2022 Operations Schedule (PDF)
The following is a list of mission dates, principal investigators, their affiliation, and project titles that the Undersea Vehicles Program will support in 2022. New projects will be added as they are confirmed.
-March 12 - April 4, 2022:Tim Battista, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences
"Multibeam groundtruthing of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. NOAA Ship Nancy Foster"-April 5-22, 2022:
Dr. Amy Gusick, National History Museum of Los Angeles
"ROV Surveys of Geological Features off Southern California. R/V Sally Ride"-April 30 - May 15, 2022:
Dr. Amy Wright, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Marine Biotechnology
"NOAA OER marine biotechnology work on deepwater sponges. R/V Point Sur"-May 30 - June 12, 2022:
Dr. Peter Etnoyer, NOAA-Deep Sea Coral Program
"Soft coral collections in De Soto Canyon"-June 27 - July 31 , 2022:
Stacey Harter, NOAA NMFS
"ROV surveys of Gulf of Mexico Mesophotic Coral. NOAA Ship Pisces"-Sept 1 - 18, 2022:
Marissa Nuttall, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
"BOEM habitat characterization of the newly added sanctuary reefs. R/V Manta"-Oct 1 - Oct 9, 2022:
Dr. Peter Etnoyer, NOAA-Deep Sea Coral Program
"Soft coral collections in De Soto Canyon"