Observing systems
Some questions about the oceans can only be answered by making a whole range of different measurements, some large scale, some small scale, some over periods of months or years, some at very short time intervals. This requires many different types of measurement using a variety of measuring systems. Such a programme of observations is often called an ocean observatory.
Ocean observatories
Some questions about the oceans can only be answered by making a whole range of different measurements, some large scale, some small scale, some over periods of months or years, some at very short time intervals. This requires many different types of measurement using a variety of measuring systems. Such a programme of observations is often called an ocean observatory.
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Landers
The term ‘lander’ is used to describe any platform that carries one or more instruments to the seabed and remains there until we are ready to recover it. The type of lander we use depends on a number of factors, including the number of instruments it has to carry, how deep in the ocean it needs to go, and how long it needs to stay there.
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Shore based systems
Although much of our observational work is carried out ‘at sea’ we also have a number of land-based systems in operation. These systems have a number of advantages over sea-based systems. They are (usually) more accessible for maintenance and data recovery, they can (usually) be connected to a mains power supply so are not reliant on batteries and they are attached to a stable platform – important where the measured parameters need to be referenced to a fixed datum.
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