Central Offshore Profiler Mooring (CP02PMCO)
The Coastal Pioneer New England Shelf Central Offshore Profiler Mooring is located at the Continental Shelf-Slope Break approximately 150 meters deep. The Continental Shelf-Slope area off the New England coast is a highly productive area and one that is located at a dynamic intersection where ocean currents meet in weather-like “fronts,” and where nutrients, pollutants, and other properties are exchanged between the coast and the deep ocean.
Platform DOI and Citation Guidance
OOI assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) at the platform or site level. The DOI for the Coastal Pioneer New England Shelf Central Offshore Profiler Mooring is 10.58046/OOI-CP02PMCO.
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NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. (2014). Coastal Pioneer New England Shelf Central Offshore Profiler Mooring, DOI: 10.58046/OOI-CP02PMCO.
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Platform Description
The Pioneer NES Central Offshore Profiler Mooring is located at the Continental Shelf-Slope Break approximately 150 meters deep. The Continental Shelf-Slope area off the New England coast is a highly productive area and one that is located at a dynamic intersection where ocean currents meet in weather-like “fronts,” and where nutrients, pollutants, and other properties are exchanged between the coast and the deep ocean. Data from the slope break area help to examine exchanges between the shelf and slope and the shelf ecosystem, as well as provide broader insight into the issues of air-sea gas exchange, including Carbon Dioxide.
Like other Coastal Profiler Moorings, the Pioneer NES Central Offshore Profiler Mooring contains a Wire-Following Profiler that houses instruments. The Wire-Following Profiler moves through the water column along the mooring riser, continuously sampling ocean characteristics over a specified depth interval.
Instruments
This site/platform includes the following instruments. To learn more about an instrument type, select the instrument class-series. To access relevant data streams for an instrument, the instrument code will take you to the OOI Data Portal.
Instrument Code | Depth | Node | Instrument Class-Series |
Make & Model |
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CP02PMCO-SBS01-01-MOPAK0000 | 0m | Surface Buoy | 3-Axis Motion Pack (MOPAK0) | MicroStrain - 3DM-GX3-25 |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-01-VEL3DK000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | 3-D Single Point Velocity Meter (VEL3DK) | Nortek - Aquadopp II |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-04-FLORTK000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | 3-Wavelength Fluorometer (FLORTK) | WET Labs - ECO Triplet |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-03-CTDPFK000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | CTD (CTDPFK) | Sea-Bird - SBE 52MP |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-02-DOFSTK000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Dissolved Oxygen (DOFSTK) | Sea-Bird - SBE 43F |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-05-PARADK000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PARADK) | Biospherical Instruments - QSP-2200 |
CP02PMCO-SBS01-00-STCENG000 | 0m | Surface Buoy | Platform Controller (STCENG) | WHOI - Sensor and Telemetry Controller |
CP02PMCO-WFP01-00-WFPENG000 | 15 to 125 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Profiler Controller (WFPENG) | McLane - MMP |
CP02PMCO-RII01-02-ADCPTG010 | 15 to 125 meters | Mooring Riser | Velocity Profiler (150kHz) (ADCPTG) | Teledyne RDI - WorkHorse Sentinel150khz - inductive |