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Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.

Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.
Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.
Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.
Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.
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Tupper, George
Argo float deployment testing in the Labrador Sea.
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01/01/1999
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pg. 19:
Argo floats (like the prototype above in the Labrador Sea) can be deployed by ships, or parachuted by airplanes to seed more remote ocean regions.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 42, No. 1, Pg. 4:
A prototype Argo float is tested in the Labrador Sea. Scientists hope to seed the oceans with 3,000 similar floats to measure oceanic conditions and transmit data to shore via satellite.
Photo by George Tupper
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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