5000th Profiling Float29/04/2008 |
|
| This week Webb Research Corporation (WRC) will ship its 5000th variable buoyancy float. This design originated in the late 1980s, first as the ALACE float, widely used in the World Ocean Circulation Experiment. In recent years, WRC has provided over 2000 APEX profilers to customers in 19 nations, in support of the international ARGO program. | |
|
Supplier: Teledyne Webb Research Corporation More news from this supplier: US Navy LBS-Glider Programme Open Ocean Glider Contract for Ocean Observatories Initiative Gliders for Ocean Observatories Supplying NURC with gliders Finistere and Mediterranean Bathymetric Lidar Surveys Precise Positioning For BP Vessels DP Inertial Navigation System for Drillship Plug-and-work Protocol Adopted Simulator Models Complex Sea Currents Monitoring the Shipwrecked Concordia New Australian Marine Research Vessel under Construction Mars-bound Instrument Detects Solar Burst's Effects Europeans Trained in Understanding Space Weather US Estimate: 15% Wave and Tidal Power by 2030 
Comments (1):
|
| News |
| News > 5000th Profiling Float |
The APEX float operates autonomously, varying its depth from surface to 2000 metres, carrying CTD and other sensors. About every seven minutes, somewhere in the world, an APEX float is surfacing to transmit data via satellite.
|
Interactive |
MCA on Surveying the British Coast |
Rob Spillard explains how the MCA is conducting hydrographic surveys, including the history of British hydrographic surveying, latest developments in technology and wreck research projects, sometimes accompanied by a BBC TV camera crew. This movie includes an example of the discovery of two sunken WWI submarines off the Orkney Islands.
|
| Last 5 items: |
| MCA on Surveying the British Coast |
| Surveying in the Port of London |
| Venessa O'Connell on Hydrography |
| Flood Monitoring Using ACPs |
| Ocean Floor Observation |
