Instruments and what they measure:

• Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) - velocity of currents
• ALACE, PALACE and SOLO Floats - drifting with currents, profiling the upper ocean
• ASIMET: Air-Sea Interaction Meteorology - adding heat, water and momentum flux to climate models
• BIOMAPER II - counting zooplankton with video and sonar
• Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) - conductivity (salinity), temperature, depth
• Gravity Corer - properties of ocean sediment
• Kongsberg-Simrad EM300 Multibeam Echo Sounder
• MOCNESS - remote-controlled nets for catching zooplankton
• Marine Magnetometer - measures magnetic field strength
• Moored Profiler - measuring the entire water column
• Ocean-Bottom Seismometer - earthquakes deep below the sea
• Piston Corer - properties of sediment deep below the seafloor
• RAFOS Float - velocity of currents
• REMUS - using gliders to monitor ocean changes
• Sediment Trap - catching 'marine snow' on its long fall to the sea floor
• Spray Glider - temperature, salinity, and turbidity
• Towed Camera System "TowCam" - deep-sea imaging
• Video Plankton Recorder - zooplankton

Platforms designed to hold ocean instruments:

• ABE - high-resolution mapping and searching by robotic vehicle
• Alvin - exploring the depths
• Coastal Research Vessel Tioga
• Jason and Medea
- remote controlled exploration of the sea floor
• Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory - research station providing real-time oceanographic and meteorological data
• Nootka Buoy - a wireless hotspot in the deep ocean