During the transit, multibeam data will be collected 24 hours a day and XBT casts will be conducted no less than every 6 hours. Singlebeam (EK60) data and sub-bottom profile data will be also collected 24 hours a day.

Transit mapping operations will collect bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles, water column backscatter, and seafloor backscatter over the continental shelf and Claypile Bank in accordance with request from the scientific community. Survey mapping operations will collect continuous bathymetry, sub-bottom profiles, water column backscatter, and seafloor backscatter over the area to the south of Flower Garden Banks NMS, also in accordance with the scientific community. Data will provide details about biological habitats in the area and improve understanding of the ecological connection between mid-water and deepwater biological communities. During EX-14-02 Leg 2, multibeam, single beam, and sub-bottom profile data will be collected 24 hours a day and XBT casts will be conducted at an interval defined by prevailing oceanographic conditions, but not to exceed 6 hours.

Multibeam, single beam, and subbottom sonar data will be collected 24 hours a day and XBT casts will be conducted at an interval defined by prevailing oceanographic conditions, but not to exceed 3-4 hours. EX1404L1 will perform baseline characterization mapping (multibeam, splitbeam, subbottom) of New England Seamount chain in preparation for EX1404L3. During transiting to and from seamounts, exploration mapping will include areas of poor quality from existing ECS data and gaps in ECS data.

Multibeam, single beam, and subbottom sonar data will be collected 24 hours a day. XBT casts will be conducted regularly for multibeam calibration. The ship's Scientific Computing System (SCS) will monitor and collect oceanographic, navigation, and meteorological data throughout the cruise.

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected from NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER from 2022-04-04 to 2022-04-28. Data acquisition from shipboard sensors includes navigational data, meteorological data (altimetry, conductivity, depth, dew point, fluorescence, oxygen, pressure, relative humidity, relative wind speed, salinity, sound speed, sound velocity, temperature, true wind, turbidity, water temperature, wind, wind direction, wind speed), vehicle data (ROV time to surface, traction winch data, line rate data), and Profile Data (ASVP and XBT).

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), beginning in Mutan, Saipan and concluding in Santa Rita, Guam. Exploration operations for this cruise focused on deep-water areas near the northern edge of CNMI and the Trench and Islands units of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MTMNM). Operations used the ship’s deep water mapping systems and the ship’s high-bandwidth satellite connection for periodic real-time ship to shore communications. This leg of the CAPSTONE Expeditions was a 24-hour mapping cruise that focused on previously unmapped sites within the CNMI US EEZ and MTMNM, all of which occurred in U.S. waters.

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected from NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-06-11 to 2018-07-02. Data acquisition from shipboard sensors includes navigational data, meteorological data (wind), and oceanographic data (bathythermograph, sound velocity probe, thermosalinograph). Additional data include Profile Data (ASVP and XBT), raw and processed CTD data, digital imagery, event logs, biological/geological specimen log, and ROV ancillary data.

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected from NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-10-30 to 2018-11-20. Data acquisition from shipboard sensors includes navigational data, meteorological data (wind), and oceanographic data (bathythermograph, sound velocity probe, thermosalinograph). Additional data include Profile Data (ASVP and XBT), ADCP data, raw and processed CTD data, event logs, images, biological/geological specimen log, and ROV ancillary data.

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected from NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2019-10-31 to 2019-11-21. Data acquisition from shipboard sensors includes navigational data, meteorological data (wind), and oceanographic data (bathythermograph, sound velocity probe, thermosalinograph). Additional data include Profile Data (ASVP, CTD, and XBT), event logs, images, ROV ancillary data, and specimen data.

This dataset contains oceanographic data collected from NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER in the North Atlantic Ocean from 2018-11-28 to 2018-12-16. Data acquisition from shipboard sensors includes navigational data, meteorological data (conductivity, depth, echo sounder, temperature, wind, wind speed), and oceanographic data (bathythermograph, salinity, sound velocity probe, thermosalinograph). Additional data include Profile Data (ASVP, CTD, and XBT) and Submersible Sensor Data (Vehicles).