Seacycler: A moored open-ocean profiling system for the upper ocean in extended self-contained deployments

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1555-1565

  Send, Uwe ^a   Fowler, George ^b   Siddall, Greg ^b   Beanlands, Brian ^b   Pittman, Merle ^b   Waldmann, Christoph ^c   Karstensen, Johannes ^d   Lampitt, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVE MECHANISM; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; ENERGY-CONSERVING; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; PROFILING SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; STRONG CURRENTS; VERTICAL RESOLUTION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

MOORING;

EUPHOTIC ZONE; MOORING SYSTEM; PROFILER; SATELLITE SENSOR; UPPER OCEAN; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 84881350267     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00168.1     Document Type: Article

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