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ID	03008
Also Known As	03008 RB03-02 B-1-03-PR B103PR
Abstract	United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Chief Scientists: Uri ten Brink, Castle E. Parker, Toshi Uozumi. Data (tempsalinometer) of field activity 03008 (B-1-03-PR) in Puerto Rico trench, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, NorthAtlantic from 02/18/2003 to 03/08/2003
Organization	United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Project/Theme	Caribbean Tsunami and Earthquake Hazard Studies Coastal Change Hazards
Chief Scientist	Uri ten Brink Castle E. Parker Toshi Uozumi
Platform	Ronald H. Brown
Area of Operation	Puerto Rico trench, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic
Location map
Bounding Coordinates	20.31803 -68.84711 -62.60726 18.73971
Ports	leave Miami arrive San Juan
Dates	02/18/2003 (JD 049) to 03/08/2003 (JD 067)
Analog Materials	No analog holdings.

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Crew

Uri ten Brink	Chief scientist, USGS Woods Hole
Bill Danforth	onboard processing, USGS Woods Hole
Chris Polloni	onboard display and archiving, USGS Woods Hole
Castle Parker	Chief scientist, Onboard processing, NOAA Atlantic hydrographic branch
Toshi Uozumi	Chief scientist, Onboard processing, NOAA Atlantic hydrographic branch
Rex Roettger	Teacher at sea
Catalina Martinez	Ocean Exploration representative
Tacconya Piper	Ocean Exploration representatives
Amy Kennedy	Whale watcher
Rebecca Lester	Whale watcher
John Wilder	Captain

Equipment Used

tempsalinometer

Purpose

Map the Puerto Rico trench using multibeam bathymetry.

Information to be Derived

Sea floor map.

Summary

17 days. 3,183 km of continuous data.

Notes

Vessel from NOAA.Related Web Sites: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03trench/explorers/explorers.html

Publications

http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/03trench/explorers/explorers.html

ten Brink, Uri, Danforth, W., Polloni, C.F., Parker, C.E., Uozumi, T.,

Williams, G.F., 2004, Project PROBE Leg II - Final Report and Archive of Swath

Bathymetric Sonar, CTD/XBT and GPS Navigation Data Collected During USGS Cruise 03008 (NOAA Cruise RB0303) Puerto Rico Trench 18 February - 7 March, 2003,

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1400, available on line at:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1400/data/oceanography/ctd/ctd.htm

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For 03008, we would appreciate any information on -- activity type, analog materials, contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, information specialist, kms of navigation, national plan, NGDC Info, owner, project number, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, tabulated info.

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