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NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson The Thomas Jefferson is a 208-ft research vessel that is operated in all three SEFSC research areas (Figure A-44). The vessel is equipped with surveyi... View
NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft View
NOAA-10 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-10
8293A0696431322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-10 (G) - Launched: September 17, 1986. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), ERBE SEM, DCS, SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational... View
NOAA-11 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-11
8293A0696434322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-11 (H) - Launch: September 24, 1988. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2 SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: ... View
NOAA-12 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-12
8293A0696437322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-12 (D)- Launch: May 14, 1991. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU) and SEM. Operational Dates: May 14, 1991 to December 14, 1998. Operat... View
NOAA-14
8293A069649A322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		ORBIT TYPE: PM STATUS: Standby ORBIT TIME: 2007-04-16 09:41:00.0 View
NOAA-14 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-14
8293A069643A322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-14 (J) - Launch: December 30, 1994. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2 SEM, SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational Dat... View
NOAA-15
8293A069649D322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		ORBIT TYPE: AM STATUS: Secondary Ops REMARK: Launched May 13, 1998 ORBIT TIME: 2007-04-16 05:31:00.0 View
NOAA-15 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-15
8293A069643D322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-15 (K) - Launch: May 13, 1998. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SEM/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2), Argos/DCS/2 Operation... View
NOAA-16 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-16
8293A0696440322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-16 (L) - Launched: September 21, 2000. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SBUV/2, SEM/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2) and DC... View
NOAA-17 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-17
8293A0696443322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-17 (M) - Launched: June 24, 2002. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/3, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AMSU-B), SBUV/2, SEM/2, SARSAT, DCS/2. Operational Status... View
NOAA-18 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-18
8293A0696446322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-18 (N) - Launch: May 20, 2005. Instruments: AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/4, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, MHS), SBUV/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/2) and DCS/2. Operational D... View
NOAA-19 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-19
8293A06964B5322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-19 (N Prime) - Launch: February 6, 2009. Instruments: A-DCS, AVHRR/3, TOVS (HIRS/4, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, MHS), SBUV/2, SARSAT (SARR, SARP/3) SEM/2. ... View
NOAA-6 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-6
8293A0696425322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-6 (A) - Launched on June 27, 1979. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: June 27, 1979 to March 5, 1... View
NOAA-7 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-7
8293A0696428322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-7 (C)- Launched: June 23, 1981. Primary instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and Argos/DCS. Operational dates: August 19, 1981 - Ju... View
NOAA-8 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-8
8293A069642B322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-8 (E)- Launched: March 1983. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and SARSAT (SARR, SARP). Operational dates: June 20, 1983-June 12, ... View
NOAA-9 > National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration-9
8293A069642E322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		NOAA-9 (F) - Launched: December 12, 1984. Instruments: AVHRR/2, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SBUV/2, ERBE, SARSAT (SARR, SARP) and Argos/DCS. Operational ... View
NPP > NPOESS Preparatory Project
8293A06964A0322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		View
Ocean Hunter I
db02e310-0351-11e2-a21f-0800200c9a66 		Ocean Hunter was conceived by owner and naval architect Navot Bornovski and by the father of Palauan diving, Francis Toribiong, who first brought divi... View
Ocean Starr
b350c99d-b305-45cd-86e2-ae4660655482 		The Ocean Starr provides a broad range of scientific research capabilities with temperature-controlled aquaria and live specimen wells, walk-in freeze... View
Okeanos Explorer (EX)
66132cd0-6a9c-11e0-ae3e-0800200c9a66 		The Okeanos Explorer is on a course to be the only U.S. ship assigned to explore systematically our largely unknown ocean for the purpose of discovery... View
ORBVIEW-2 > Orbital Sciences Corporation OrbView-2 Satellite
8293A0696479322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		ORBVIEW-2 - Original name of satellite was SeaStar. Launched: August 1, 1997 at approximately 16:20 EDT. Instruments: SeaWIFS. Status: Operational. Ot... View
Oregon II
02d7c2c0-5ac1-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66 		The NOAA Ship Oregon II conducts fishery and living marine resource studies in support of the research of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)... View
Oscar Dyson (DY)
a24caa2a-1c39-41b9-ba7a-eede10ccc4f6 		the Oscar Dyson supports NOAA's mission to protect, restore and manage the use of living marine, coastal, and ocean resources through ecosystem-based ... View
Oscar Elton Sette (SE)
7150f90a-b04f-49bc-9b63-b232e6bdba1b 		TThe NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette is named for Dr. Oscar Elton Sette. Dr. Sette was a pioneer in the development of fisheries oceanography and accordin... View
Outer Limits
064cf16a-1502-4346-9b59-4d7e4eb5bd24 		It is the goal of the Outer Limits and her crew to provide efficient and productive marine research and survey services. View
Pacific Storm
722b6d30-d853-11e2-a28f-0800200c9a66 		The Pacific Storm is an 84' OA steel-hulled vessel with a 24' beam that is outfitted for year-round coastal service. The vessel can accommodate up to ... View
Phantom S-2 ROV ROV from NOAA’s National Undersea Research Center (NURC) from UNC-Wilmington View
PICSES View
Pisces (PC)
8ce0b2c0-19fa-11e1-bddb-0800200c9a66 		The Pisces supports NOAA's mission to protect, restore, and manage the use of living marine, coastal, and ocean resources through ecosystem-based mana... View
Plane Plane used for Aerial Surveys View
Point Sur
e12633e6-778b-43f2-92f0-35b4db0a7170 		Research vessel owned by the University of Southern Mississippi and operated in a cooperative agreement between University of Southern Mississippi and... View
Profesor Siedlecki
e458c00d-23c9-45c4-ab2a-7eae257936fd 		RV Profesor Siedlecki was a Polish fishery research ship built to carry out research in the southern polar waters. The research was aimed at the fishe... View
R/V Apalachee The R/V Apalachee is owned and operated by the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory. The vessel was built by Geo Shipyard, Inc. in N... View
R/V Bell M Shimada The vessel is 209 feet in length with a diesel electric drive system with two 1,508-horsepower propulsion motors and one 14.1-foot propeller. The deck... View
R/V Bellows The R/V Bellows is owned by the State of Florida and is operated by the Florida Institute of Oceanography on behalf of the State University System. It... View
R/V Cape Hatteras The R/V Cape Hatteras is a 135 foot steel-hull research vessel owned and operated by Cape Fear Community College (Figure A-54). The vessel was built i... View
R/V Caretta The R/V Caretta is a 58 ft steel-hull NOAA research vessel that is used for living marine resource studies in support of the SEFSC Pascagoula Laborato... View
R/V Coral Sea R/V Coral Sea View
R/V Davidson
7e472278-bbff-4e8e-aebc-543e94dbd667 		R/V Davidson View
R/V Delaware II The NOAA research vessel (R/V) Delaware II was used for trawl surveys for many years during the Status Quo period considered in this DPEA. It was reti... View
R/V Egret R/V Egret View
R/V Elakha A 54-foot, aluminum-hulled vessel. The vessel was built by Rozema Boat Works and is propelled by a Caterpillar 3176B 6-cylinder diesel engine, capable... View
R/V Forerunner A 50-foot, steel-hulled vessel owned by Clatsop Community College (CCC) in Astoria, Oregon. Originally launched as a commercial fishing vessel in 1969... View
R/V Georgia Bulldog The SEFSC and its research partners use a variety of different types and sizes of vessels to meet their needs and objectives. Vessels are also sometim... View
R/V Gloria Michelle The R/V Gloria Michelle is a 72 feet steel–hulled stern trawler operated by NOAA and used for Gulf of Maine shrimp trawl surveys. The vessel is powere... View
R/V Goldeneye R/V Goldeneye View
R/V Harold B The R/V Harold B is a 36-foot ex-Navy aluminum hulled dive boat stationed at the NOAA Fisheries Panama City Laboratory for use in the coastal waters o... View
R/V Henry B. Bigelow The NOAA research vessel Henry B. Bigelow was launched in 2005 to replace the Albatross IV. The 209 feet steel-hulled Henry B. Bigelow uses an integra... View
R/V Heron R/V Heron View
R/V Hugh R. Sharp The R/V Hugh R. Sharp is a 146 feet acoustically quiet research vessel operated by the University of Delaware Marine and Earth Studies program, as a m... View
R/V Kingfisher R/V Kingfisher View
R/V Lady Lisa The R/V Lady Lisa is a research vessel operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. The R/V Lady Lisa is 75 feet in length with a w... View
R/V Minnow A 21-foot vessel made by Workskiff. The vessel has a 2.5-foot draft, an 8-foot beam, an aluminum hull, and a T-top center console. It is propelled by ... View
R/V Moana Wave
0a8ac4f4-e144-466d-a347-ce6887268df1 		R/V Moana Wave View
R/V Mokarran F2504 The Research Vessel Mokarran F2504 is a 25 foot Boston Whaler with a fiberglass hull that is used for the GULFSPAN Survey and dive operations in suppo... View
R/V Noctiluca A 26-foot NMFS vessel with a center console. This aluminum skiff, made by Pacific Boats, has a draft of 2 feet and a beam of 8.5 feet. The vessel is p... View
R/V Northern Resolution
ef8782f3-3fc0-4da2-945f-0be5c05eaed6 		R/V Northern Resolution View
R/V Osprey R/V Osprey View
R/V Palmetto The 110 foot R/V Palmetto is South Carolina Department of Natural Resources’ offshore research vessel (Figure A-53). Made of steel and powered by twin... View
R/V Pelican (NWFSC) A 39-foot aluminum pontoon boat specifically designed for purse seining. It has a pilothouse, a flat back deck, and mast and boom for purse seining. T... View
R/V Pelican (SEFSC) The 116 ft. R/V Pelican was designed and outfitted to conduct a variety of oceanographic research missions. The R/V Pelican successfully conducts scie... View
R/V Point Sur The 135 ft. R/V Point Sur was also designed, built and outfitted in 1980 to conduct a variety of oceanographic research missions. The vessel is owned ... View
R/V Rage R/V Rage View
R/V Savannah The R/V Savannah is a multi-use 92' oceanographic and fisheries research vessel operated by the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, homeported in Sava... View
R/V Shana Rae R/V Shana Rae View
R/V Tommy Munro The R/V Tommy Munro is a 97.5-ft research vessel owned and operated by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. It has... View
R/V Tule A 19-foot Magnum-brand aluminum skiff with a 90-horsepower Honda outboard engine. It has a center console and a hefty towing post in the back for pull... View
R/V Weatherbird II The R/V Weatherbird II is owned by the University of South Florida for use through the Florida Institute of Oceanography. The vessel was built in 1982... View
R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya View
RADARSAT-1
8293A0696476322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		RADARSAT-1 - Launched: November 4, 1995. Instrument: SAR. Status: Operational View
Reuben Lasker (RL)
12aa6b14-b49e-4e7e-8f36-5bfca5a4369b 		Funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and built by Marinette Marine Corporation in Wisconsin, the ship's primary objective is to sup... View
Ridley Thomas
7ab071a4-73da-42eb-968b-f1c7139c37d1 		The RV Ridley Thomas is a 61m long ocean going survey vessel last refitted in 2012 in Spain. The RV Ridley Thomas is equipped with a full ocean depth ... View
Roger Revelle (RR)
c22b0610-ed58-11e1-aff1-0800200c9a66 		R/V Roger Revelle (AGOR 24) is a 274-foot (83 meter) research ship operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a graduate division of the Uni... View
Ronald Brown (RB)
062b8544-24f7-466a-b036-110a06e743a3 		At 274 ft and displacing more than 3,200 tons, the NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the flagship of the NOAA fleet. Named in memory of a former the U.S. D... View
Roper
36cf5b50-0b6c-11e4-9191-0800200c9a66 		Since 2009 LAMP has partnered with the Institute of Maritime History to use their primary research vessel. Built by William Holden in 1990 in New Bern... View
ROV Super Phantom S2 The Super Phantom S2 is a powerful, versatile remotely operated vehicle (ROV) with high reliability and mobility. This light weight system can be dep... View
RV Riggs
d44c4a3d-5a72-48cb-9b81-27c902d5df2e 		R/V Riggs is a Munson (ECU Class D) research ship operated by East Carolina University. It is powered by 2 Volvo diesel engines and carries up to 15 p... View
RV Seward Johnson II
0e4c37a0-1a3e-11e7-9598-0800200c9a66 		The R/V Seward Johnson II is no longer operated by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. View
saildrone
87f3541b-4b13-4a3f-8c95-ed22f321f9a8 		A saildrone is a wind and solar-powered unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capable of up to 12-month data collection missions on the open ocean View
Scuba Diver Human who submerges themselves in the water after departing a boat and will record their own visual observations and/or may take instruments with them... View
SE-06 - Steel Toe 18' Safeboat used for various surveys off Oahu and sometimes launched off the Oscar Elton Sette View
SeaBotix LBV200L2 ROV
c7ecba40-f07b-11e2-b778-0800200c9a66 		The SeaBotix LBV200L2 ROV is equipped with a 250m umbilical and a depth rating to 200m. The LBV200L2 is equipped with four powerful, oil-compensated, ... View
Seirios
b2972160-9841-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 		Seirios is a 6,000m rated camera platform designed for ocean exploration as part of a two-body tethered system. As a stainless steel framed platform o... View
Sentry AUV
1dddc040-bfc5-11e1-afa7-0800200c9a66 		The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Sentry replaced the Autonomous Benthic Explorer (ABE) at the National Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) in the ... View
Sikuliaq
6b801b43-0548-4a8d-a960-867c07726ba8 		The R/V Sikuliaq, pronounced [see-KOO-lee-auk], is a 261-foot oceanographic research ship capable of bringing scientists to the ice- choked waters of ... View
skiff 20-ft. aluminum skiff with 90-hp. motor View
SMS-1 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 1
8293A06964A3322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		SMS-1 Launched: May 1974, Instruments: SEM & VISSR, Dates of operation: 1974 to 1979, Operational status: Decommissioned. This spin-stabilized spacecr... View
SMS-2 > Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 2
8293A06964A6322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		SMS-2 Launched: Febuary 1975, Primary Instrument: VISSR, Dates of operation: 1975 to 1981, Operational status: Decommissioned. This spin-stabilized sp... View
Southern Horizon
77dbe608-d478-4bc3-b461-5e20bfb107b0 		Private fishing longliner owned and operated by F/V Pacific Horizon View
SRVx
ac286280-c46e-11e1-9b21-0800200c9a66 		The 85 foot long SRVx will service all east coast Marine Sanctuaries, providing a platform for tracking marine mammals (whales) and mapping the seaflo... View
Suomi NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft
b0e90159-93c9-480e-a0b7-dfcc4a4918c8 		The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft lifted off at 5:48 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28, 2011, to begin its Earth observation mission. Suomi N... View
Surveyor
77553a10-dbbb-4d6e-bcc1-449c974a1250 		In service 1960-1995. NOAA Ship Surveyor (S 132) worked in the Pacific Ocean from the Beaufort Sea to the Palmer Peninsula of Antarctica during its ca... View
Tank Drainable tank where samples are grown View
Teledyne Gavia AUV
1e2f01b0-2f5c-11e2-81c1-0800200c9a66 		The Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is a highly versatile man portable survey solution with a modular construction. The Gavia can carry an a... View
TERRA > Earth Observing System, TERRA (AM-1)
8293A069647F322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		TERRA - Formerly EOS AM-1. Launched: December 12, 1999. Instruments: ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS, and MOPITT. Expected end date: December 31, 2009. Equa... View
Thalassa
87f5cfcb-086a-4448-b5f0-3ee630702a7f 		Thalassa is a fisheries research. The primarily fisheries-based missions are population ecology, assessment of fished species, study of resource distr... View
Thomas G. Thompson
0595f190-8673-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66 		The R/V Thomas G. Thompson is owned by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated under a Charter Party agreement by the School of Oceanography a... View
TIROS-N > Television Infrared Observation Satellite-N
8293A0696449322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		TIROS-N - Launched: October 13, 1978. Instruments: AVHRR, TOVS (HIRS/2, MSU, SSU), SEM and Argos/DCS. Operational Dates: November 05, 1978 to January ... View
UBC-Gavia AUV
7923ec30-2f51-11e2-81c1-0800200c9a66 		UBC-Gavia is a small untethered, underwater, robot easily deployed by 2 people from a small inflatable boat. Without a tether there is no communicatio... View
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