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Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.

Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.
Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.
Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.
Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.
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Taylor, Eric S.
Illustration showing the Global Array moorings configurations.
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12/26/2017
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 45:
Each Global Array is slightly different, but the arrays generally consist of
a Hybrid Profiler Mooring and two Flanking Moorings laid out in a triangle
with sides ten times as long as the water is deep, and one Surface Mooring stationed inside. The Hybrid Profiler Mooring supports motorized platforms that continuously record measurements through nearly the entire water depth. The two Flanking Moorings hold instruments at fixed depths. Two gliders circle the Hybrid Profiler Mooring, and three more orbit the array to measure conditions over a wider scale.
Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, WHOI Creative
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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