Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies buoy (BITS)
Published: March 30, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: December 15, 2011, 4:05 pm
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The Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies (BITS) buoy is an instrumented and unmanned mooring experiment set designed to acoustically measure the size and abundance of marine life populations, collect the supporting data that characterizes the marine environment, and automatically transmit the data to shore stations for analysis.
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The BITS system was developed by the Tracor corporation and the University of Southern California. It employs a bi–frequency acoustic projector which operates at 165 kHz and 1.1 MHz, with backscattered acoustic signals received by the sensors transmitted via Very High Frequency (VHF) packet telemetry to shore stations.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies buoy (BITS)". 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 30, 2010; Last revised Date December 15, 2011; Retrieved May 26, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Biophysical_Interdisciplinary_Tropic_Studies_buoy_(BITS)>
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The Biophysical Interdisciplinary Tropic Studies (BITS) buoy is an instrumented and unmanned mooring experiment set designed to acoustically measure the size and abundance of marine life populations, collect the supporting data that characterizes the marine environment, and automatically transmit the data to shore stations for analysis.
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The BITS system was developed by the Tracor corporation and the University of Southern California. It employs a bi–frequency acoustic projector which operates at 165 kHz and 1.1 MHz, with backscattered acoustic signals received by the sensors transmitted via Very High Frequency (VHF) packet telemetry to shore stations.
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