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August 19, 2026
Measuring Particle Size Distribution in Natural Waters
The LISST-200X measures the size distribution and concentration of suspended particles directly in water. Using laser diffraction, it measures how particles scatter light and inverts that scattering...
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June 9, 2026
You can integrate Sequoia’s LISST-Deep or LISST-200X onto a Sea-Bird CTD using the 6-pin auxiliary connector on the LISST connector endcap and a 2-m cable. This will power the instrument via the CTD and output two analog signals, one for mean particle...
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June 8, 2026
There are several ocean science community-developed and supported software resources available for LISST and Hyper users interested in logging and/or processing data in other ways than supported by Sequoia’s standard software:
PyOPIA
PyOPIA is a...
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September 3, 2025
Harmful algae. The phrasing itself almost seems it would be an oxymoron, like harmful carrots or something similar. But it is real: Given the right circumstances (light, nutrients), all algae can bloom and some of these can become Harmful Algae Blooms...
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August 4, 2025
A melting pot
Researchers in oceanography come to the field from all sides: physicists, biologists, geologists, geographers, hydrologists, mathematicians and many more. As a result, there can be a confounding number of terms for the same thing. An example...
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