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| definition | A vehicle towed by rigid cable through the water column at fixed or varying depth with no propulsion and no human operator (e.g. Towfish Scanfish UOR SeaSoar) |
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| definition | A free-roving platform operating in the water column with propulsion but no human operator on board (e.g. Autosub Glider). | |||
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| definition | An unmanned platform lowered and raised vertically by a cable from the mothership. Includes any type of profiling sensor mounting such as CTD frames profiling radiometers and instrumented nets. |
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| definition | Platforms with buoyancy-based propulsion that are capable of operations of variable depths which are not constrained to be near the sea surface. | |||||||
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| definition | A large platform operating on the surface of the water column. Objective definitions for guidelines: >50m length (EU) >100 foot length (USA) >300 GRT weight (SOLAS). Subjective definition: a ship is a vessel big enough to carry a boat. |
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| definition | A platform of any size operating on the surface of the water column in unpredictable locations that is specifically equipped manned and operated for scientific usually oceanographic research. | |
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| definition | A small self-propelled platform operating on the surface of the water column that may be easily removed from the water (e.g. shore-based RIBs ships' boats). |
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| definition | A platform repeatedly following a predictable fixed track on the surface of the water column that collects scientific (oceanographic and meteorological) data (e.g. an instrumented ferry). | |||||||||
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| definition | A platform operating on the surface of the water column whose primary purpose is the commercial harevsting of fish or shellfish but may be engaged in scientific activities such as fish stock surveys or mooring deployments and recoveries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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