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Images related to MBARI News Release:
Undersea data network planned for Monterey Bay
23
September 2002 News
release
Note: These images may not be
copied, reprinted, or used without explicit permission from MBARI. Members
of the media needing higher-resolution versions should contact Debbie
Meyer, pressroom@mbari.org, 831-775-1807.
© 2002 MBARI
View of Monterey Bay and Monterey Canyon, showing one possible
route for the MARS cable. Inset shows instrument nodes attached to the end of the cable.
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C. Paull © 2002 MBARI
A remote instrument node (RIN) being lowered into Monterey Bay
from the transom of the R/V Western Flyer. This RIN contains a variety of
instruments for measuring water temperature,
conductivity, and density, currents, sediment load, and
chlorophyll concentrations. Currently, the batteries for these
instruments must be replace every three months. Eventually we
hope to hook up these instruments to the MARS network for
long-term sea-floor monitoring.
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© 2002 MBARI
This underwater photograph (captured from video)
shows a remote instrument node (RIN) on the sea bed in Monterey
canyon. This RIN contains a variety of
instruments for measuring water temperature,
conductivity, and density, currents, sediment load, and
chlorophyll concentrations. Currently, the batteries for these
instruments must be replace every three months. Eventually we
hope to hook up these instruments to the MARS network for
long-term sea-floor monitoring.
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T. Walsh © 2002 MBARI
This photograph shows a remote instrument node (RIN)
in the MBARI test tank, along with MBARI's remotely operated
vehicle (ROV) Ventana. We are testing the ROV's ability to set up
instruments on the RIN before installing the RIN on the sea bed.
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