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SeaSoar

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Overview

SeaSoar is a water-based towed vehicle manufactured by Chelsea Instruments, Ltd. It has impeller-forced wings that can rotate, allowing it to undulate between the ocean surface and up to 400 meters deep. SeaSoar is equipped with conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sensors and optical instrumentation such as a fluorometer, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) sensor, and transmissometer. A typical dive cycle takes about 12 minutes to complete, with a profile collected every 3 km.

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Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth (CTD)

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Seasoar CTD data for the SPURS-1 N. Atlantic field campaign10.5067/SPUR1-SEASR

CampaignsSalinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

InstrumentsConductivity, Temperature, and Depth

FormatsnetCDF