Bell M Shimada

Technical Reports 2017 NOAA Ship Bell M.

2021 Okeanos Explorer MKII SAT

Cruise ID: EX2101 Multibeam System: EM304 Dates: April 16 – May 10, 2021 The Okeanos Explorer replaced its original Kongsberg EM302 TX array (2007) with a new EM304 MKII array during the 2020-21 winter maintenance period.

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Okeanos Explorer

Technical Reports 2021 Okeanos Explorer MKII SAT Cruise ID: EX2101 Multibeam System: EM304 Dates: April 16 – May 10, 2021 The Okeanos Explorer replaced its original Kongsberg EM302 TX array (2007) with a new EM304 MKII array during the 2020-21 winter maintenance period.

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Rainier

Technical Reports 2017 NOAA Ship Rainier Launch SAT Vessel: Rainier Multibeam System: EM2040 Dates: September 12-21, 2017 We installed four Kongsberg EM2040 multibeam echo sounders on each of Rainier’s four hydrographic survey launches from September 12th through September 13th in Everett, WA.

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2020 Okeanos Explorer EM304 SAT

Cruise ID: EX2000 Multibeam System: EM304 Dates: March 3-8, 2020 The Okeanos Explorer received a Kongsberg EM304 multibeam echosounder topside upgrade over the 2019-20 winter maintenance period.

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2019 Okeanos Explorer EM302 Shakedown

Cruise ID: EX1902 Multibeam System: EM302 Dates: May, 2019 The primary shakedown activities included: 2019-05-12: depart Pascagoula, MSEM302 and POS MV geometry / config.

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2017 NOAA Ship Fairweather Launch SAT

Vessel: R/V Fairweather Multibeam System: EM2040 Dates: May 22- May 26, 2017 We installed four Kongsberg EM2040 multibeam echo sounders, one on each of Fairweather’s hydrographic survey launches during the spring of 2017 in Newport, OR.

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2015 Nancy Foster Sonar Acceptance Report

Vessel: R/V Nancy Foster Multibeam System: EM710 Dates: March 9-13, 2015 A Kongsberg EM710 MKII multibeam was installed aboard NOAA Ship Nancy Foster at GMD Shipyard in Brooklyn, NY in March of 2015.

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2018 Okeanos Explorer EM302 SAT

Cruise ID: EX1810 Multibeam System: EM302 Dates: October, 2018 The primary RX array SAT activities included: 2018-10-02: depart Quonset, RIEM302 TX and RX array survey reviewEM302 and POS MV geometry / config.

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2016 Bat Galim 2016 System Review

Vessel: R/V Bat Galim Multibeam System: EM302/EM2040 Dates: January 31 – February 4, 2016 From January 31st to February 4th, 2016 a Shipboard Acceptance Testing (SAT) was conducted on the R/V Bat Galim, owned by the Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resource of Israel and operated by Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, on the newly installed Kongsberg Maritime (KM) EM302 (30 kHz) and EM2040 (200 kHz, 300 kHz, and 400 kHz) multibeam echosounders.

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