Placentia Bay Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor Deployed 2019-10-10

• Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2019
• Subjects: Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/e8066b9f-afcd-4e9f-8eed-1e57d0da1fbd; https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/e8066b9f-afcd-4e9f-8eed-1e57d0da1fbd

The Rotronic Meteorological Probe MP101A-T7 61779136 was deployed on 2019-10-10 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 Air Temperature and Humidity Sensor. Air temperature and humidity sensors are used to monitor weather conditions above the surface of the water. Air temperature affects wind speed and direction, relative humidity, the rate of evaporation and precipitation in the atmosphere. Air temperature is measured in numerous ways including thermistors, thermocouples and mercury thermometers. Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air and can indicate precipitation, dew or fog. Humidity is typically measured as absolute humidity (the water content of air), relative humidity (measures the current absolute humidity relative to maximum for that temperature), or specific humidity (as a ratio of water vapour content to the total air content based on a mass). 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.