This is NOT equipment normally found on a hydrographic survey ship! Scientists use a CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) instrument and bongo nets during a Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigation cruise.
With the NOAA 200th Celebration coming to a close at the end of 2007, maintenance of this Web site ceased. Updates to the site are no longer being made.
This is NOT equipment normally found on a hydrographic survey ship! Scientists use a CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) instrument and bongo nets during a Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigation cruise.