Mooring Operations Support for the University of Miami Project: Impact of Typhoons on the Pacific (ITOP)

: Dr. Hans Graber at the University of Miami requested the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI) expertise in the design, deployment, and recovery of two, deep-water EASI-ASIS surface moorings. The moorings were deployed for a period of three months in the Western Pacific as part of the Impact of Typhoons on the Pacific (ITOP) Experiment. The overall objective of our work was to conduct a mooring analysis of the Miami design to ensure the moorings could survive a typhoon. Secondly, WHOI personnel took the lead during the deployment and recovery operations of the deep water instrumented surface moorings.