Placentia Bay Orientation Instrument Deployed 2016-11-19 ...

• Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2018
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/1e525aa6-fb53-4b4f-aaac-8abcc10fe29a; https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/1e525aa6-fb53-4b4f-aaac-8abcc10fe29a

The KVH C100 Compass SN120600739 was deployed on 2016-11-19 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 Orientation Instrument. Orientation instruments are used on ships, ROVs and instrument packages to record variables like heading, pitch and roll. It was deployed on a fixed platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices. ...