Eastern Profiler Mooring (CP13EAPM)

The Coastal Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight 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.

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 Eastern Profiler Mooring is 10.58046/OOI-CP13EAPM.

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NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. (2024). Coastal Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight Eastern Profiler Mooring, DOI: 10.58046/OOI-CP13EAPM.

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Platform Description

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.

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