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TFO Seamounts Main Expr Mooring Deployment

Completed
Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · USA

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Operating area: Atlantics II Seamounts at 38.5N 63.15W

›2 legs· Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States → Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States
  1. 1Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States→Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United StatesApr 26 – May 6, 2024 · 10 d
  2. 2Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United States→Woods Hole (Massachusetts) - United StatesMay 10 – May 25, 2024 · 15 d

Apr 26 – May 25, 202429 days at seaactual: departed Apr 26, 2024, arrived May 25, 2024

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Project aboard

The research objectives of this project include investigating three-dimensional (3D) propagation, scattering and ambient sound of the acoustic field in the low to mid-frequency range around the Atlantis II Seamounts using an integrated network of sensors.


People aboard

  • Ying-Tsong (YT) Lin · Principal investigator

Party size: 22

Estimated vacant berths: 12

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Dynamic Positioning (DP)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 1000m-1200m (e.g. 38kHz)
  • Multibeam - Deep Water (EM122, EM124)

Pooled / portable

  • CTD
  • Winch Pool Portable Winch

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code AR83_A&B_Lin_ONR · MFP reference 21/308 · synced Sep 24, 2026