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Article: China to deploy first annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system in Arctic Ocean
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 27, 2008
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China to deploy first annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system
in Arctic Ocean
ABOARD XUELONG, July 27 (Xinhua) -- China will install its first
annual deep-sea subsurface mooring system in the Arctic Ocean to
monitor the long-term marine changes in the Arctic ocean, members of
China's third Arctic expedition said Sunday.
The system will collect data on the temperature, salinity and
speed of currents at various depth in the coming year in the Arctic
Ocean, thus facilitating studies of the impacts of environmental
changes in Arctic Ocean on global climate, especially on China's
climate, they said.
A trap, as part of the system, will catch marine lives regularly
for scientific research, ...