Gliders are autonomous measuring probes collecting data for marine research in the open ocean on predetermined courses between the sea surface and up to 1000 meters water depth. The fact that these devices can also operate precisely in the 20-meter shallow Baltic Sea was proven in an experiment by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel at the “Boknis Eck” time series station. The data obtained here have now been published in the international journal “Biogeosciences”. (read more)
Published on: 09/02/2014
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