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ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features Enables adaptive sampling Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water column (with winch) ROV servicing Major Components Subsurface float at ~165 m depth with sensor suite and junction box Profiler with sensor suite that can “dock” for battery charging, continuous two-way communications via inductive modem Electro-optical-mechanical mooring cable Seafloor sensor suite and junction box Deployments June 2007 on Seahurst Observatory in Puget Sound, 30 m depth, 6 months April 2008 on MARS in Monterey Bay, 900 m depth, 6 months NSF funded – OTIC - Lukas and Boss co-PIs
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ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features –Enables adaptive sampling –Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water.

Jan 18, 2016

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Page 1: ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features –Enables adaptive sampling –Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water.

ALOHA-MARS Mooring• Moorings called for in many OOI plans• Features

– Enables adaptive sampling– Distributes power, communications, time

throughout the water column (with winch)– ROV servicing

• Major Components– Subsurface float at ~165 m depth with sensor

suite and junction box– Profiler with sensor suite that can “dock” for

battery charging, continuous two-way communications via inductive modem

– Electro-optical-mechanical mooring cable– Seafloor sensor suite and junction box

• Deployments– June 2007 on Seahurst Observatory in Puget

Sound, 30 m depth, 6 months– April 2008 on MARS in Monterey Bay, 900 m

depth, 6 months

NSF funded – OTIC - Lukas and Boss co-PIs

Page 2: ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features –Enables adaptive sampling –Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water.

Subsurface float platform and profiler• Subsurface Float has 3 ‘bays’

with power/data connection by ROV-mateable connector

• Instrument packages installable/removable by ROV

• Profiler has inductive power coupler on top

• CTDO, acoustic current meter, optical fluorometer/backscatter

Page 3: ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features –Enables adaptive sampling –Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water.

Servicing the mooring

Page 4: ALOHA-MARS Mooring Moorings called for in many OOI plans Features –Enables adaptive sampling –Distributes power, communications, time throughout the water.

Upper ocean winch system

• Possible systems - TBD• WET Labs IOP/Orca• Scott Gallager WHOI• NGK - NEPTUNE Canada

NGKProfiling buoy

Underwater Winch

WHOI PRIMO

Autonomous

NC - cabled