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Many instruments that operate in the marine environment use microcomputers for control and data-logging. RALPH, designed to study seabed sediment transport processes, is such an instrument. Although the design was started in 1978 and useful data have been collected since 1980 (DeIure, 1983; Boyd et al., 1983), RALPH, like many research tools, has been in a constant state of development. This development has mainly involved the addition of sensors and the provision for more data-logging. These two thrusts have led to RALPHNET.
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Heffler, D. E. 1984. RALPH — an instrument to monitor seabed sediments. In Current Research, Part B, Geol. Survey of Canada, Paper 84–1b, pp. 47–52.
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Heffler, D. (1986). RALPHNET: An Underwater Local Area Network. In: Oceanology. Advances in Underwater Technology, Ocean Science and Offshore Engineering, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4205-9_21
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