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Using Networking to Examine Currents and Waves (Image A)
Caption:
A researcher prepares the Scripps prototype water motion sensor. Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s (SIO) Integrative Oceanography Division (IOD) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) conducted a two-week pilot study at Black’s Beach in La Jolla, California, to examine surf zone water motions in real-time. [See also: Using Networking to Examine Currents and Waves (Image B).]
More about this Image
With assistance from the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) team and from the University of California-San Diego’s Administrative Computing and Telecommunication Services (ACT) and Office of Network Operations (ONO), several SIO and WHOI scientists deploy two in-situ current and wave measuring stations in shallow water at Black's Beach in La Jolla, California.
These stations are connected to telemetry instruments that are mounted on a steel frame located between the beach and ten feet of water. At the same time, a 40-inch grid antenna allows the station to deliver real-time data from Black's Beach to Scripps Pier, which utilizes a 180-degree sector antenna. The Internet connection originates at the pier via a wireless Ethernet bridge which telemeters the data in real-time directly to IOD and WHOI laboratories for analysis. The data will allow researchers to better understand beach erosion and near-shore circulation.
The HPWREN project is based on work sponsored by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research Division (in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate), under Grant Number ANI-0087344. The NSF-funded HPWREN includes backbone nodes on the University of California-San Diego campus and a number of
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Credit High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) (http://hpwren.ucsd.edu) |
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2000 - 2009 |
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Categories:
COMPUTERS / Networking
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Restrictions:
No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".
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