MD RTMM SV Deployment 2027
Tentative
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Planned routeMooring / vehicle
Planned route: 2 segments · ~25 hours steaming · 1 station
Operating area: US GoM, Approx. 130 nm SE of Cocodrie, LA
Route: To be confirmed → To be confirmed
Jun 2 – Jun 5, 20273 days at sea
May 2027
Jun
Pelican
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Si_Isotope — Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Shelf: inshore of the 50 m isobath and the western side of the Mississippi River delta to ~75 nautical miles west. Diameter ~100nm.LoTSHMiR 2027 Spring — Louisiana-Texas continental shelf regionMD RTMM SV Deployment 2027 — US GoM, Approx. 130 nm SE of Cocodrie, LA
Project aboard
Deploy compound mooring with 3 m surface buoy that was previously recovered in May 2027.
People aboard
- Eric Aronchick · Principal investigator
Party size: 4
Estimated vacant berths: 12
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Crane
- Stern A-Frame
- Navigation - Heading/Position
- Meteorological Data
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 30m (e.g. 600kHz-1200kHz)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · MFP reference 26/7062 · synced Sep 24, 2026