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Analysing Turbulence Ocean MIXing
observations
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Microstructure turbulence measurements with an MSS90L (Sea & Sun Technology) during the MOSAiC campaign. Image credit: Lisa Grosfeld, Alfred Wegener Institute.
Our subgroups
Shear probes
aboard profilers, gliders, and autonomous platforms
Photo: MicroRider (Rockland Scientific Ltd) fitted to a slocum glider deployed in Table Bay, Capetown (South Africa) in prep for the Southern Ocean deployment SOSCEx. Credit: Sarah-Anne Nicholson (CSIR).
Velocity profilers
ADCPs
Photo: Signature1000 (Nortek) bottom-mounted profiler.
Point-velocity meters
Examples include acoustic and travel time instruments
Photo: Deployment of MAVS4 during N-ICE test cruise. N-ICE test cruise. Photo taken at 82oN, in Feb 2014 by Algot Peterson (UiB).
