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    Bottom-mounted profiling winch

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    WHOI 84-12.pdf (6.692Mb)
    Date
    1984-03
    Author
    Walden, Robert G.  Concept link
    Collins, Clayton W.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/8552
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/8552
    Keyword
     Oceanographic instruments; 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
     

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