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- PALACE FLOATS measure profiles of ocean salinity and temperature. Measurements are made as the floats ascend to a drifting horizon. They do this by changing their buoyancy internally. Periodically, the floats rise to the surface, where the data is transmitted via satellite. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: PALACE FLOAT Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Ocean-based Platforms Platform_Series_or_Entity: FLOATS Short_Name: PALACE FLOAT Long_Name: Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Palace Float End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-12-12 Online_Resource: http://hrp.whoi.edu/floats/spalace_overv.html Sample_Image: http://hrp.whoi.edu/floats/palace.gif End_Group
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