Oceanographic data collected during the EX1104 (Mid-Cayman Rise Exploration) expedition on the NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico from August 2, 2011 - August 18, 2011 (NODC Accession 0078572)

This cruise will embark from Balboa, Panama, will transit and collect underway data through the Panama Canal toward the primary operating area, will focus its scientific objectives on the project operating area in British national waters in the vicinity of the Cayman Islands identified as the Mid-Cayman Rise, and will transit to Key West, Florida. Underway data will be collected during transit through all coastal states (with permits) with the exception of Columbia and Cuba. Primary mapping, CTD and ROV operations will be conducted in Cayman Island waters under British jurisdiction.本科考航次自巴拿马巴尔博亚港启航，将通过巴拿马运河航行并全程收集走航数据，驶向主要作业海域；航次科学核心目标聚焦于开曼群岛附近英国管辖海域内的指定作业区——中开曼海脊（Mid-Cayman Rise）。航次后续将航行至美国佛罗里达州基韦斯特港。在途经所有已获得作业许可的沿海国家（哥伦比亚与古巴除外）期间，本航次均会收集走航数据。主要测绘、温盐深（CTD，Conductivity-Temperature-Depth）测量与遥控水下机器人（ROV，Remotely Operated Vehicle）作业，均将在英国管辖的开曼群岛海域开展。