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<\/a>\u00a0Procedures<\/h3>\nEngineering workflows in the WHOI OBS Lab follow clearly documented procedures that are\ndefined by check-sheets. The links below summarize the multiple check-sheets used to mobilize one WHOI BBOBS (S01) deployed and recovered on the Eastern North American Margin Community Seismic (ENAM) Experiment.\n
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- Shore-Side Mobilization Check-Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n
- At-Sea Deployment Check-Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n
- At-Sea Recovery Check-Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t
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<\/a> Testing<\/h3>\nWHOI staff employs specialized equipment, some developed WHOI, to ensure all instruments are in working order prior to deployment. This increases safety, improves efficiency, and automatically creates and archives digital test records.<\/p>\n
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- Automated Battery Tester (ABT)<\/a><\/li>\n
- Cable Eye Tester<\/a><\/li>\n
- Transducer Testing<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t
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<\/a>Sensor Testing & Calibration<\/h3>\nAt the heart of our testing and calibration protocols is the Seismic Test Slab, a concrete pad isolated from building vibrations that is unique in the geophysical research community to the WHOI OBS Lab.<\/p>\n
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- Seismic Test Slab<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n
- Broadband OBS Testing<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n
- Differential Pressure Gauge (DPG) Tester<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n
- Geophone Testing<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t
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<\/a>Clocks & Timing Verification<\/h3>\nA seismographic dataset is only as good as the clocks in the instruments that record it. Underwater systems designed and maintained by the WHOI OBS Lab carry very low power clocks accurate to a few tens of milliseconds or better over the course of a year. We perform extensive testing on our clocks, and continue to monitor them right up until they are deployed to ensure that the data they collect is timed as accurately as possible throughout their mission.\u00a0MORE<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/p>\n\t
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<\/a>High-Level Output<\/h3>\n\n\tAt-Sea Experience<\/h3>\n
WHOI OBS Lab personnel have extensive sea-going experience on a variety of UNOLS, USCG, contracted, and foreign-flagged vessels and are able to work safely and dependably in a variety of conditions to deploy and recover instruments or conduct acoustic surveys. The staff has called in domestic and international ports and is fully capable of interfacing with port agents, ship personnel, and scientists from around the world.<\/p>\n\t
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40+ Year History<\/h3>\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/obslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/98\/2017\/08\/Quissett-Campus.9.12-n-300x190.jpg\")
<\/a>WHOI Campus<\/h3>\nWHOI’s 183-acre Quissett Campus and 36-acre Village Campus offer access to world-class laboratories, facilities, and equipment, including the\u00a0Coastal Research Lab with a 10,000 gal. salt water test tank, Advanced Pressure Test Facility\u00a0that will soon enable testing to full ocean depth,\u00a0Dunkworks<\/a>\u00a0rapid prototyping facility, and R\/V\u00a0Tioga<\/a><\/em>, WHOI’s 60 ft. coastal research vessel to test equipment in local waters. Of course, OBS staff also has access to collaboration with other scientists and technical staff at WHOI\u00a0and at the USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center located on the Quissett Campus.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Broadband OBS Testing<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n
- Cable Eye Tester<\/a><\/li>\n
- At-Sea Deployment Check-Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n