Central Shallow Water Mooring (CP12CNSW)

The Coastal Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight Central Shallow Water Mooring is located on the Continental Shelf, approximately 30 meters deep. The MAB continental shelf north of Cape Hatteras is characterized by a persistent equator-ward current originating from the north, a shelfbreak front separating shelf and slope waters, distributed buoyancy inputs from rivers, variable wind forcing, and intermittent offshore forcing by Gulf Stream meanders.

Platform DOI and Citation Guidance

OOI assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) at the platform or site level. The DOI for the Coastal Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight Central Shallow Water Mooring is 10.58046/OOI-CP12CNSW.

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NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. (2024). Coastal Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight Central Shallow Water Mooring, DOI: 10.58046/OOI-CP12CNSW.

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Platform Description

The Pioneer MAB Central Shallow Water Mooring is located on the Continental Shelf, approximately 30 meters deep. The MAB continental shelf north of Cape Hatteras is characterized by a persistent equator-ward current originating from the north, a shelfbreak front separating shelf and slope waters, distributed buoyancy inputs from rivers, variable wind forcing, and intermittent offshore forcing by Gulf Stream meanders. The Pioneer MAB Array is designed to resolve transport processes and ecosystem dynamics in the vicinity of the shelfbreak front, which is a region of complex oceanographic dynamics, intermittent mesoscale variability, and enhanced biological productivity.

Like other moorings, the Pioneer MAB Central Shallow Water Mooring is specifically designed to examine coastal-scale phenomena and withstand the challenging conditions of shallow coastal environments. The Shallow Water Mooring contains instruments attached to a Surface Buoy floating on the sea surface, the wave-powered Wire Following Profiler, and a Multi-Function Node (MFN) located on the seafloor. The Profiler and the MFN instruments communicate with the Surface Buoy through the inductive riser wire. Additionally, the Surface Buoy contains antennas to transmit data to shore via satellite.

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