From November 8 to November 14, an expedition was conducted as part of the development of the observation system at the Black Sea hydrophysical sub-satellite test site (MHI BHSTS).

The main goal of the expedition was to install a bottom cable version of the acoustic doppler profiler, a modern device for long-term measurements of the hydrophysical parameters of the marine environment. The new measuring complex will allow scientists to obtain data on a number of important processes occurring in the coastal zone of the Black Sea: water mass mesoscale mixing, current intensity, suspended sediment transport, as well as internal wave characteristics.

The equipment installation was the result of well-coordinated work of the expedition team consisting of employees of the scientific and scientific support units of the Institute: the Expedition Support Service, the Black Sea hydrophysical sub-satellite test site, the Remote Sensing Department, the Marine Optics and Biophysics Department, and the Department of Dynamics of the Oceanic Processes.

The expedition leader was Anton Garmashov, Head of the Expedition Support Service of MHI, Senior Research Associate of the Oceanography Department. The work was organised by Aleksandr Latushkin, Head of the BHSTS, Research Associate of the Marine Optics and Biophysics Department.

Photos by Aleksandr Latushkin, Anton Garmashov, Maksim Kryl, Oleg Kudinov.