Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS) Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS) is a collaborative effort between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Hawaii. The purpose of KESS is to understand the processes that govern the variability of and the interaction between the Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation gyre. To do this it will employ a large array of in-situ measurements from combination pressure gauge and inverted echo sounders, current meter moorings, and profiling floats, together with satellite altimeter and sea surface temperature data. [website]
	ULTRAMOOR The prototype ULTRAMOOR design is a subsurface mooring that supports 10 (or more) discrete acoustic current meters. Each current sensor is equipped with a small, low power acoustic transmitter that transfers compressed data from its instrument to a receiver located below the euphotic zone (nominally at 500-m depth). The initial long-term test of the ULTRAMOOR prototype was begun on November 20, 2001 offshore Bermuda. Retrieval of the system is scheduled for November 2004. website]