Oceans Craig on Nostr: Its a little bit subtle - but the crew have just deployed an #Argo float. A basic ...
Its a little bit subtle - but the crew have just deployed an #Argo float. A basic ocean robot that has been a game changer in understanding the ocean. There are around 4000 in the ocean at any one time and they last for years - profiling up and down over the upper 2 km of the ocean sending back "ocean weather" data by satellite. See
https://argo.ucsd.edu/ #oceanography #TAN2502 (photo Denise Fernandez)
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