Operations & Technology

Operations on the VISIONS'11 expedition are focused on obtaining high-definition imagery of the Regional Scale Nodes (RSN) primary study sites as part of the National Science Foundations' Ocean Observatories Initiative. In 2013, a network of cabled geophysical, chemical, and biological sensors will be installed on the Juan de Fuca Plate that will allow 24/7/365 interactivity and monitoring of key oceanographic processes. Operations during this cruise will support the installation of the cabled observatory, the RSN.

Slocum AUGV

Friday, June 10, 2011

The Slocum autonomous underwater gliding vehicle (AUGV) onboard the VISIONS'11 cruise is part of Rutgers University's fleet of gliders. T ...

OOI Technology & Engineering ...

Monday, May 16, 2011

The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), funded by the National Science Foundation, is planned as a networked infrastructure of science-driven s ...

ROV ROPOS

Thursday, May 12, 2011

The ROPOS (Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Sciences) is a robotic vehicle capable of operated in depths up to 5,000 meters. During VISIONS&# ...

RV Thompson

Thursday, July 08, 2010

Operated by the University of Washington The R/V Thomas G. Thompson is owned by the Office of Naval Research ...