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 vehicle has been used from the Arctic to the Atlantic Oceans in studies that address the ocean’s role in the global water cycle and impacts on the marine ecosystem.
Prawler technology is also ocean-proven and field-tested over many years. McLane is excited to offer the commercial model of this wave-actuated profiler that spans the surface to 500m. The Prawler is suitable for the energetic open ocean, to low-wave freshwater lakes and reservoirs. This low-cost, lightweight alternative to distributed sensors, provides data sampling to a user-defined bottom range with the Sea-Bird IMM, Sea-Bird CTD, Sea-Bird Optical Backscatter, Aanderaa Optode. Depending on configuration, deployments of up to 20 profiles per day for 12 months are possible.
McLane Research Laboratories manufactures time-series in situ oceanographic instrumentation for scientific deployments in the open ocean, and freshwater environments. Learn more about our three main oceanographic product lines: profilers, samplers and flotation.
