Optical Instruments – SPIKR, OPTAA, & FLOR – Selected for Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), has selected Satlantic LP of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to provide Spectral Irradiance Radiometer (OOI instrument class SPKIR) Instruments and WET Labs Inc., of Corvallis, OR to provide seawater Optical Attenuation and Absorption (OPTAA) and Fluorometer (FLOR) instruments for the measurements of optical backscatter, chlorophyll a and colored-dissolved-organic-matter (CDOM) for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). Full story here.