In this talk Mr. Trask, a Sr. Research Engineer, posed the problem of establishing deep moorings for instrumentation in the open ocean, and led the participants through various solutions. With demonstrations and props he explained the constraints imposed by weather, ocean conditions, salt water, marine life, and the like on the possible constructions of deep moorings. A classroom activity tailored to this topic was demonstrated. Web-based Resources TAO Project (real-time data from moored ocean buoys from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array—TAO—Project) National Data Buoy Center (recent marine data) TRITON Buoys (Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network) International Arctic Buoy Programme The Global Ocean Drifter Center of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab Innovative Coastal-Ocean Observing Network Moorings Upper Ocean Processes Group of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Wind Driven Ocean Currents: Rubber Ducks and Nikes Nike experiment (a description of the scientific value of these accidents, from the American Geophysical Union) NOPP Ocean Drifters Project—Partnering Ocean Science, Education and Technology Surface Mooring Technology: A Recent History A Place to Stand: The Mooring Techs Heinmiller, B. and N. Fofonoff In: Oceanus, Spring/Summer 1995, pp. 7-9 Last updated: January 9, 2013 | |||||||||||||
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