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Wirewalker Deployment


Scientists lower a Wirewalker, an instrument designed to take numerous water-column measurements such as temperature, salinity, and oxygen.
Click image to view movie (MP4, 12.4 MB). Credit: NASA Earth
[30-Jan-17] Scientists lower a Wirewalker, an instrument designed to take numerous water-column measurements (e.g., temperature, salinity, oxygen). The Wirewalker travels up and down a 150-meter-long wire situated between a drifting surface buoy and sediment traps.