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Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler

Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler
Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler
Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler
Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler
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Hoyle, Catherine
Deployment of a Vertical Microstructure Profiler
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04/18/2006
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Carlos Moffat (WHOI), Sean Whelan (WHOI) and Rebecca Simpson (Univ. of Hawaii) as they deploy a Vertical Microstructure Profiler. This instrument allows us to measure variations in velocity, temperature and conductivity (salinity) on very small scales so that we can estimate how much mixing is going on in the upper ocean. Again this is within the same project, VOCALS-REX, to understand the extent to which vertical mixing plays a role in keeping the surface temperatures low and hence facilitate cloud formation. The funny skirt on the VMP (which looks like a Hawaiian skirt to me) is to allow it to free fall in the water.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers Carlos Moffat and Sean Whelan, along with University of Hawaii graduate student Rebecca Simpson, deploy an instrument this month that they hope will shed light on the formation of large clouds over the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. The instrument, called a vertical microstructure profiler, allows researchers to measure variations in water velocity, temperature, and conductivity (salinity) on very small scales, said WHOI scientist Fiammetta Straneo. "The goal of our research is to estimate how much mixing is going on in the upper ocean," she said. "We want to understand what role mixing plays in keeping surface water temperatures low, and how this facilitates cloud formation."
Photo by Catherine Hoyle
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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