EASTERN PROFILER MOORING (CP13EAPM)
The Pioneer MAB Eastern Profiler Mooring is located on the Continental Shelf, approximately 100 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 Coastal Profiler Moorings, the Pioneer MAB Eastern Profiler Mooring instruments are mounted on the Surface Buoy, Subsurface Sphere, within the Wire-Following Profiler, and on a frame on the riser wire. The Wire-Following Profiler moves through the water column along the mooring riser, continuously sampling ocean characteristics over a specified depth interval. The instruments communicate with the Surface Buoy through the inductive riser wire. Additionally the Surface Buoy contains antennas to transmit data to shore via satellite.
Instruments
This site includes following instruments. To learn more about an instrument type, select its name on the left. To see the relevant data streams for a particular instrument, select the instrument code in the first column which will take you to the OOI Data Portal.
Instrument | Depth | Node | Instrument Class-Series |
Make & Model |
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CP13EAPM-RII01-02-ADCPUP021 | 17m | Riser | "Velocity Profiler *May be replaced by single-point current meter (VELPT) on occasion" (ADCPU) | Nortek - Aquadopp Profiler S1VP |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-04-FLORTK000 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | 3-wavelength Fluorometer (FLORTK) | WET Labs - ECO Triplet |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-01-VEL3DK000 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | 3D Single Point Velocity (VEL3DK) | Nortek - Aquadopp II |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-00-WFPENG001 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Controller (WFPENG) | McLane Research Labs - MMP |
CP13EAPM-SBI01-02-CTDMOS011 | 1m | Surface Buoy | CTD (CTDMOS) | Sea-Bird - SBE 37IM |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-03-CTDPFK000 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | CTD (CTDPFK) | Sea-Bird - SBE 52MP |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-02-DOFSTK000 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Dissolved Oxygen (DOFSTK) | Sea-Bird - SBE 43F |
CP13EAPM-SBS01-01-MOPAK0000 | 0m | Surface Buoy | Motion Pack (MOPAK0) | Microstrain - 3DM-GX3-25 |
CP13EAPM-WFP01-05-PARADK000 | 23 to 78 meters | Wire-Following Profiler | Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PARADK) | Biospeherical Instruments - QSP-2200 |
CP13EAPM-SBS01-00-STCENG000 | 0m | Surface Buoy | Platform Controller (STCENG) | WHOI - Sensor and Telemetry Controller |
CP13EAPM-RII01-02-ADCPTG010 | 82m | Riser | Velocity Profiler (ADCPTG) | Teledyne RDI - Workhorse Sentinel 150kHz - inductive |