New NOAA Ocean Exploration Director Announced
On March 14, NOAA will welcome Jeremy Weirich as the new Director of NOAA Ocean Exploration. Read the full story at NOAA Ocean Exploration >
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NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone
Two million square kilometers. Or 772,204 square miles. That’s more than one quarter the size of the contiguous United States. And it’s the area of …
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NOAA releases manual to inform deepwater exploration mapping
The NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration (OER) has released the NOAA OER Deepwater Exploration Mapping Procedures Manual to describe the office’s approach to deepwater ocean exploration acoustic mapping. OER is sharing this manual as a contribution to broader cross-agency efforts to develop standard ocean mapping protocols and to serve as a guide for other interested public and private entities conducting deepwater mapping and exploration.