The Deep Profiler vertical mooring hosts an instrumented deep wire crawler (McLane) that measures ocean properties from ~3000 m to ~ 200 m water depth. Power and data transfer are provided via an inductive couple. The following instruments are i
Secondary nodes, also called junction boxes were installed during the VISIONS'14 expedition. They serve as electrical and communications outlets to 23 kilometers of extension cables and ~150 instruments that will be installed at depths of ne
During the VISIONS '15 expedition, undergraduates and graduate students will work along side scientists, engineers, and the ROPOS team. Participating students are from University of Washington, Grays Harbor College, Western Washington Univer
I’ve spent the last few days pretty much wrapped up in helping with the processing of past dive videos. This is an amazingly, extremely, and incredibly time-consuming task.
I am a marine biogeochemist, studying chemical processes and fluxes at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps for more than 30 years.
I have been an Oceanographer at the University of Washington for almost 27 years. I have a technical position working with Dr. Marv Lilley on a number of chemical and oceanographic instrumentation projects. One focus has been the study of dissol
My sense of time is completely skewed aboard this vessel. Because operations are 24 hours everyday of the week, there is no distinction between days of the week.
Primary Cables: The OOI RSN relies on telecom industry sub-sea cable to provide power (10 kV DC, up to 8 A) and communications (10 Gb/s) via fiber-optics and copper between the Primary Nodes and the Shore Station in Pacific City, Oregon. These c
The most incredible thing happened on the 5th, right after dinner. I went outside to read Jurassic Park on the bow. It was cloudy and rather dull, but not very cold.
