Devices & Sensors
Instrument Description
Vertical Profiler Instrument Package
Ocean Networks Canada has an Off-Shore Profiling System (also known as the Vertical Profiler System). It is a mobile instrument platform that consists of a seafloor base unit and an instrument package that floats on a tethered cable. Numerous instruments are mounted to monitor oceanic variables including: salinity, temperature, dissolved gases and nutrients, irradiance, currents, plankton and fish concentrations, and marine mammal movements.
Specific Instruments
Individual instruments of the above category, which are (or have been) connected to our observatories. Click an instrument for detailed information.
Name/Model/ID | Current Location |
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VPS Instrument Package | Marine Technology Centre |
Click the instrument categories below for descriptions and lists of instruments belonging to that category.