ALAMO Drifter Launch From Airplane
Detailed Description
One of six ALAMO (Air Launched Autonomous Micro Observer) drifters, used to collect data on ocean circulation, successfully parachuting to the ocean from the rear of the LC-130 along the Ross Ice Shelf calving front.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.
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ROSETTA-Ice — Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
ROSETTA-Ice is a large, NSF-funded, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project with several major goals focused on the full ice shelf system of the Ross Ice Shelf that include the ice, underlying seafloor bathymetry, and ocean interaction. Methods include the first comprehensive LC-130-based airborne geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf to measure ice thickness and accumulation (ice...
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ROSETTA-Ice — Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
ROSETTA-Ice is a large, NSF-funded, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project with several major goals focused on the full ice shelf system of the Ross Ice Shelf that include the ice, underlying seafloor bathymetry, and ocean interaction. Methods include the first comprehensive LC-130-based airborne geophysical survey of the Ross Ice Shelf to measure ice thickness and accumulation (ice...