BP Thunderhorse MOB
Completed
Operating area: Mississippi Canyon 821
Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States
Projects aboard (3)
Acoustic Telemetry
Deploy and ~9 months later recover 2 CPIES (current pressure recording inverted echo sounders) with MicroModems, sharing 1 OT (overhead transmitter mooring), and deploy two MRV Solo floats in the central Gulf of Mexico. Conduct acoustic-reception testing of the data telemetry. The deployments are centered near 27.6N, 88W. Measurement duration is ~9 months. CTDs to 1300m will be taken at the two CPIES sites on each cruise. Water depth at the deployment sites is approximately 3300 m.
People aboard
Acoustic Telemetry
- D R. Watts · Principal investigator
BP Thunderhorse MOB
- Marcus Ogle · Principal investigator
NOAA-GMT-1
- Caitlin Reynolds · Principal investigator
Party size: 4
Estimated vacant berths: 12
Equipment
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- CTD
- CTD
- CTD
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Ogle · MFP references 21/290, 22/1644, 21/696 · synced Sep 30, 2026