Open AccessNOAA Research Vessel Explores Atlantic Ocean Seamounts
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo420003
Subject(s) - seamount , oceanography , remotely operated underwater vehicle , front (military) , geology , meteorology , geography , computer science , artificial intelligence , robot , mobile robot
Mike Ford, a biological oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sat rapt in front of a bank of high‐definition monitors. They provided live video and data feeds from a tethered pair of instrument‐laden remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that were descending 4692 meters on their deepest dive ever. Their target: an unnamed and unexplored New England seamount discovered in the North Atlantic last year.