Science Overview

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Equipment Used

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About the R/V Kilo Moana

R/V KILO MOANA has a twin hull design to provide a comfortable, stable platform allowing general purpose oceanographic research in coastal and deep ocean areas, even in high sea states. She has the speed (15 kts max; 12 kts survey), endurance (50 days), payload (100 LT) and range (10,000 nm) to operate throughout the Pacific and indeed globally. Dynamic positioning (with twin screws and bow-thruster), differential GPS, and an integrated bridge and power control system, permit accurate surveying and precise station
keeping. Accommodations for 20 crew and 29 scientists complement the generous lab spaces (~3,000 sq ft) outfitted to support oceanographic and meteorological research.
R/V KILO MOANA is equipped with an extensive suite of sonar systems (including Simrad EM120 and EM1002 multibeam bathymetry, RDI 38 and 300 kHz ADCPs, and 4, 12, 38
and 200 kHz echosounders) plus a gravimeter, magnetometer, fluorometer, thermosalinograph and CTD system. There is a ship-wide computer and video/data-sharing network and a continuous HiSeasNet satellite connection to shore.
Further information on the ship’s characteristics and systems is described at http://soest.hawaii.edu/KiloMoana.

Presented by the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii, with financial support from the National Science Foundation.