Placentia Bay Wave Buoy Deployed 2015-08-15

The TRIAXYS Wave Buoy TAS03140 was deployed on 2015-08-15 at Placentia Bay. Placentia Bay is a large, deep bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. To the west is the Burin Peninsula while the eastern shore is formed by the Avalon Peninsula. This device is a Wave Buoy. Wave buoys provide measurem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/0a31c80c-2d15-4487-9c62-5cedd05f79bc
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/0a31c80c-2d15-4487-9c62-5cedd05f79bc
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Summary:The TRIAXYS Wave Buoy TAS03140 was deployed on 2015-08-15 at Placentia Bay. Placentia Bay is a large, deep bay on the southeast coast of Newfoundland. To the west is the Burin Peninsula while the eastern shore is formed by the Avalon Peninsula. This device is a Wave Buoy. Wave buoys provide measurements of wave conditions. Measurements include wave height, period, direction, and spread. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 2.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.