Figure 6.  Data collection at sea.

Figure 6. Data collection at sea can be a complicated process of organizing and coordinating huge volumes of data coming from many instruments (sometimes simultaneously). We have personnel in our crew dedicated just to data handling. Image courtesy of Ross et al, NOAA, HBOI.

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