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Datenzentrum Inventur der Meteor-Reise M194 HEXPLORES (DOD-Ref-No.20230026)
Inventory of Meteor Cruise M194 HEXPLORES (DOD-Ref-No.20230026)

Plattform
Platform
Reise-Nr.
Cruise-No.
Zeitraum
Period
Projekt
Project
Arbeitsgebiet
Working area
Meteor M194 HEXPLORES 10.10.2023 - 07.11.2023   Red Sea  

Fahrtleiter
Chief Scientist
Institut
Institute
Auslaufhafen
Port of departure
Einlaufhafen
Port of return
Stationskarte
Station map
Schiffsroute
Trackchart
Augustin Nico Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) Jiddah Piraeus   

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

Search for hydrothermal activity and associated ecosystems in the Red Sea.

Messungen / Measurements

Institut
Institute
Wissenschaftler
Scientist
Anzahl
Number
Einheit
Unit
Typ der Messungen
Type of measurements
Kommentar
Comments
Daten im DOD
Data in DOD
BRIRE Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. WTD 1 n miles D71
Current profiler (e.g. ADCP)
ADCP 38+75 kHz yes
GEOMAH Augustin Nico 8 stations G04
Core-soft bottom (no. of cores)
Gravity coring stations at Hatiba Mons Volcano hydrothermal fields no
GEOMAH Augustin Nico 7 stations G74
Multi-beam echosounding
Multibeam mapping in selected areas to add to existing bathymetric data (EM122, EM710) yes
BRIRE Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. WTD 45 stations H00
Stations
- yes
GEOMAH Augustin Nico 13 stations H10
CTD-Stations
CTD casts and Tow-Yo's for plume search in the Red Sea Rift yes
BRIRE Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. WTD 1 stations H10
CTD-Stations
CTD yes
BRIRE Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. WTD 1 n miles H80
Other physical measurements
Underway measurements udring the whole trip such as coordinates, depth, meteorological parameter and so on yes
BRIRE Briese Schifffahrts GmbH & Co. WTD 1 meas. M06
Routine standard measurements
Analysen, meteorol. Daten, Satellitenbilder, Trajektorien, Wetterberichte yes
GEOMAH Augustin Nico 15 diving(s) R03
Robotic vehicle deployments
ROV dives in the Red Sea Rift for the exploration for hydrothermal vents and sampling of bacterial mats and rocks. no
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