OA in nwGOM

Completed

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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Planned route: 34 segments · ~3 days steaming · 33 stations

Operating area: Northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States

Feb 27 – Mar 3, 20235 days at seaactual: departed Feb 27, 2023, arrived Mar 3, 2023

Feb 2023

Mar

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

OA in nwGOM — Northwestern Gulf of Mexico FGBNMS Coral Disease-1of2 — Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary

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Project aboard

The 2023 XR05 Cruise is a NOAA funded cruise. The project lead is Xinping Hu (TAMUCC) and Chief Scientist; S. Mahmud (TAMU/GERG) is ship-board and autonomous vehicles operations lead and will serve as co-Chief Scientist.

People aboard

Xinping Hu · Principal investigator

Party size: 13

Estimated vacant berths: 3

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
Crane
Underway Seawater System
Meteorological Data
ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)

Pooled / portable

CTD
Gyrocompass

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Hu · MFP reference 23/2737 · synced Sep 24, 2026