YSI, a Xylem brand reposted this
Associate Professor, Department of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, United States Naval Academy. Director, Hendrix Oceanography Laboratory. Views and opinions expressed are my own and do not represent USNA, USN, or DoD.
In between supporting labs and classes, the USNA Department of Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Hendrix Oceanography Laboratory crew finds time to maintain our instrumention and equipment. Last week we hauled out our YSI, a Xylem brand 6951 Pontoon - Vertical Profiling System for a much needed scrape and cleaning. The pontoon profiler is a centerpiece of our continuous monitoring network, the Seven River Watershed Observatory (SRWO). During haul-out we found one of the mooring lines had snapped during our last major storm. After some messy scraping, a power wash, and a new coat of anti-fouling paint courtesy of TADs, 2nd Lt Sam Ford-Dirks and ENS Cecilia Wheeler, the profiler was ready for re-deployment. Today, Benjamin Hickman led the entire team including the TADs, Brianna Tracy-Sawdey, and Alexander Davies through a successful re-deployment of the profiler on a new 2-point mooring. Special thanks to Alex for helping out in-between 3 intro-to-MATLB sessions and to Sam for lending USMC muscle to casting off the mooring anchors. We are back up collecting data!
-
-
-
-
-
+1