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Why Use Moorings
Why Use Moorings?
Mooring data shows the details of a system:
High resolution of records.
Provides clearer picture of trends compared to discrete time-point sampling.
Allows for more accurate estimate of system variability.
Example of 4-month dataset from near-bottom mooring at
Squaxin Passage shown below.
Zoom-in on 2 days of
data from record above.
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