CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth) Sensor and
ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) Tow Profiles - 1998
There are two towed systems as show above. A Small Water Area Twin Hull
(SWATH) vehicle designed by GoldCoast Yachts and constructed by Rutgers is used
to tow an RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) off the
starboard side of the Caleta. The ADCP provides current profiles from top to
bottom.
Towed behind our research vessel is a
Guildline "Minibat" undulating
tow-body equipped with a Falmouth Scientific
Inc. (FSI) Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) sensor, a Wetlabs
Fluorometer, and a D&A Instruments Optical Backscatter Sensor (OBS).
The "Minibat" uses wings to fly between the surface and the bottom to provide
full water column profiles of temperature, salinity, waterclarity and biological
fluorescence.
Occasionally a profiling SeaBird CTD is used. In this case, the boat is stopped
every mile or so and the profiler is lowered to the bottom by hand.
Below, dates of the cruises we've taken are shown. Just click on the date and
you will see a map of where the cruise was, and cross sections of the CTD and
ADCP data.
Cruise Days
June 15, 1998
June 22, 1998
July 7, 1998
July 9, 1998
July 10, 1998
July 13, 1998
July 14, 1998
July 16, 1998
July 17, 1998
July 20, 1998
July 21, 1998
July 23, 1998
July 24, 1998
July 27, 1998
July 28, 1998
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