Sponsored Projects: The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research ....................................................................................................................90
» Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
» Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research, and Technology ....................................................................................................................91
» Exploration of Gulf of Alaska Seamounts ................................................................................................................................................................................................93
» Exploring for a Biogeographic Boundary Along the Emperor Seamount Chain: A Multidisciplinary Approach ........................94
» Search for Life Under Ice Overcomes Challenges to Explore Arctic Vents ...................................................................................................................95
» Journey into Midnight ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
» Development of Innovative Techniques for Exploring Novel Submarine Springs on the Gulf of Mexico
Outer Continental Shelf .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
» Microbial Stowaways: Exploring Shipwreck Microbiomes in the Deep Gulf of Mexico ....................................................................................97
» Submerged Paleolandscapes of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico ..................................................................................................................................98
» Update on Co-Exploration: A Toolbox for Subsea Data Processing and Real-Time Information Interaction
Over Acoustic Communications .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
» Improving Navigation for Long Endurance Underwater Robots ........................................................................................................................................99
PART 3. SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE – R/V FALKOR .................................................................................................................................................100
Exploration and Innovation at Sea: The Schmidt Ocean Institute 2019 Field Season ..........................................................................................102
WHAT’S NEXT.................................................................................................................110
Authors .......................................................................................................................................112
Acknowledgments ...........................................................................................................116
References ...............................................................................................................................121
Acronyms .................................................................................................................................122
A close-up view of the bow of a shipwreck
“accidentally” discovered during NOAA Ship
Okeanos Explorer’s shakedown and sea-trial
expedition in the Gulf of Mexico. The wreck
is likely a mid- nineteenth- century wooden
sailing vessel. Image credit: NOAA OER