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Galapagos 2005 Expedition

Description

Galapagos 2005 Expedition. This Miniature Autonomous Plume Recorder (MAPR)is a self-contained instrument for recording temperature, pressure and opticaldata. 10 MAPRs were strung at various points on the wire above and the linebelow , the DSL120 clump weight, for the purpose of collecting data anddetecting anomalies that may indicate the presence of hydrothermal plumes.

Credit

UCSB, Univ. S. Carolina, NOAA, WHOI.

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration