• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-11-01T18:39:04.000+00:00

The final output will be geotiffs and a custom 3D texture model format that allows for dynamic level-of-detail rendering. The work discussed in the proposal will produce the following...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

In 2008, the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS) commenced a multiyear project focusing on shipwreck sites associated with the Battle of the Atlantic. During WWII, this was the closest...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

SAS technology exemplifies recent advances in geophysical survey technology that will revolutionize maritime archaeological remote sensing. Applied Signal Technology (AST) has combined...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Underwater archaeologists, led by James Adovasio and Andy Hemmings of Mercyhurst College, dove at four sites that were first visited in 2009. At these locations, electronically...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-31T14:44:41.000+00:00

The northeast tip of the Yucatan Peninsula is a largely unexplored coastline where ancient Maya traders traveled in massive dugout canoes filled with goods from across Mesoamerica. Along...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

In 2008, the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS) commenced a multiyear project focusing on shipwreck sites associated with the Battle of the Atlantic. During WWII, this was the...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

From April to June 2006, scientists from the University of Rhode Island led an expedition to study the archaeology and geology of the Aegean and Black Seas aboard two research vessels, the Greek...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

A team of underwater archaeologists from across the country, led by James Adovasio and Andy Hemmings of Mercyhurst University, will be diving at two sites off Florida’s Gulf Coast that...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T16:23:17.000+00:00

Leg I focused on biological objectives in Norfolk Canyon, with some sampling in Baltimore Canyon. Leg II focused on archaeological targets in and around the Norfolk Canyon area, with...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-06-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This cruise used the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason II to: explore 4-6 new sites for the occurrence of deep water coral reefs; made collections of Lophelia and other corals for...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2012-03-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

As the leading ocean agency, and as per the Guidelines for Research, Exploration and Salvage of RMS Titanic, issued under the authority of the RMS Titanic Maritime Act of 1986, the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2011-05-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This is an interagency study that focuses on the exploration and investigation of deepwater hard bottom biological communities located in the northwest Atlantic Ocean offshore Virginia...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2011-08-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Mid-Atlantic Deep-Water Canyons project is co-funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (which provides ships and...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T19:17:01.000+00:00

Operations will use the ship’s deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, ADCPs, and Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar),...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T20:47:16.000+00:00

Multibeam mapping, single beam, water column sonar, sub-bottom profile, water column profile, ship sensor, ROV sensor, video and image data will all be collected during this mission.

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T20:40:56.000+00:00

Multibeam, single beam, and subbottom sonar data will be collected 24 hours a day. XBT casts will be conducted regularly for multibeam calibration. The ship's Scientific Computing System...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000+00:00

These data establish a baseline of benthic habitats to support future change detection activities in the Klawock River Lagoon on Alaska's Prince of Wales Island. In spring 2011, benthic habitats...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-04-20T00:00:00.000+00:00

The use of optical mapping has the potential to create accurate and vastly higher-resolution models of submerged archaeological sites with a fraction of the time and costs of traditional...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T16:26:51.000+00:00

The study will conduct a seven-day geophysical survey using magnetometer, sidescan sonar, and sub-bottom profiler to identify targets. On two subsequent six-day cruises divers will...

• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2023-10-30T19:21:57.000+00:00

The ship will conduct 24 hour operations consisting of daytime ROV dives and evening/nighttime mapping operations including during transit. During this cruise we will conduct 8 hour ROV...

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