Mooring Design
ORCA consists of a surface ATLAS float in a 3-point mooring configuration. The float has a platform, which supports a Linux micro-computer, wifi communications system, marine batteries, solar panels, meteorological station and an electric winch with slip rings. A Seabird CTD package at the
end of a conducting cable provides pressure information to the surface computer, which in turn drives the winch. Weather and CTD data is
transmitted back to the University of Washington lab after each cast.
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