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TheOceanExplora/onTrust(OET),ownsandoperatestheE/VNAUTILUSandservesasoneoftwoshipsofexplora/onforNOAAOERWejustcompletedasixandhalfmonthlongfieldseasonreturningafewweeksagotoitshomebaseatAltaSeainSanPedro,California
AltSeaMarineCampus
2017Stats
• 204daysatsea• 98Divesupto3daysinlength• 935HoursontheboZom(all/mehigh)• 768samples(1,724sub-samples)–rock,marine
life,gasandwatersamples–HarvardMCZandNSFRockrepositoryatURI/GSO
• 72,983squarekilometersofmul/-beammapping• 195Scien/sts-Ashorepar/cipatedinexpedi/ons
viatele-presence• 150membersofsciencepartyrota/ngonandoff
NAUTILUSduring6.5monthfieldseason
TheE/VNAUTILUSisoudiZedwithaKongsbergEM-302Mul/-beamsonar
WaterColumnData
CourtesyofL.Mayer,CCOM
Overthelastthreefieldseasonswehaveusedourmul/-beamsonarsystemtolocateover1,000methaneseepsrunningalongtheen/re
westcoastoftheUnitedStates–Wed.AfernoonSession
ARGUSI(6,000meters)HERCULESI(4,000meters)
27/7Opsw/20mblinktoshore
NAUTILUSislinkedtotheCenterforOceanExplora/onanditsInnerSpaceCenteratURI’sGraduateSchoolofOceanography
AnetworkofScien/sts-
Ashoreremoteconsolesitessupportour
liveinterac/veBasic
Explora/onprogram
WealsohaveLiveinterac/vestudioslinkedtoshipsatseatosupport
OET’sgrowingE&Oprogramming
Addi/onalremotesitescon/nuetogrowto
supportoureduca/onaloutreach
Inlate2019afullyindependentmobilesystemisscheduledtocomeonlinethatwillhavea6,000-meterARGUSII,LITTLEHERCandHERCULESIIvehiclesystemand2-vancommandcontrolcentersimilartotheonejustacquiredbyDSL/NDSFbutcapableofsuppor/ng“live”interac/vitybetweenshipandshoreandwillbejointlyoperatedby
DSL/NDSFandOETwithfundingfromNOAAOERandNSF.
Thisnewmobilecapabilitywillhavevariousconfigura/onstodeployfromdifferentclassesofresearchandprivate
pladorms
BothsystemswillbesupportedbyaJointNOAAOERandNSFProgrambeginninginFY-19butthiseffortisdependentuponscien0stssubmi2ngexploratoryproposalstoNSF.OETplanstooperateboththeE/VNAUTILUSandthenew6,000-meter
mobilesysteminthefollowregionswithDSLalsoopera/ngthemobilesysteminconjunc/onwiththeNDSF.
Tolearnmoreaboutourtotalcapabili/esgotowww.tos.organddownload(free)anyorallofthesevenissuesoftheMarchSupplements“NewFron/ersinOceanExplora/on”withtheeightversioncomingoutinMarch,2018coveringour2017
WaystoBecomeInvolvedwww.oceanexplora/ontrust.org
• BASICEXPLORATIONPROGRAMVIAWORKSHOPSANDSCIENTISTSASHOREPROGRAM
• INSTALLREMOTECONSOLEATCOSTOFABOUT$10K• INTERNPROGRAMS(OCEANSCIENCE,SEAFLOOR
MAPPING,ROVENGINEERING,VIDEOENGINEERING,COMMUNICATIONFELLOWS)
• EXPLORATORYRESEARCHPROGRAMSPONSOREDBYNSFANDNOAAOERUSINGE/VNAUTILUSORNEWMOBILESYSTEMSTARTINGIN2019WITHREGULARPROPOSALSUBMISSIONTONSF(DR.RICKMURRAYandNSF’svariousprogrammanagersmanyofwhomareheretoday)
