Upper Ocean Mooring Data Repository - Arabian Sea Experiment
Mooring Details
Overview:
The Arabian Sea Mixed Layer Dynamics Experiment included
an array of 5 moorings: a surface mooring with a
3 m discus buoy deployed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(WHOI), two Scripps Institution of Oceanography surface toroid
buoys, and two University of Washington subsurface moorings.
Deployment 1
| Mooring | Number | Set | Recover |
Position | Depth (m) |
|---|
| WHOI Central | 969 |
15 Oct 1994 1048 | 20 Apr 1995 0105 |
15° 30.04'N | 61° 29.99'E |
4032 |
| SIO Northwest | none |
17 Oct 1994 0723 | 16 Apr 1995 1055 |
15° 43.53'N | 61° 15.94'E |
4025* |
| SIO Southwest | none |
18 Oct 1994 0649 | 23 Apr 1995 0652 |
15° 16.53'N | 61° 16.11'E |
4073* |
| UW Northeast | 972 |
16 Oct 1995 0210 | not recovered |
15° 43.90'N | 61° 44.53'E |
4007* |
| UW Southeast | 970 |
19 Oct 1994 a.m. | 18 Apr 1995 0150 |
15° 16.37'N | 61° 44.07'E |
4043* |
*Depths from topex.ucsd.edu
Deployment 2
| Mooring | Number | Set |
Recover | Position |
Depth (m) |
|---|
| WHOI Central | 975 |
22 Apr 1995 0939 | 10 Oct 1995 1000 |
15° 30.07'N | 61° 30.05'E |
4021 |
| SIO Northwest | none |
17 Apr 1995 0715 | 19 Oct 1995 0601 |
15° 43.39'N | 61° 15.86'E |
4043 |
| SIO Southwest | none |
24 Apr 1995 0716 | 18 Oct 1995 0712 |
15° 16.52'N | 61° 16.12'E |
NA |
| UW Northeast | 972-2 |
not applicable | 16 Oct 1995 0210 |
15° 43.90'N | 61° 44.53'E |
NA |
| UW Southeast | 976 |
25 Apr 1995 0650 | 17 Oct 1995 1000 |
15° 16.11'N | 61° 43.82'E |
NA |
Last updated: March 14, 2008
