Recovery of mooring subsurface buoy float.

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279897

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White, Sheri

Title

Recovery of mooring subsurface buoy float.

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Date

11/22/2015

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graphics/OOI_Argentine_Basin/20151122_095140.JPG

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Global Argentine Basin Array mooring operations.
Image Of the Day caption:
Crew members aboard the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer recover a subsurface flotation sphere of a Global Array mooring off the coast of Argentina. The subsurface moorings have sensors that measure water temperature and salinity; nitrate, dissolved oxygen, and carbon dioxide levels; and biological activity. Global Arrays also have surface moorings with buoys that support meteorological stations that record atmospheric conditions so that scientists can investigate air-sea interactions; wind turbines, solar panels, and rechargeable batteries to power instruments; and communications equipment that relays data to shore in near-real time to scientists, educators, and the public. Global Arrays are part of the National Science Foundation-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 47:
Crew members aboard the research vessel Neil Armstrong in the Irminger Sea prepare to recover a Global Array Mooring. It is among the most complex and heavily instrumented moorings ever deployed by the oceanographic research community.

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