{"id":536870,"date":"2025-11-10T13:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=536870"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:12:22","slug":"coastal-profiler-mooring-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/coastal-profiler-mooring-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Profiler Mooring Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"452\">The team carried out both deployment and recovery operations for the Northern Profiler Mooring (NOPM) during the Pioneer 22 cruise. These moorings play a key role in capturing detailed vertical profiles of the water column, helping to track changing ocean conditions over time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"654\">The photos highlight the careful coordination and teamwork involved in handling large, instrumented moorings at sea\u2014an essential part of maintaining continuous observations at the Pioneer Array.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-536870 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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