July 15, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario Del Mar Oceanographic (DMO) and RBR are pleased to announce the signing of a collaboration agreement for the provision of Wirewalkers™ with RBR CTDs and sensors in Australia and New Zealand. The DMO Wirewalker, originally designed at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is a field-proven vertically profiling instrument platform powered by ocean waves. Attached to a … Read More about Del Mar Oceanographic and RBR Sign Strategic Collaboration Agreement
Uncovering the Ocean Dynamics Off the Coast of Madeira Island, Portugal
In the lee of Madeira Island, a famous-to-oceanographers formation occurs. To better understand ‘Madeira-Mode Water’, a team of researchers from the Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM) set out in July, 2018, with an RBRconcerto³ CTD mounted to a Del Mar Oceanographic (DMO) Wirewalker and observed the daily thermocline cycle at a new level of detail. From the Portuguese naval ship … Read More about Uncovering the Ocean Dynamics Off the Coast of Madeira Island, Portugal
From Antarctica to Jupiter’s Moons
Since 2014, a group of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) have been working in Antarctica to develop the underwater vehicle called the Icefin. Funded by NASA through the RISE UP (Ross Ice Shelf and Europa Underwater Probe) grant, the Icefin has been developed to study the under ice conditions on Jupiter’s moon Europa. The GIT team are … Read More about From Antarctica to Jupiter’s Moons
It Walks the Line: a Wirewalker™ record deployment
In September of 2016, a surface wave-powered Wirewalker™ descended to the bottom of its 100-m wire, reversed direction, and smoothly ascended to the surface. Onboard, a payload of instruments took detailed measurements of physical and biological properties in Southern California’s La Jolla submarine canyon. It was the first cycle the Wirewalker would complete at the La Jolla canyon mooring – … Read More about It Walks the Line: a Wirewalker™ record deployment