Bottom-mounted profiling winch
Bottom-mounted profiling winch
Date
1984-03
Authors
Walden, Robert G.
Collins, Clayton W.
Collins, Clayton W.
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10.1575/1912/8552
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Oceanographic instruments
Winches
Winches
Abstract
A winch has been developed which can be free-dropped
to the ocean bottom in full ocean depths. The winch is
powered by self-contained batteries and can be programmed to
cycle self-recording instruments from close to the bottom to
100 meters above the bottom continuously or in steps. A
typical scenario is envisioned as one complete cycle per day
for one year with the instruments pausing each five meters
for two minutes while measurements of current, temperature
and conductivity are made. The upper section of the tripod
contains the winch and instrumentation and is recovered by
sending an acoustic command to a release mechanism allowing
it to come to the surface.
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Walden, R. G., & Collins, C. W. (1984). Bottom-mounted profiling winch. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/8552