Scanfish MKII

his is one of coolest (I think) oceanographic equipment. It is basically towed by a boat in any aquatic environment where we want to know water properties (i.e., oxygen, temperature, etc.).

Research vessel Sharp towed it on July 9th 2010 in the middle of Chesapeake Bay and this is a part of my new research project: Life in the Dead Zone which is funded by National Science Foundation.


It literally flies up and down in the water column and is controlled by the computer package below:


After 'scanning' the water I processed data with Sea-Bird Software which convert data into available numbers. Then, I used Surfer software to draw a following pictures.

X-axis is the latitude and y-axis is the depth of oxygen and salinity

Location:6, Hoopers Island,United States