Fortune Bay Wave Buoy Deployed 2019-07-17

• Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2019
• Subjects: Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/2e015451-5fbf-4acc-a75d-e94bc8627aee; https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/2e015451-5fbf-4acc-a75d-e94bc8627aee

The TRIAXYS Wave Buoy TAS04651 was deployed on 2019-07-17 at Fortune Bay. Fortune Bay is a large natural bay located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. 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.