This
is the top part of the tripod, waiting to be put on the tripod
stand. These tripods were support frames for a variety of instruments,
including CTD sensors, transmissometer, stress sensors.
The
top of the tripod still hanging out on the deck of the Rutgers
University Marine Field Station.
The
2 LISST, 2 Aquadopp data/communication cables.
Liz
Creed, a marine engineer at Rutgers University, assembling the
BASS (Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor) electronics together on
top of the tripod.
Liz
and Chip Haldeman tightening the guy wires on the BASS sensor
pods.
The
cables and the tripod are ready for deployment!
Chip
in the LEO (Long-term Ecosystem Observatory) room. LEO is run
by Rutgers University, and their research seeks to differentiate
between natural and anthropogenic changes in our ocean habitats.
LEO operates two unmanned seafloor observatories, which provide
real-time data to researchers.
A
shot of the aquadopp current meter.
The
tripod just after it got moved from the dock to the deck of
the R.V. Arabella
It's been
a long day of hard work!
An
ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean
is made of waves than that it is made of water.
-A.S. Eddington
[The Nature of the Physical World, Cambridge(1929)]