MOBY Meteorological and Oceanographic Buoy (MMOB) Time Series
MMOB is configured as a semi-taut mooring deployed in approximately 1200 m
of water. The surface float is a 3-m diameter Guardian style buoy with
running lights, radar reflector and solar panels. The mooring line
consists of 3/4" chain, 5/16" plastic jacketed torque balanced wire rope,
3/4" nylon line short spliced to 3/4" polypropylene, 20 - 17" glass
floatation spheres on 1/2" chain and a single EG&G acoustic release. The
remainder of the array is 1/2" chain, 1" nylon line and a 3000# anchor.
The meteorological suite of instruments includes redundant R.M. Young
anemometers, Coastal Environmental air temperature thermistors, Vaisala
relative humidity sensors and a single Honeywell barometric pressure
transducer. A WetLabs Wetstar fluorometer and a Seabird 37IM Microcat are
mounted approximately 1.5 m below the surface. The data is logged on a
Coastal Environmental Systems ZENO-32 data acquisition system and also
downloaded to the shore based MOBY lab daily via a cell phone modem.
MMOB Data Listing
