Teledyne Webb's Storm Glider, meanwhile, lurks in hurricane-prone areas, bobbing up to take readings during extreme weather.
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Engine run is starting up the engines for a short time in order to complete tests and take readings.
Solar panels installed on the upper surface of the gliders power numerous sensors that take readings every 10 minutes.
Today, they've been supplanted even further by digital compasses that use electronic sensors and devices that take readings from Global Positioning System satellites.
Apparently the string of logging tools, each one measuring something different, needs some room to take their readings so the "rat hole" has to extend below the measured area.
One might tell me I was calm, while another advised me that I needed to cool down, so take their readings with a grain of salt if you choose to hop on board.
The big thing here is the ability to let the community take its own readings to build a bigger picture of water and are purity levels through online applications.
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Obviously, we asked for additional testing, as you well know, last week because when you cap this well, you want to continue to take those pressure readings to see if you are -- obviously, the pressure is going to rise, and then that pressure should be, if the well is completely secure, sustained.
Indonesia's government has improved its monitoring of earthquake data since then by positioning buoys to take sea-level readings and warn of potential tsunamis.
Let's take a look at these readings going back to August 2007 and compare the VIX close with the historical volatility of the SPX.
Actors Jeremy Irons, Terence Stamp and Monty Python star Michael Palin take to the stage alongside Strummer to give readings throughout the charity evening on 10 November.
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