WHOI-KAUST Red Sea mooring

Overview

In support of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) the Upper Ocean Processes (UOP) group of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) deployed a new Ocean Reference Station in the eastern Red Sea, with a fully-instrumented shore-side tower nearby.

The first KAUST-UOP buoy was deployed on 11 October 2008 at 1209 UTC at approximately 22°N, 38°E in about 700 m of water. The tower, located on the new KAUST campus, is at about 22°N, 39°E.
 

Current Conditions at Tower

Local time is UTC +3

KAUST-I Tower at 2009/2/18 15:46 UTC

straight pop.html 26.26 (°C)

js popPage to pop.html, hrh 58.12(%) straight popImg lwr 360.30 (W/m2) Wind direction to 135.70 (°)

Sponsors:

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Principal Investigator:

Dr. J. Farrar, Upper Ocean Processes Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Last updated: February 11, 2009