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
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