2024 R/V Sikuliaq EM304 MKII/EM710 SAT

Cruise ID: SKQ202403S Multibeam System: EM304 MKII/EM710 Dates: February 2024 R/V Sikuliaq (SKQ) received several significant upgrades to its multibeam mapping systems during the 2023-24 winter shipyard period in Seward, Alaska Conditions in the shipyard were extreme and complicated all work related to these upgrades; although many components of the winter work package were curtailed by these conditions, the UAF and Kongsberg teams completed all major mapping priority projects: Complete replacement of the original EM302 with an EM304 MKII system (0.5° TX / 1.0° RX) Addition of one Seapath 380-R3 navigation systems with a primary MGC serving the ship and mapping systems; a secondary MGC also serve the ship and acts as a spare for the Seapath 380 / mapping system Comprehensive new survey of vessel and sensor offsets by Westlake Consultants Installation of new permanent benchmarks at strategic hull locations Planned replacement of the EM710 RX array was not

2023 R/V Roger Revelle EM124/EM712 QAT

Cruise ID: RR2301 Multibeam System: EM124/EM712 Dates: February 4-19, 2023 R/V Roger Revelle (RR) underwent routine calibrations of the ship’s multibeam echosounders during an extended transit/cruise between Punta Arenas, Chile, and Cape Town, South Africa in February 2023; the MAC provided remote support for planning and data analysis leading up to and throughout the calibration Planning followed the standard MAC SAT/QAT checklist, focusing on calibrations at suitable sites within reasonable deviations along the transit route; these were completed in two phases with initial EM124 testing near Puntarenas, followed by EM124 re-calibration and EM712 calibration at suitable sites off Cape Town The initial EM124 calibration was completed with a TX array pitch error inadvertently held over from the 2020 EM124 and EM712 SAT; this was corrected for the second calibration, resulting in typically small adjustments During the approach to the second calibration area off Cape Town, an EM712 configuration error was