{"id":536979,"date":"2026-04-30T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=536979"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:16:22","slug":"central-shallow-water-mooring-deployed-with-wave-powered-prawler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/central-shallow-water-mooring-deployed-with-wave-powered-prawler\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Shallow Water Mooring Deployed with Wave-Powered Prawler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The OOI-CGSN team successfully deployed the Central Shallow Water Mooring (CNSW) at Pioneer MAB, adding another critical component to the Pioneer Array\u2019s comprehensive ocean observing network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A standout feature of CNSW is the Prawler, an innovative profiling vehicle designed to move up and down the mooring wire while continuously sampling the water column. As it travels, the Prawler collects important oceanographic measurements including salinity, temperature, pressure, and fluorescence\u2014providing scientists with detailed vertical profiles of changing ocean conditions.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the Prawler especially remarkable is its power source: wave motion. By harnessing the natural movement of the buoy at the ocean surface, the system operates without requiring traditional onboard power for profiling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_536980\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536980\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536980 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4900-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_536981\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536981\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536981 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2026\/05\/MED_4913-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OOI-CGSN team successfully deployed the Central Shallow Water Mooring (CNSW) at Pioneer MAB, adding another critical component to the Pioneer Array\u2019s comprehensive ocean observing network. A standout feature of CNSW is the Prawler, an innovative profiling vehicle designed to move up and down the mooring wire while continuously sampling the water column. As it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":536980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[335],"tags":[336],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537020,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536979\/revisions\/537020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}