ROV ROPOS V15
The Canadian remotely operated vehicle (ROV) called ROPOS is a robotic vehicle used during the UW-OOI-NSF VISIONS'14 expedition to install much of the Secondary Infrastructure
May 29, 2015
Category: Visions 15
UW VISIONS 15 Seagoing Research and Discovery Course
During the VISIONS '15 expedition, ~45 undergraduate and graduate students will take part in the University of Washington’s Sea-going Research & Discovery Course.
May 29, 2015
RV Thompson V15
The 274-foot R/V Thomas G. Thompson is a global-class research ship that is part of the UNOLS fleet.
May 29, 2015
Students At Sea VISIONS 15
Students will participate in VISIONS’15 as part of the UW Sea-Going Research and Discovery course (OCEAN 411)
May 28, 2015
VISIONS 15 Operations and Technologies
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
May 28, 2015
Axial Caldera V15
Axial Seamount is the most magmatically robust volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge spreading center, having erupted in 1998 and most recently in April 2015
May 28, 2015
Axial Base V15
Location: 46.1082ºN 129.6182ºW Water Depth: 2650-2654 meters Primary Node: PN3A
The study site at the base of Axial
May 28, 2015
Slope Base V15
Location: 44.6ºN 125.4ºW Water Depth: 2906-2909 meters Primary Node: PN1A
The Slope Base study site (Primary Node PN1A) is locat
May 28, 2015
Southern Hydrate Ridge V15
The Southern Hydrate Ridge study site (~10 km north of Primary Node PN1B) hosts abundant deposits of frozen methane (methane hydrates) that are buried beneath the seafloor.
May 28, 2015
Endurance Offshore V15
The Endurance Offshore Study Site at OOI RSN Primary Node PN1C will host two cabled moorings and and one uncabled mooring, as well as a seafloor Benthic Experiment Package (BEP).
May 28, 2015