McLane Samplers in Ocean Networks Canada Cabled Observatory

A recent Oceanography feature article, “New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration” highlights an expedition to maintain, upgrade and expand over 24 instruments at Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) offshore cabled observatory. Several McLane samplers were among the instruments maintained by the E/V Nautilus team during the 14-day expedition. The samplers’ ongoing deployments are part of key experiments
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IMOS Moorings Collect Longest-Ever Time Series Samples from the Southern Ocean

In 2019 Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) Australia deployed Sediment Traps and other instruments as scheduled onboard CSIRO’s Research Vessel  (RV) Investigator at the remote Southern Ocean Time Series Observatory. Researchers could not have imagined that an impending pandemic would halt 2020 sea operations, delay mooring recovery, and result in the longest known time series
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RAS-500 in Global Climate Change Observation System

A RAS-500 and other in situ instruments in the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP) research program are providing long-term measurements including how climate change is affecting important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) processes. Long-time RAS customer Prof. Stuart Cunningham of the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), is among the principal investigators
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Deployed Prawler Exceeds 100,000m Milestone

(Falmouth, MA) – The first McLane-manufactured Prawler in the field has surpassed 100,000 meters of profiling and real-time temperature and salinity data transmission. See McLane’s Prawler deployment page for an updated summary of the 80m deployment. Prawler has been inductively transmitting data from its mooring in Shilshole Bay, Puget Sound, Seattle, WA since November 2019. Data
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MMPs in OOI Program featured on cover of Sea Technology Magazine

Sea Technology Magazine’s April cover showcases an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) modified MMP docked on the seafloor in a Deep Profiler Deployment. The modified MMP is included in a feature article on inductive power moorings for OOI profilers. The Sea Technology article highlights how the University of Washington and rope maker Phillystran collaborated on mooring
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7 Tips for Fieldwork Prep from Home

On-line access to many instrument resources is available if you’re working remotely, planning a proposal, or troubleshooting an instrument. Some helpful tips: Download McLaneTerm terminal emulation. McLaneTerm can connect a McLane engineer with your instrument if technical support is needed. A detailed User Manual is also available. See the article McLaneTerm for your Sampler or Profiler, Email us with technical
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MMP/ITP Firmware Fix

February 27, 2020 – An MMP/ITP firmware fix has been released for the MMP/ITP RTC Clock Rollover bug. All MMP/ITP customers have been sent the firmware v5.40 link via email. Download MMP/ITP v5.40 Release Note for firmware details, or  contact McLane with questions.
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McLaneTerm Connects Instruments from Antarctica

McLaneTerm, the terminal emulation program developed by McLane, recently demonstrated the power of its remote connection tool when McLane instruments in  Antarctica successfully connected with McLane engineers in East Falmouth, MA. The remote connection was established from a McMurdo station Long-Term Ecological Research (MCM LTER)  site during preparation for an upcoming deployment under the ice
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Shipboard IFCB Enhances Ecosystem Modeling

Shipboard Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) sampling was successfully conducted onboard the NOAA ship Bell M. Shimada for the 2019 Integrated Ecosystem and Pacific Hake Acoustic-Trawl Survey (the “Summer Survey”). The IFCB was installed to determine whether automated imaging flow cytometry could provide phytoplankton community structure metrics while the ship was underway. These metrics are a key
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Prawler in the Field

Experience Prawler data on-line from moorings in NASA deployments during 2012/2013 and 2016/2017  in the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) deployments. The Prawler was the primary instrument on these deployments collecting data to examine the salinity balance in the upper ocean. Prawler data is well-established: critical data collected by this innovative
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