|
Platform
and organization
|
Specifications
and data collected
|
Photo
or
plot of data
(for satellites)
|
| AUVS
and Gliders |
Slocum gliders
(12 deployed)
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
|
Length: ~200 cm
Weight: 30 kg
Max depth: 200m
Speed: 0.5 knots
Duration: 20 days
Data collected: depth, temperature, salinity,
particulates, chlorophyll, light intensity
|
|
|
Spray
gliders
(5 deployed)
(Scripps Institution of
Oceanography)
|
Length: ~200 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Max depth: 1500 m
Speed: 0.6 knots
Duration: 150 days
Data collected: depth, temperature, salinity,
particulates, chlorophyll
|
|
Dorado
AUV
(Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
Length:
425 cm
Weight: 500 kg
Max depth: 4500 m
Speed: 3 knots
Duration: 24 hrs
Data collected: depth, temperature, salinity, nitrate,
chlorophyll, bioluminescence, dissolved oxygen, subsurface currents |
 |
Remus
AUV (2)
(Cal Poly San Luis
Obispo,
Naval Postgraduate School)
|
Length: 160 cm
Weight: 37 kg
Max depth:
1000 m
Speed: 3+ knots
Duration: 10 hrs
Data collected: depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll,
particulates,
bioluminescence, subsurface currents
|
|
Aries
UUV
(Naval Postgraduate School) |
Length:
300 cm
Weight: 220 kg
Max depth: 100 m
Speed: 1 knot
Duration: 4 hrs
Data collected: Used to transfer data from sea-bottom current
meter (ADCP) to
surface |
 |
|
Research Vessels |
R/V
Point Sur
(Moss Landing Marine
Laboratory, UNOLS) |
Length:
41 m
Cruise speed: 11 kt
Data collected:
CTD rosette* - depth, salinity,
temperature, chlorophyll, particulates, dissolved oxygen
Towfish** - depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll,
particulates |
 |
R/V
John Martin
(Moss Landing Marine
Laboratories) |
Length:
17 m
Max speed: 20 knots
Role:
Launch and recovery of
gliders
|
 |
R/V
Shana Rae
(Private research vessel) |
Length:
16 m
Max speed: 9 knots
Data collected:
CTD rosette*, towfish**, drifter and glider deployment, and
other tasks as needed. |
 |
R/V
Zephyr
(Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
Length:
26 m
Max Speed: 12 knots
Role: Launch and recovery of Dorado AUV |
 |
|
Satellites |
AVHRR
(Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) |
Type:
geostationary weather satellite
Coverage: Eastern Pacific Ocean
Data collected:
Sea surface temperature |
|
| GOES
West |
Type:
geostationary weather satellite
Coverage:
E. Pacific/Western US
Data collected:
Sea surface temperature and color |
|
| SeaWIFS |
Type:
geostationary sea color satellite
Coverage:
E. Pacific/Western US
( Monterey Bay detail)
Data collected:
Sea surface temperature, color, and chlorophyll |
|
| QuickSCAT |
Type:
polar-orbit satellite
Coverage: global
Data collected:
Wind speed/direction |
 |
|
Other platforms and instruments |
CODAR
array
(Naval Postgraduate School) |
Coverage:
Entire Monterey Bay
Instrument used:
4 high-frequency doppler radar stations
Data collected:
Surface currents |
 |
Oceanographic
moorings M1 & M2
(Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
Coverage:
Point measurements in upper water column
10 and 25 mi off Moss Landing
Data collected:
temperature, salinity, particulates, chlorophyll, nitrate, currents,
carbon dioxide, wind, solar radiation |
 |
Drifters
(Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
Coverage:
Path followed by surface currents
Data collected:
temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, CO2 |
 |
MBARI
vertical profiler
(Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute) |
Coverage:
Point measurements in upper water column
Data collected:
depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, particulates,
nitrate |
 |
Sea-bottom
ADCP - Acoustic doppler current profiler
(Naval Postgraduate
School) |
Coverage:
Point measurement in S. Monterey Bay
Data collected:
Surface and subsurface currents |
 |
Twin
otter aircraft
(Naval Postgraduate School, UNOLS) |
Coverage:
Ano Nuevo to Point Sur
Data collected:
Surface water temperature, wave height, air temperature, wind
strength and direction, humidity |
 |
|
*A CTD rosette is a
cylindrical frame holding a group of plastic water-sampling tubes.
Attached to this frame are instruments for measuring water temperature
and conductivity (salinity) at various depths. Also attached to the rosette are
instruments for measuring
parameters such as chlorophyll, nutrients, and particulate matter in the
water. As the frame is lowered over the side of a
ship, water samples are taken automatically at various depths. Then the
frame is raised to the surface again.
|
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| **A towfish is a
underwater glider that is towed behind a ship, rising and falling as
it goes. In addition to measuring temperature, pressure, and depth,
additional instruments attached to the towfish can measure parameters such
as chlorophyll, nutrients, bioluminescent organisms, and particulate
matter in the water. Sometimes a hose is attached to the towfish, which
allows water to be pumped back to the ship for additional analysis. |
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