Preparing the Scripps Undersea Electromagnetic Source Instrument (SUESI) for deployment (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Preparing the Scripps Undersea Electromagnetic Source Instrument (SUESI) for deployment

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Preparing the Scripps Undersea Electromagnetic Source Instrument (SUESI) for deployment. SUESI transmits an alternating current while being deep-towed behind the ship. Ocean-bottom electromagnetometers (receivers) on the seafloor record how the signal is influenced by subsurface structures.

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©Paige Koenig, co-author

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