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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1996
Diane Medeiros, Tiverton, RI (US);
John Oeschger, Kingston, RI (US);
Peter R Hebda, Fall River, MA (US);
David F Notarianni, Cranston, RI (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system for studying, identifying and cacterizing thermal gradients in a volume of water. The system includes a frame for supporting one or more measuring devices and a source of heat for generating a thermal plume in the volume of water. The frame includes a first plate to which the measuring devices are mounted by a plurality of mounting blocks spaced about the periphery of a hole in the first plate. The frame further includes a second plate, spaced from the first plate, to which the source of heat is mounted.