GoMOOS Buoy History

GoMOOS Buoy History
Physical Oceanography Group
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

Mooring	Date	Buffer	Data Type	Depth	Comments
N0120	2016-07-24 16:05	ALL	ALL		Redeployed by R/V Connecticut.
N0120	2016-09-07 06:30	goes	ALL	0	Last backup Goes transmission received (primary iridium communicatios working properly).
N0120	2016-09-22 20:00	goes	ALL	0	Backup Goes transmissions resumed from this buoy (Goes GPS positions being received again).
N0120	2017-02-13 22:00	ALL	ALL	0	Buoy moved 500m to NW during a storm (peak winds 24 m/s, waves 7m, surface currents 1.4 m/s).
N0120	2017-03-01 00:00	ALL	ALL	0	Problems connecting to the buoy using iridium have continued for several periods this winter (may be related to cold temps?). Normal communications have typically been restored after 1-5 days.
N0120	2017-04-11 01:00	suna	ALL	50	Last data received from 50m SUNA nitrate sensor.
N0120	2017-04-30 04:00	sbe37	conductivity	1	Surface conductivity sensor failed (reads too low, near zero)
N0120	2017-05-01 01:00	sbe37	ALL	20	Last data received from 20m SBE37IM.
N0120	2017-07-15 05:00	ALL	ALL	0	Buoy is no longer anchored and is presently adrift.
N0120	2017-07-27 16:30	ALL	ALL		Buoy and instruments recovered by M/V Megan T Miller.
N0120	2017-07-27 20:00	ALL	ALL	200	Acoustic release and float recovered from anchor site by M/V Megan T Miller.