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In:
Underwater Technology: The International Journal of the Society for Underwater, 29 (4). pp. 159-171.
Publication Date:
2016-05-17
Description:
The use of scientific moorings is a long established method for obtaining timeseries data from the ocean, and they are often deployed for long periods at a time - sometimes for many years. As many moored instruments log data internally and are unable to transfer them to shore, moorings must be recovered for the data to be downloaded. Scientists therefore rely on not only the mooring collecting data as planned, but also the hardware surviving the deployment period. It is important to be able to predict mooring behaviour when subjected to environmental conditions at the site to ensure that they will be able to perform the required scientific tasks, such as collecting measurements at the correct depths. This paper presents the design strategy used by the Natural Environment Research Council's Rapid Climate Change Meridional Overturning Circulation (RAPID MOC) project. It discusses how the designs have evolved during subsequent deployments to improve the quality of the data collected and to reduce the risk of instrument and data loss impacting on the scientific objectives of the project.
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Article
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NonPeerReviewed
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