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Floating Computers Keep an Eye on the Oceans

Posted by samzenpus on from the somewhere-upon-the-sea dept.

mightysquirrel81 writes "This fascinating picture story shows the tech behind the global Argo progamme set up to monitor the world's oceans. Using 3,000 floating computers and a network of satellites, researchers measure sea temperature and ocean currents to predict climate change."

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  1. A short history of the OSU Buoy Group by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My father has been dropping computers into the ocean for 30 years. Learn more here: http://cmrecords.net/osu/history.htm

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  2. sensors that are unmaintained by timmarhy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How do they calibrate and test the accuracy of these sensors?

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