Difference between revisions of "Oceanographic instrument"

Latest revision as of 14:28, 3 August 2011

Definition of Oceanographic instrument:

An oceanographic instrument is a device that allows for the measurement of one or more properties of seawater in situ.

This is the common definition for Oceanographic instrument, other definitions can be discussed in the article

For other articles by this author see Category:Articles by Schroeder, Friedhelm
For other articles by this author see Category:Articles by Prien, Ralf
For an overview of contributions by this author see Special:Contributions/Wikischro
For an overview of contributions by this author see Special:Contributions/Ralfprien

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-An oceanographic instrument is a device that allows to measure one or more properties of seawater [[in situ]].
+An oceanographic instrument is a device that allows for the measurement of one or more properties of seawater [[in situ]].
 }}
-==Overview==
+==See also==
-An oceanographic instrument generally consists of one or more [[sensors]] and a signal processing unit that converts the sensor signal and carries out scaling and conversion to engineering units and the output data protocol.
+* [[Sensors]]
+* [[Inline measurement techniques]]
+* [[Instruments and sensors to measure environmental parameters]]
-Oceanographic instruments can contain [[data loggers]] to store measurement data for readout after the deployment.
+{{2Authors
+|AuthorID1=5068
+|AuthorName1=Wikischro
+|AuthorFullName1=Schroeder, Friedhelm
+|AuthorID2=12968
+|AuthorName2= Ralfprien
+|AuthorFullName2=Prien, Ralf}}
-==Important properties==
+[[Category:Articles by Prien, Ralf]]
-* accuracy
-* precision
-* resolution
-* measurement rate
-* power consumption
-(see also important properties of [[sensors]])