﻿{"id":535069,"date":"2024-03-08T15:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?page_id=535069"},"modified":"2024-06-11T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T20:19:42","slug":"pioneer-mab-initial-deployment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneer MAB Initial Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight<br \/>\nInitial Deployment<\/h1>\n\t<h2>April Expedition to Deploy Pioneer Array in Mid-Atlantic Bight<\/h2>\n<p>After more than a year of preparations, a team of scientists and engineers will leave Woods Hole, MA aboard the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/what-we-do\/explore\/ships\/ships-neil-armstrong\/\"><strong> R\/V <em>Armstrong<\/em> <\/strong><\/a>on April 1, 2024 to deploy the Pioneer Array in the Mid-Atlantic Bight for the first time. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution&#8217;s Al Plueddeman is serving as Chief Scientist. Designed as a moveable array, the new location was selected by a group of OOI data users based on its value to contribute to scientific knowledge. The deployment will consist of two legs beginning at Woods Hole and deployment off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC. Bookmark this page and follow along on this history-making journey. Cruise Duration: April 1- April 22, 2024.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/location\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2023\/04\/Pioneer-MAB-illustration.png\" alt=\"Pioneer-MAB-illustration\" height=\"554\" width=\"720\" title=\"Pioneer-MAB-illustration\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/#pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\/\">Location<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Coastal Pioneer Array is located in the Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of Nags Head, NC.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2021\/10\/Armstrong-pre-departure.jpeg\" alt=\"The R\/V Neil Armstrong is loaded with ocean observing equipment that will deployed at the Pioneer Array.  Photo: Rebecca Travis \u00a9WHOI.\" height=\"1280\" width=\"1920\" title=\"Armstrong-pre-departure\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/ships\/#pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\">Ship<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The R\/V <em>Neil Armstrong<\/em> is a state-of-the-art oceangoing research vessel.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2023\/10\/recovery.jpeg\" alt=\"recovery\" height=\"1728\" width=\"1728\" title=\"recovery\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/updates\/#pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\">Updates<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Regular posts about life aboard the ship, work accomplished, and encounters with marine life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2023\/10\/screens-2.jpeg\" alt=\"screens 2\" height=\"1512\" width=\"1512\" title=\"screens 2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/gallery\/#pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\">Gallery<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Images and video of the expedition.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#pioneer17\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2023\/10\/Irene-Duran-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Irene Duran 2\" height=\"852\" width=\"852\" title=\"Irene Duran 2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/people\/#pioneer-mab-initial-deployment\">People<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Meet the Pioneer MAB Initial Deployment Team.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight Initial Deployment April Expedition to Deploy Pioneer Array in Mid-Atlantic Bight After more than a year of preparations, a team of scientists and engineers will leave Woods Hole, MA aboard the R\/V Armstrong on April 1, 2024 to deploy the Pioneer Array in the Mid-Atlantic Bight for the first time. 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