In spring 2018, researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) surveyed the Arctic nearshore of Cambridge Bay, Canada, by remote-controlled kayak equipped with an RBRconcerto CTD. The CTD and chemical data they collected captured the outgassing pulse associated with ice break-up and helped them identify the physical dynamics that created the pulse, allowing them to better constrain the annual greenhouse … Read More about WHOI’s ChemYak equipped with RBRconcerto CTD captures outgassing pulse during ice break-up in Cambridge Bay, Canada
RBR pressure sensors deployed to investigate ship wakes along the St. Lawrence Seaway
The St. Lawrence Seaway has for sixty years provided a critical shipping route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. By a series of canals and locks built between 1955 and 1959, the Seaway covers 3,700km, from the Atlantic Ocean to the western limit of Lake Superior. It supports ships up to 225m long and with up to … Read More about RBR pressure sensors deployed to investigate ship wakes along the St. Lawrence Seaway
Citizen scientists deploy RBR CTDs and collect valuable ocean data
Citizen scientists are a boon to oceanography. In a field where measurements are needed across 70% of the Earth’s surface and to depths of hundreds or thousands of meters, citizen scientists, collecting reliable high-quality data – often using RBR instruments – are adding pins to the data map. As their value is becoming more widely recognized, citizen scientists are being … Read More about Citizen scientists deploy RBR CTDs and collect valuable ocean data
Investigating seafloor crustal deformation with RBR loggers
Professor Ryota Hino of Tohoku University uses RBRsolo T|deep|slow and RBRduet T.D|deep loggers attached to a submarine acoustic ranging device to investigate seafloor crustal deformation. The submarine acoustic rangefinder accurately measures the distance between two points by sending a call signal from another device installed on the seabed at a remote location and measuring the time until the response signal … Read More about Investigating seafloor crustal deformation with RBR loggers
Students On Ice cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean and learn about Arctic science and change
On the afternoon of August 3rd, 2019, the MS Ocean Endeavour steamed into Croker Bay at Devon Island, Nunavut, in the Canadian Arctic. There, a group of students in zodiacs cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean as part of their hands-on discovery of the polar region on a Students On Ice (SOI) expedition. Day 13 of the 16-day cruise, … Read More about Students On Ice cast an RBRbrevio³ CTD into the Arctic Ocean and learn about Arctic science and change
RBR array records high accuracy and frequency temperature under seasonal lake ice
Bernard Yang (right) and Mathew Wells (second from right) from the University of Toronto, as well as Mike Mueller and Jeremy Metzger from the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks, field sampling on ice-covered Lake Simcoe.