CGSN Core Sensors
| Example | Sensor | Platforms |
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surface fluxes (bulk) |
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Surface Buoys |
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surface fluxes (direct covariance) |
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Surface Buoys |
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CO2 flux |
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Surface Buoys |
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pCO2 water |
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Surface moorings, surface-piercing profilers, Benthic nodes |
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surface wave spectra |
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Surface Buoys |
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temperature and conductivity |
Moorings, Benthic nodes |
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Surface-piercing profilers, wire-following profilers |
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Gliders |
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AUVs |
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high-precision pressure |
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Surface-piercing profilers, wire-following profilers |
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Benthic nodes |
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Gliders |
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AUVs |
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mean currents |
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Moorings |
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Moorings, Benthic Nodes, AUVs, Gliders |
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three axis velocities |
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Buoys, surface-piercing and wire-following profilers, Benthic nodes |
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dissolved oxygen |
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Moorings, Benthic nodes, Gliders, AUVs |
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Surface-piercing and Moored profilers |
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pH |
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Moorings, surface-piercing and wire-following profilers, Benthic nodes |
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optical attenuation |
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Moorings, surface-piercing profilers, Benthic nodes |
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Chl-a and CDOM fluorescence, optical backscatter |
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Moorings, surface-piercing and wire-following profilers, Gliders |
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Surface-piercing and wire-following profilers, Gliders, AUVs |
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photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) |
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Surface-piercing and wire-following profilers, Gliders, AUVs |
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spectral irradiance |
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Moorings, surface-piercing profilers |
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nitrate |
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Moorings, surface-piercing profilers |
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nutrients (NO2,NO3,PO4,SiO4) |
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AUVs |
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bio-acoustic sonar |
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Benthic nodes, moorings |
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digital still camera |
Benthic nodes |
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hydrophone, passive |
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Benthic nodes |

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