Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: December 3, 2011, 8:28 pm
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Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System (ATLAS) is a taut–line mooring with sensors measuring surface winds, air temperature, relative humidity, sea surface temperature, and ten subsurface temperatures to a depth of 500 meters.
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Daily mean data are telemetered to shore in near real–time via the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s polar orbiting satellites and Argos data collection system. The standard ATLAS mooring has a design lifetime of one year, with over 500 different monitoring units having been deployed since 1984.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 29, 2010; Last revised Date December 3, 2011; Retrieved May 18, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Autonomous_Temperature_Line_Acquisition_System>
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Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition System (ATLAS) is a taut–line mooring with sensors measuring surface winds, air temperature, relative humidity, sea surface temperature, and ten subsurface temperatures to a depth of 500 meters.
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Daily mean data are telemetered to shore in near real–time via the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s polar orbiting satellites and Argos data collection system. The standard ATLAS mooring has a design lifetime of one year, with over 500 different monitoring units having been deployed since 1984.
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