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    • Okeanos Explorer (EX1806): Mid and Southeast US (ROV & Mapping)

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 2026

    Operations will include the use of the ship's deep water mapping systems (Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar, EK60 split-beam fisheries sonars, Knudsen 3260 chirp sub-bottom profiler sonar, and Teledyne Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler), XBTs in support of multibeam sonar mapping operations, CTD casts, OER's 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 South Atlantic Bight, offshore Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date March 23, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
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    Frequency Of Update

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    Harvested from NCDDC OER

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Collectionsession
    Metadata Date March 23, 2026
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2026
    Reference Date(s) (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA/OAR/OER (Point of Contact, Principal Investigator)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncei.oer:EX1806
    Access Constraints Data use shall be credited to NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. No data access constraints, unless data are protected under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
    Bbox East Long -71.34
    Bbox North Lat 37.61
    Bbox South Lat 26.4
    Bbox West Long -79.85
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/waf/OER-Media/ex1806/ex1806-BrowseGraphic.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 2b2cbd71-ff5d-4bd0-b813-2ab7a1100afd
    Harvest Source Id 0eb61eac-016f-4f95-a6c3-2974339749bb
    Harvest Source Title NCDDC OER
    Licence
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-79.85, 26.4], [-71.34, 26.4], [-71.34, 37.61], [-79.85, 37.61], [-79.85, 26.4]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2018-06-11T00:00:00
    Temporal Extent End 2018-07-02T00:00:00

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