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Oceanographic instrumentation

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echo sounding
type of sonar
research vessel
ship or boat designed, modified, or equipped to carry out research at sea
Secchi disk
scientific instrument for measuring turbidity
unmanned surface vehicle
vehicle that operates on the surface of the water without a crew and is remotely operated
Nansen bottle
device for obtaining samples of seawater at a specific depth
Argo
oceanographic observation system
weather buoy
floating instrument package which collects weather and ocean data on the world's oceans
Conductivity, temperature, depth
oceanography instrument used to measure the conductivity, temperature, and pressure of seawater
Bathythermograph
thumb|A bathythermograph The bathythermograph, or BT, also known as the Mechanical Bathythermograph, or MBT; is a device that holds a temperature sensor and a transducer to detect changes in water temperature versus depth down to a depth of approximately 285 meters (935 feet). Lowered by a small winch on the ship into the water, the BT records pressure and temperature changes on a coated glass slide as it is dropped nearly freely through the water. While the instrument is being dropped, the wire is payed out until it reaches a predetermined depth, then a brake is applied and the BT is drawn ba
underwater glider
type of autonomous underwater vehicle that uses small changes in its buoyancy to move up and down and uses wings to convert the vertiical motion to horizontal, propelling itself forward with very low power consumption
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
hydroacoustic current meter used to measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect
Fort Denison
heritage-listed former penal site and defensive facility in Sydney Harbour, Australia
SeaWiFS
SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor) was a satellite-borne sensor designed to collect global ocean biological data. Active from September 1997 to December 2010, its primary mission was to quantify chlorophyll produced by marine phytoplankton (microscopic plants). Many of the objectives have been continued with other projects, such as the Terra MODIS, Aqua MODIS, Sentinel-3, and PACE mission.
Noosfera
supply and research ship operated by the National Antarctic Scientific Center of Ukraine
rosette sampler
device used to assess water quality
current meter
device for measuring the flow in a water current
MS Polarfront
Norwegian weather ship located in the North Atlantic
RRS Discovery
British Royal Research Ship currently in service as of 2013
Ocean Data Acquisition System
Data Acquisition System
Sarmiento de Gamboa
Spanish research vessel
RRS James Cook
British Royal Research Ship operated by the Natural Environment Research Council
Jason
American/French Earth observation satellite series