Animating Investigator’s science capabilities: moorings
Posted: September 1, 2014 Filed under: Home | Tags: Atmospheric research, Australia's Marine National Facility, Moorings, Oceanography, RV Investigator Leave a commentA mooring is a long anchored line of scientific equipment and floats, deployed to collect data from the ocean for 1-2 years.
Surface moorings collect ocean, meteorological and atmospheric data, like wind speed, wave height and temperature and sub-surface moorings measure things like temperature and conductivity (saltiness) at the same depth, across an ocean current.
This animation explains how this equipment is used on board Investigator, Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel.
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