Expendable oceanographic sensor apparatus

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:868777

McCoy, Kim O ^[1]; DeRoos, Bradley G ^[2]; Riches, Michael R ^[3]

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1. Carmel, CA
2. Worthington, OH
3. Silver Spring, MD

An expendable oceanographic sensor apparatus is deployed from an airplane or a ship to make oceanographic observations in a profile of the surface-to-ocean floor, while deployed on the floor, and then a second profile when returning to the ocean surface. The device then records surface conditions until on-board batteries fail. All data collected is stored and then transmitted from the surface to either a satellite or other receiving station. The apparatus is provided with an anchor that causes descent to the ocean floor and then permits ascent when the anchor is released. Anchor release is predetermined by the occurrence of a pre-programmed event.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5209112
• OSTI ID: 868777
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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