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NOAA/OAR/OER - Ocean Exploration and Research
301-734-1014
301-713-4252
1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3, #10210
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
oceanexplorer@noaa.gov
8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
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2012-03
ISO 19115-2 Geographic information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
R.M.S Titanic 2004 Expedition on the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown between 20040527 and 20040612
Titanic2004
2004
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Robert Ballard
401-874-6480
401-874-6169
URI
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett
RI
02882
USA
bballard@gso.uri.edu
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In collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?s (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration (OE), the Institute for Exploration (IFE) requests funding to undertake a comparative assessment of the archaeological and biological changes that have occurred at the RMS Titanic wreck site between 1985, the year of its discovery, and the present. As a follow-up to the expedition mounted by OE in June 2003, this field program, with Dr. Robert Ballard and colleagues from OE and other institutions, proposes to re-survey the wreck using state-of-the-art imagery and communications equipment and to broadcast the data real-time via their Inner Space technology. This updated research will help to better determine the wreck?s rate of degradation, produce the first ever comprehensive map of the entire wreck site, and actively engage the public with live video and communication links via the Internet. IFE plans to use its tandem ROV team of Argus and Little Hercules to provide an accurate high-definition map of the wreck site with video imagery. The pair was effectively used in NOAA?s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2002, where they used high-definition imagery to visually survey more than a dozen wrecks in Lake Huron. IFE will incorporate new methods and technology recently used in their successful Black Sea 2003 Expedition to accurately map the area and coordinate with satellite facilities to transmit the data. Both vehicles will be modified to operate in deep water. In addition, another ROV, Hercules, which was designed explicitly for deep-water archaeological site mapping, can also be modified for biological sampling and precision mapping at the depths of Titanic. Also joining the cruise will be marine biologists, who will continue to conduct rusticle research and bacterial experiments to determine whether or not the current level of microbial activity is the leading cause of the wreck?s degradation. These investigations have proven directly useful to other deep-sea experiments throughout the world, namely marine construction projects and pharmaceutical research.
The Institute for Exploration (IFE), in collaboration with the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration, the National Geographic Society, the Immersion Institute, and the Jason Foundation for Education will conduct a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey of the Titanic shipwreck site. The primary objective is to re-map the wreckage using state-of-the-art underwater high-definition video and high-resolution still cameras. The collected imagery will be used to assess the wreck's accelerated degradation since it was originally discovered nearly 19 years ago and to establish an archaeological baseline from which to gauge future activity at the site. A secondary objective is to investigate the microbiological activity associated with the formation and growth of microbial communities called "rusticles" that thrive on the sunken vessel. Lastly, using shipboard satellite telecommunication technology, parts of the expedition will be broadcast live as part of IFE's public outreach program, including a nationwide broadcast on the National Geographic Channel during the evening of June 7, 2004.
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Robert Ballard
401-874-6480
401-874-6169
URI
215 South Ferry Road
Narragansett
RI
02882
USA
bballard@gso.uri.edu
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NASA Global Change Master Directory, Goddard Space Flight Center
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NOAA/OAR/OER - Ocean Exploration and Research
301-734-1014
301-713-4252
1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3, #10210
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
oceanexplorer@noaa.gov
8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
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This is a list of static and vetted keywords to assist in search and discovery of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) program-related records.
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Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) Marine Archaeology Keywords
NOAA/OAR/OER - Ocean Exploration and Research
301-734-1014
301-713-4252
1315 East-West Hwy, SSMC3, #10210
Silver Spring
MD
20910
USA
oceanexplorer@noaa.gov
8am-5pm, Monday through Friday
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This is a list of static and vetted keywords to assist in search and discovery of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) program-related records for marine archaeology missions.
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC> National Coastal Data Development Center
228-688-2936
866-732-2382
228-688-2010
Bldg 1100 Rm 101
Stennis Space Center
MS
39529
USA
ncddc@noaa.gov
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC> National Coastal Data Development Center
228-688-2936
866-732-2382
228-688-2010
Bldg 1100 Rm 101
Stennis Space Center
MS
39529
USA
ncddc@noaa.gov
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown
Ron Brown
Ronald H Brown
RHB
2012-01-18
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At 274 ft and displacing more than 3,200 tons, the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the flagship of the NOAA fleet. Named in memory of a former the U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary who perished in a plane crash in 1996, the ship is a state-of-the-art oceanographic and atmospheric research platform. The Ron Brown, as it is commonly and fondly known, is equipped with an array of advanced instruments and sensors. From its home port in Charleston, South Carolina, the ship has sailed the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, conducting scientific studies to increase our understanding of the world's marine environment. The Ron Brown carries a complement of 5 NOAA Corps officers, 20 crew members, and can accommodate up to 33 scientists. The crew's primary responsibilities involve day-to-day operations. This includes routine data collection and management tasks related to the ship's mission as a scientific research platform.
DOC/NOAA/OMAO/MOC-A > Marine Operations Center - Atlantic, NOAA Marine Operations, NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
757-441-6495
NOAA/OMAO/MOC-A
439 West York Street
Norfolk
VA
23510-1145
USA
David.A.Score@noaa.gov
http://www.moc.noaa.gov/moa.html
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C-Band Doppler Radar
C-Band
Dr. Larry Davis
Radtec Engineering, Inc.
303-438-8745
303-438-8820
2150 West 6th Avenue
Broomfield
CO
80020
USA
larry@radar-sales.com
http://www.http://www.radar-sales.com/systems-rdr.html
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RDR Doppler Weather Radar Systems C-Band
C-Band Doppler Radar
Coaxial magnetron, solid state IGBT modulator, and integrated low noise receiver front end, provision for future capabilities such dual polarity operation.
Seabeam 2112
Sea Beam 2112
SB2112
L-3 ELAC Nautik
+49 431 883 0
+49 431 883 496
Neufeldtstrasse 10
Kiel
24118
Germany
elac.marketing@L-3com.com
http://www.elac-nautik.de/products-survey_systems-multibeam/nautik/745f86235ce41274af78b821de3bd2cd/
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Seabeam 2112
multibeam
Seabeam 2112 (12 Khz) swath bathymetric sonar system. The system, originally used for high accuracy (Seabeam Classic) charting of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), is capable of hydrographic charting and seafloor acoustic backscatter imaging in water depths of 50 to 11,000 meters with up to 151 beams. Swath coverage (75 percent of water depth) varies as a function of depth, from 150 degrees at 1,000 meters, to 120 degrees at 5,000 meters, and 90 degrees at 11,000 meters, with a resolution of two degrees. The system regularly operates in 4000+ meters of water but is effective in shallower applications (less than 500m).