Placentia Bay Barometric Pressure Sensor Deployed 2019-10-10

The RM Young Pressure 61302V BPA8866 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 Barometric Pressure Sensor. Baro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marine Institute Of Memorial University
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Ocean Networks Canada Society 2019
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.34943/f31f2253-7944-4e75-800d-0bd0a92708dc
https://data.oceannetworks.ca/DatasetLandingPage?doidataset=10.34943/f31f2253-7944-4e75-800d-0bd0a92708dc
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Summary:The RM Young Pressure 61302V BPA8866 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 Barometric Pressure Sensor. Barometric pressure sensors are used to monitor weather fluctuations and conditions above the surface of the water. 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.