The Ice-Tethered Profiler: Argo of the Arctic
Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITPs), first deployed in fall 2004, have significantly increased the number of high-quality upper-ocean water-property observations available from the central Arctic. This article reviews the instrument technology and provides a status report on performance, along with severa...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Oceanography Society
2011
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/a845240737df4f51b4d7503bfde0f867 |
Summary: | Ice-Tethered Profilers (ITPs), first deployed in fall 2004, have significantly increased the number of high-quality upper-ocean water-property observations available from the central Arctic. This article reviews the instrument technology and provides a status report on performance, along with several examples of the science that ITPs and companion instrumentation support. |
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