Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Coastal Physics - Methods
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Coastal Physics - Methods

Field data are collected using a combination of in situ monitors for salinity, temperature, currents and water pressure


Figure1. Moored CTD (Conductivity-temperature-depth) sensor(abouve) and ADCP(acoustic doppler current profiler)(below).


Figure 2. Vessel-towed ADCP sled.


Figure 3. Shipboard CTD.

and research vessels such as the R/V SAVANNAH and R/V GANNET


Conditions on the continental shelf are continuously monitored by sensors on several remote towers on the continental shelf off Georgia and transmitted via microwave to SkIO (SABSOON Project)



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