Friday, April 8, 2016

Angelo Secchi



Janne measuring the Secchi depth to be 8 meters today outside Öland, Sweden.


Angelo Secchi was an Italian astronomer that invented the Secchi disk in 1865. It is one of the most common tools in oceanography to this day. Simply lower it down and measure the lowest depth where you can still see it; a great measure of water transparency.





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