When NASA launched its CALIPSO spacecraft, the space agency did not intend to estimate phytoplankton populations.
Ocean observing systems
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Satellite Salinity Data Improves Gulf Stream Eddy Detection
A pronounced contrast in salinity between the Gulf Stream and current rings makes satellite salinity measurements valuable.
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A Deep Cabled Observatory: Biology and Physics in the Abyss
The ALOHA Cabled Observatory, located 100 kilometers north of Oahu, is enabling a variety of studies of the biology and physics of the deep ocean.
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Reading Backscatter from Near-shore Ocean Waves
Researchers use radar wave scattering properties of nearshore waves to studying shoreline dynamics.