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Technology. Chemistry Tools. CTD (conductivity temperature depth) Thermometers Bucket Reversing Bathythermograph pH pH meter Chemical test. Chemistry Tools. Oxygen concentration Winkler titration Oxygen probe Salinity Hydrometer Set measures temp too Knudsen titration
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Chemistry Tools • CTD (conductivity temperature depth) • Thermometers • Bucket • Reversing • Bathythermograph • pH • pH meter • Chemical test
Chemistry Tools • Oxygen concentration • Winkler titration • Oxygen probe • Salinity • Hydrometer • Set measures temp too • Knudsen titration • Not very accurate • Salinometer • Electric and expensive
Chemistry Tools • Radiometer • Electromagnetic radiation • Temp and satellites • SPMD (Semi Permeable Membrane Device) • Hydrophobic organic compounds
Bottle Samplers • Van Dorn (Messenger) • Uses messenger • Surface Sampler • JZ Bacteriological (messenger) • Sterile • NiskinBottle (messenger) • Nansen modified by Shale Niskin
Bottle Samplers • Nansen Bottle (messenger) • Reverses 180* • Rosette Sampler • 12 to 36 bottles • Center has other instrument
Ship Technology • Altimeter • Height • Barometer • Air pressure • Velocity Profiler • Speed • Gyrocompass • Direction • SCS • NOAA
Types of data • Continuous • Ongoing (mainly driving the ship) • Event • Moments (test taking) • Raw • Directly from observation tools • Derived • Derived from other raw data
Currents • Drift Bottle • Pollution • Current meter • speed • Current Dye • biodegradable • Drifter • Transmits location/conditions
Currents • Drogue • Pollution • Rare • Drift Card • Just under surface • pollution • Swallow float • Tracked • Specific depth
Biological tools • Suction sampler(critter getter) • vacuum • D-Sampler • Detritus and small organisms • Deck Plankton Collector • Pump from boat • Succession Plate • Set for a period of time
Biological tools • Sedgwick-rafter plankton counting chamber • estimate • Folsom Plankton splitter • Put in a drum and split • Standard Plankton net • Towed horizontally or vertically
The deep • Sounder • depth • Fathometer • SONAR (Sound Navigation And Ranging) • Bottom corer • Samples sediment
Dredges and grabs • Biological dredge • Rocky bottom • destructive • Petersen grab • Rocky or soft bottom (free fall) • Ekman Grab • Soft bottom only (messenger)
Tools • Messenger • Triggers many tools • Wash Bucket • cleans • Surveying equipment • Tells beach profile • Secchi disk • clarity
Tools • ForelUle Scale • Clarity • Sonde • Many Recordings • Transects • Reference point • Quadrats • Counting in an area
Satellites • Sea-sat A • 1978 • Ocean temp • Nimbus 7 (CZCS) • 1978-86 • Ocean color • Geosat • 1985-1989 • Ocean level height
Satellites • Topex-Poseidon • France-US • 1992-2005 • Sea level height • NASA Scaterrometer (NSCAT) • 1996-today • Atmospheric winds and ocean waves • SeaStar/SeaWIFS • 1997-2010 • Ocean Color
Satellites • QuikSCAT/Sea Winds • 1999-today • Atmosphere winds and ocean waves • Terra • 1999-today • Earth’s climate • Jason-1 • 2001-today • France-US (replaced Topex) • Sea level height
Satellites • GRACE • Germany-US • 2002-today • Ocean currents, sea level, climate change • Aqua • Japan-US-Brazil • 2002-today • Water cycle, and climate change • ICESat • 2003-today • Ice sheet growth/retreat
Satellite terminology • GOES(Geo-Stationary Operational Environmental Satellite) • Geosynchronous, stays at one point • POES(Polar Operational Environmental Satellite) • Sun-synchronous, same place-same time
Satellite Technology • AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) • Takes 2048 pixel pictures to determine ocean color • GPS (Global Positioning System) • Ship navigation