Expendable oceanographic mooring (XMOOR)
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/399DOI
10.1575/1912/399Abstract
An expendable, self-deploying mooring (XMOOR) for shallow water applications has been developed to address Navy
requirements for environmental monitoring. The project has been conducted jointly between the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution and the Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis, MS. WHOI has taken the lead on the mechanical design of the
system while NR has developed the electronics.
Eight prototype XMOOR systems have been built. They are designed for water depths between 10 and 100m, for
deployments of up to 3-months duration, and for automatic deployment. Their sensor suite includes barometrc pressure, air
temperatue, water temperature at up to 25 levels, and conductivity and pressure at up to 3 levels. Data telemetry is
accomplished via the Argos DCS and by line-of-sight VH confguration of the data collection program.
This report describes the XMOOR mechanical system. The data collection and telemetry systems are described
separately in (1) and (2).
Suggested Citation
Frye, D. E., Peters, D., & Arthur, R. (1997). Expendable oceanographic mooring (XMOOR). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/399Related items
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