WHOI scientist emeritus Sandy Williams (at left) and physical oceanographer Jim Churchill (at right) explain the impending deployment of a bottom tripod equipped with two instruments — a Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor (MAVS) and an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) — to reporters participating in WHOI's annual Ocean Science Journalism program. The instruments, which measure waves and current patterns, were deployed in Buzzards Bay on Sept. 10, 2008, during a short cruise aboard the research vessel Tioga. Scientists retrieved the data on Oct. 21, 2008, and will compare it to models of wave and current generation from meteorological measurements. (Photo by Jayne Doucette, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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