Blog Post Image: New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide

When deployed the ESP transmits images like this one, sent during testing in 2012. The row of dots indicates that the probe has detected Alexandrium in the water sample. (The three bright dots are used to align the image for quality control.) The information obtained from these tests, along with other local environmental conditions, is transmitted to shore using wireless communications making the data immediately available. (Image courtesy of Don Anderson Lab, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)