RB-12-02 from Charleston, SC to Miami, FL on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown along the US Atlantic continental margin. The cruise started 2012-07-03 and ended 2012-07-17.

RB-12-02 was one of a series of cruises for the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) Project. the cruise left Charleston, SC and headed along the US Atlantic continental margin that may potentially qualify for an extended continental shelf under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The data collected was multibeam bathymetry data, backscatter, as well as a sub-bottom profile.
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    Dataset Principal Investigator Armstrong, Andy
    Chief Scientist
    University of New Hampshire, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (UNH/CCOM)
    Andy.Armstrong@noaa.gov
    Coverage Description Cruise Start and End
    Time Period Unknown to Unknown;Unknown to Unknown
    Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
    West:-73.965
    East:-70.565
    South:28.629
    North:33.838
    Spatial Coverage Map
    Documentation links not available.
    Publication Dates
    • creation: 2012-07-03
    Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
    Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
    Purpose Law of the Sea Mapping Program - US Atlantic Continental Shelf (ECS) Survey.
    Use Limitations
    • Not to be used for Navigation
    Publishers
      Publisher information not available.
    Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
    • EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans
    • OCEANS > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Bathymetry
    Place keywords Limits of Oceans and SeasVLIZ (2009). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase, version 5.0
    • Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
    Use Constraints No constraint information available
    Fees Fee information not available.
    Acquisition Information (collection)
    Instrument
    • Kongsberg EM122
    • Knudsen CHIRP 3260
    • POS/MV 320
    Platform
    • NOAA ship Ronald Brown
    Last Modified: 2012-09-04
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