The Cabled Array VISIONS’15 35-day cruise completed installation of the three Deep Profiler Moorings, as well the recovery and reinstallation of junction boxes, mooring science pods, and ~100 cabled instruments for the first Operations and Maintenance period of the OOI.
During the VISIONS '15 expedition, ~45 undergraduate and graduate students will take part in the University of Washington’s Sea-going Research & Discovery Course.
Students will participate in VISIONS’15 as part of the UW Sea-Going Research and Discovery course (OCEAN 411)
VISIONS '15 operations are focused on completing installation of the Cabled Array of the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Work is scheduled at the cabled observatory's six main study sites: two (Axi
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Welcome to the VISIONS ’15 Log. Follow our 35-day, 3-leg expedition on the R/V Thompson.
This expedition is focused on completing the first operations and maintenance cycle for NSF’s cabled component of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.
The 35-day Cabled Array VISIONS’15 cruise onboard the R/V Thompson using the CSSF remotely operated vehicle ROPOS (for the first Operations and Maintenance cruise for the National Science Foundation’s Ocean Observat