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Bringing Up Buoy

August 3, 2020
Crewmembers retrieve an ocean buoy tied to a hydrophone (ocean noise sensor) during TAS ’17 Staci DeSchryver’s mission aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette.

Photo: Staci DeSchryver

I had the unique opportunity to witness one of only ten ocean noise sensors that are deployed in US waters come aboard the ship and get redeployed. These sensors are found all over US waters – from Alaska to the Atlantic. [...] A crewmember pointed out the advancement in our technologies in the following way: “We can use GPS to find a buried hydrophone in the middle of the ocean…and then send a signal…down 4000m…to a buoy anchored to the ocean floor…cut the buoy loose remotely, and then actually have the buoy come up to the surface near enough to the ship where we can find it.” Pretty impressive if you think about it.
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