Instrument: towed undulating vehicle
A towed undulating vehicle is a generic class of instruments. See the data set specific information for a detailed description. These are often prototype instrument packages designed to make very specific measurements.
SeaSciences Acrobat is a towed undulated vehicle (TUV) carrying an instrument package.
Cross-shelf survey were obtained using a SeaBird CTD package instrumented with SeaBird temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen sensors; SeaPoint chlorophyll and CDOM fluorescence and turbidity sensors; and a Brooke-Ocean Laser Optical Plankton Counter (LOPC) for plankton size spectra from 0.1 mm to 35 mm.