ROV SuBastian Dive 202 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/12/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Jaco Scar Crest
Depth: To 1400m
Work Completed: The team explored an expected steep fault scarp for future autonomous missions. Viewed an assortment of life: clam, tubeworms, microbial mats, mussels, and carbonate crusts. Also explored rugged topography for unknown seep sites.
ROV SuBastian Dive 203 – Costa Rican Shelf Break – Jaco Scar Crest
Date: 12/15/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Jaco Scar Crest
Depth: To 750m
Work Completed: Explored seep site for calibration of future autonomous glider missions. Saw an assortment of clam, tubeworms, microbial mats, mussels, and carbonate crusts. Testing a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. Tests the newly installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 204 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/16/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 900m
Work Completed: Explored seep site for calibration of future autonomous glider missions. Saw an assortment of clam, tubeworms, microbial mats, mussels, and carbonate crusts. Testing a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. Tests the newly installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 205 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/17/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 750m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 206 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/18/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 700m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 207 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/19/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 1000 m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 208 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/20/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 1000 m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 209 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/20/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 1000 m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 210 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/21/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 1000 m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.
ROV SuBastian Dive 211 – Costa Rican Shelf Break
Date: 12/22/2018
Location: Pacific Ocean – Costa Rican Shelf
Depth: ~ 1080 m
Work Completed: Explored multiple sites where the multibeam sonars have identified bubble seeps. Additional waypoints along the dive track were picked by the automated mission planner. We tested a subsea mass spectrometer and collecting push-core and water samples based on data. We also continued testing the installed 3D camera system to record arm manipulation for future autonomous environment manipulation algorithms.