1. Equipment Lab
Equipment To Know!!

2. Side Scan Sonar 3D image of ocean floor
Used to bring back first images of Titanic before submersible went down

3. Secchi Disk Measures TURBIDITY (clarity) of water
Amount of sediments, algae in water column

4. Trieste
Bathyscaphe
Reached a record depth of ,911 meters in the Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep
Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard (son of boat’s designer, Auguste Piccard)

5. CTD Rosette C – Conductivity T – Temperature D – Depth
Water Sample Bottles that take samples at different depths for comparison

6. Sonde Water Quality Datasonde Turbidity of water Dissolved Oxygen
Chlorophyll levels in water

7. FLIP Floating Instrument Platform

8. AUV Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Programmed to perform task over time
Sends data via satellite back to laboratory

9. ALVIN Submersible that was the first to visit Titanic
Owned by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

10. Trawl Net
Pulled through water column or close to ocean floor and collects specimens.

11. Dredge
Peterson Grabber
Samples of ocean floor sediments

12. ROV
Remote Operated Vehicle (needs pilot)
Tethered to ship

13. SCUBA Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
Allows for ocean exploration with depth limits

14. Refractometer
Measures specific gravity (salinity) of water

15. Plankton Net Collects samples of plankton Towed behind boat at surface