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Cal-Echoes Research & Outreach Cruise
CTD one of the instruments deployed during the cruise
The instrument is used to measure salinity, temperature, and depth throughout the water column at the sampling site. Sensors measure these and store them and the data can then be uploaded to the ship’s computers. Other sensors to measure oxygen, light, dissolved organic materials and can be attached to the CTD.
Credits: Scripps Institution of Oceanography – file photo
