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Deep Remotely-Operated Underwater Vehicle System
The objective of this bid specification is to
identify and contract a deep remotely operated vehicle system with the capabilities required
to conduct this scientific research.
Initial field efforts will employ a three-tiered approach: utilization of a deep remotely operated vehicle, multibeam,
and benthic and midwater sampling methods. Ground-truth of multibeam data, transects, and collection of
samples will be performed with the DROV. Multibeam collected during this and previous cruises will guide DROV
and future Johnson Sea Link submersible dives. Other gear (nets, traps, box core, CTD, etc.) will be
opportunistically deployed from the Nancy Foster when the DROV is not in the water.
