for hourly data transfer, real-time ship to shore communications, and real-time video streaming of sonar screens and ship's cameras"--Page [3]. [U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research]. "Platform: NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer." "Dated: 11/17/ 2017" The document is proceeded by the transmittal letter from Captain Stephanie Koes, (NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations, Marine Operations Center, Norfolk, Va.), November 20, 2017. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. 2017 Ocean Exploration Program OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) Submitted Public Domain 1878