Bay of Bengal
Monsoon Buoy
Atmospheric Forcing and the Structure and Evolution of the Upper Ocean in the Bay of Bengal
Instrumentation
The buoy is equipped with two identical ASIMet systems, each with an Iridium modem that transmits hourly averages of ASIMet data in near-real time, with data updating every 4 hours.
See the mooring diagram for details on instrumentation and the mooring log for more information on the deployment.