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September 3, 2009

UW gets $126M to build part of ocean observatory

  • The eventual goal is to create a network of instruments, undersea cables and moorings that span the Western Hemisphere.
    • By KATIE ZEMTSEFF
    Journal Staff Reporter

    The nodes will be connected by 500 miles of high-bandwidth fiber-optic cable to a shore location near Pacific City, Ore.

    The University of Washington announced it will receive $126 million from the National Science Foundation to build part of an observatory that the university says will revolutionize the way oceans are studied.


     
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