TOWER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, 

 INSTALLATION, AND FACILITIES 



The diversity, quantity, and quality of oceanographic data 

 obtained from the NEL Oceanographic Research Tower demonstrate 

 its ability to meet the requirements of shallow marine investigation. 

 This ability has not occurred by chance. Behind the tower's over- 

 all design and its multifaceted facilities lie thousands of hours of 

 planning by NEL scientists and engineers. And this planning con- 

 tinues. The tower's work area has been doubled in the past 6 years. 

 In addition, newly developed instrumentation and techniques are 

 continually being tested and, if successful, incorporated into the 

 tower's permanent capabilities. 



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