Coastal and Marine Resources and Hydrography Survey

Introduction

Coastal and Marine Resources (CMR)

The Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab is a complete marine station specializing in marine operations, oceanographic instrumentation and wet lab experimentation. It operates a fleet of boats and Saudi Arabia’s first fully equipped research vessel, the RV Thuwal. The RV Thuwal was fitted with a Kongsberg EM 710 in 2017. Since then, hundreds of hours of survey have been logged.

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Model of the RV Thuwal

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CMR future

The CMR team is always looking to the future. Using World Hydrography Day—with this year’s theme of “Enabling Autonomous Technologies”—as a springboard, CMR team members are examining what we can develop to help KAUST scientists and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in hydrographic research.

Projects

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Multibeam data

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Latest news

23 June, 2021

High resolution 3d mapping of reefs in the Red Sea

Using the hull mounted Kongsberg EM 710 we started the multibeam mapping in mid June 2021 and is scheduled to continue for many weeks.

Research Vessel Aegaeo visit June 2021

HCMR and Greek government research vessel Aegaeo will visit KAUST in June 2021 to start several weeks of survey in the Red Sea led by KAUST scientist Yasser Abulnaja

RV Thuwal completes yearly dry dock

RV Thuwal has completed its yearly dry dock and is now ready to start survey. Multiple issues were resolved, and two new additional ones discovered which will result in a second dry dock in the coming months.

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