Expanded and Upgraded NSIF

Credit: Derek Buffitt © WHOI.

Expanded and Upgraded!  WHOI mechanical engineer Dan Duffany, with input from the OOI-CGSN team, designed the new Near-Surface Instrument Frame – Large (NSIF-L, right).  The NSIF-L will be deployed on the Pioneer MAB Central Surface Mooring and will accommodate the original OOI instrumentation as well as the new Imaging Flow Cytobot, particle size, and turbidity sensors.  The NSIF-L, when compared to the standard NSIF (left), also has room for future expansion.