U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Long-Term Moored Program. Part 1. Mooring Configuration

• Main Authors: Irish, J. D., Kerry, S., Fucile, P., Beardsley, R. C., Lord, J., Brink, K. H.
• Other Authors: WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Meteorology; Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ECOSYSTEMS; *MARINE BIOLOGY; *BANKS(WATERWAYS); *ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; *MOORING; *MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; GLOBAL; WATER FLOW; OCEAN CURRENTS; FLUORESCENCE; CONDUCTIVITY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; BUOYS; OCEAN TIDES; AQUATIC ANIMALS; OCEAN BOTTOM; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SALINITY; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MARINE ATMOSPHERES; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; CONFIGURATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; *GLOBAL CHANGE; WATER TEMPERATURE; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC OCEAN; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; GLOBEC(GLOBAL OCEAN ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS); OCEAN DYNAMICS; GEORGES BANK; WATER VELOCITY; BOTTOM PRESSURE; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA444465; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA444465

As part of the U.S. GLOBEC Northwest Atlantic/Georges Bank program, moorings were deployed on Georges Bank as part of the broad-scale survey component to help measure the temporal variability of both physical and biological characteristics on the Bank. The array consisted of a primary mooring site on the Southern Flank which was maintained for the full 5- year duration of the field program, plus secondary moorings, with fewer sensors and of shorter duration, in the well-mixed water on the Crest and in the cod/haddock spawning region on the Northeast Peak. Temperature and conductivity (salinity) were measured at 5-m intervals, ADCP velocity profiles were obtained with 1 -m vertical resolution, and bio-optical packages (measuring fluorescence, optical transmission and photosynthetically active radiation) were deployed at 10-m and 40-m depths. Bottom pressure was measured at the Southern Flank site. The buoy design, sensors and mooring configuration is presented and discussed below, and the data obtained is presented and discussed in an accompanying reports "U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Long-Term Moored Program: Part 2 - Yearly Data Summary and Report," and "U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Long-Term Moored Program: Part 3 - Data Summary." The original document contains color images. Sponsored in part by Grants OCE-98-06379, OCE-98-06445 and OCE-02-27679.