This site is for recording maintenance records of the Little Cayman Research Centre (Central Caribbean Marine Institute) & NOAA ICON/CREWS station for data management purposes. Please update this blog whenever new operations are performed in the field, so that NOAA/AOML can coordinate data management efforts with the Little Cayman ICON/CREWS field efforts.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Full Clean and Validation
Thursday 7th July, 4 divers and 2 snorkelers completed a thorough clean of the ICON Station. The station had moderate bio-fouling, but an increased amount of fire coral growth in multiple areas of the station. The spectra lines, chain, pins and shackles were scrubbed while the instruments and ICON pole were cleaned. The Ground Truth Sensor was installed at 8:55, cleaning started at 10:30 until 11:45, the GT sensor was then removed around 2:30. The orientation of the station is still the same as before.
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