Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Basic Cleaning in August

Yesterday, Tuesday August 30th, Wess Merten conducted a thorough basic cleaning and assessment of the CREWs station in La Parguera. I conducted a surface inspection, underwater inspection/cleaning, optical sensor cleaning, and a CTD sensor cleaning.  I also very carefully removed some biofouling that has accumulated on some of the cables.  In addition, all four brass filters were replaced on the CTD's.  After more than 3 hours underwater the station looks great!  A complete cleaning will be conducted next week.