We've received a batch of pictures taken during installation of our two instrument platforms at Barkley Slope.
Selected shots are shown below. The Barkley Slope platform (located at the shelf-slope break where the Vertical Profiler System will also be positioned) holds an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and a Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) gauge. Its junction box also provides communications and power to a hydrophone and a bottom pressure recorder, both of which rest on separate small frames positioned a short distance from the platform.
The Barkley Hydrates platform holds a junction box, which will provide power and communications for Wally, our benthic crawler.
Barkley Head instrument platform & instruments |
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Naxys hydrophone on its small tripod. The black cable connects it to the Barkley Head instrument platform. Photo taken 26-Jul-2009.
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Barkley Head instrument platform on the seafloor, 26-Jul-2009.
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ROPOS plugging in the bottom pressure recorder attached to the Barkley Head instrument platform.
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Barkley Hydrates instrument platform |
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Close-up view of the Barkley Hydrates instrument platform, showing platform foot, connection panel and junction box.
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Barkley Hydrates instrument platform on the seafloor
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ROPOS plugging in the extension connector (from the node) to the Barkley Canyon hydrates instrument platform.
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