Deep-Sea Dialogues: Using Sound to Map the Seafloor
Good maps are critical tools for exploration. Seafloor mapping is the first step of ocean exploration…
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Wet Maps
High resolution bathymetric maps are essential for finding and exploring geological, archaeological, and biological features in…
Read moreMultibeam Sonar
Multibeam Sonar is one of the most powerful tools available for modern deep-sea exploration and mapping….
Read moreSonar: Seeing with Sound
SONAR, short for SOund NAvigation and Ranging, is a tool used to explore the ocean and…
Read moreBathymetric Mapping
A map is a flat model of all or part of Earth’s surface drawn to a…
Read moreWatching in 3D: Exploring Multibeam Sonar
Students utilize authentic ocean exploration tools to dive into the driving question: How are bathymetric maps and…
Read moreVailulu’u Seamount
On February 24, 2017, the ninth dive of the expedition, we explored Vailulu’u seamount, an active…
Read moreA Needle in a Haystack
During the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition, we had identified several sonar anomalies to further…
Read moreConnecting the Dots
Since 2010, the NOAA OER has been collecting mapping data along the Blake Plateau, Blake Ridge,…
Read moreUnderwater gas plume
Data from the multibeam sonar on the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer provided a 3D image of…
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