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Available
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Emerging
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Future
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multi-line arrays
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lidar (light detecting and ranging) sensors
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nuclear/biological/chemical monitoring
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air deployments of sensors
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laser line scan underwater imagery
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autonomous/networked components
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towed thermistor chains (plug-in)
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toroidal volume search sonar
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airborne hyperspectral optical scanners
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vorticity meters
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towed vertically directed source (TVDS)
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remotely piloted vehicle packages
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turbulence (oceanic and atmospheric)
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slotted acoustic sources
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microstate telemetry
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seafloor shear modulus profiler
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polymer acoustic sources
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high-resolution seafloor imagery
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SPINNAKER UUV (unmanned undersea vehicle)
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RO/RO (roll on/roll off) aircraft data acquisition system
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surf-zone turbulence and sediment devices
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laser in situ settling tube
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full depth towed gravimeter
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ocean bottom seismometers
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superconducting gradiometer
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acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCP)
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robust thermal anemometers
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acoustic lance
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coherent acoustic doppler for turbulence
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beta @ 180º meter
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focal plane array imaging radar (FOPAIR)
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scanning ocean surface slope gauge
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remote (optical) slick detection
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microlayer samplers
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aerosol samplers (in situ and remote)
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fiber optic tow cables and connectors
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polar ozone aerosol measurement system
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ocean microstructure profilers
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ice stress/deformation devices
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suspended sediment acoustical backscatter sensor (ABSS)
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Source: Office of Naval Research.
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