Upper Ocean Mooring Data Repository - CMO: Coastal Mixing and Optics Experiment

Mooring Specifications

CMO was comprised of a suite of moorings at four sites. Each site includes a surface/subsurface mooring pair instrumented for measurement of currents, temperature, and salinity. (See schematic)

Central
BuoyNumberSet RecoverPosition Depth
Discus100096-07-30 15:14 97-06-13 13:59 40° 29.5´N 70° 30.2´W65.0
Subsurface100196-07-30 18:32 97-06-12 19:17 40° 29.5´N 70° 30.4´W70.0
Seatex 1100296-07-30 21:2896-09-04 21:00 offstation 96-09-01 18:30
Seatex 2100296-09-26 23:3997-02-06 17:00 offstation 97-01-24 21:35
Seatex 3100297-04-17 04:3197-06-12 21:26 40° 29.6´N 70° 30.3´W71.0
Toroid100396-07-31 00:1696-08-03 12:18 40° 29.4´N70° 30.2´W70.0
FanBeam 1101296-09-27 16:4697-04-09 14:31 40° 29.5´N70° 30.6´W70.0
FanBeam 2101297-04-17 12:5297-06-12 18:24 70°.040 29°.570 30.6

Offshore
BuoyNumberSet RecoverPosition Depth
Toroid100496-07-31 13:5097-06-16 17:25 40° 23.0´N70° 32.5´W87.0
Subsurface100596-07-31 18:3897-06-16 12:15 40° 23.0´N70° 32.7´W86.0

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Inshore
BuoyNumberSet RecoverPositionDepth
Toroid 1100696-08-02 14:0496-09-25 20:25 offstation 96-09-18 18:50
Toroid 21010 96-09-26 15:1597-06-12 14:50 40° 35.0´N70° 27.5´W64.0
Subsurface100796-08-02 18:2597-06-12 10:32 40° 35.0´N70° 27.4´W63.0

Alongshore
BuoyNumberSet RecoverPositionDepth
Toroid 1100896-08-03 15:5196-10-16 09:15 offstation 96-10-09 06:00
Toroid 2100896-11-02 20:3797-06-10 15:24 40° 28.5´N70° 20.0´W70.0
Subsurface100996-08-03 19:3997-06-10 10:42 40° 28.5´N70° 20.2´W69.5


Last updated: March 13, 2008