Physical Oceanography Group School of Marine Sciences University of Maine |
Latitude: 44° 6.35´N Longitude: 68° 6.53´W Location Description: Acadia Deployed: Jun 01 2014 Recovered: Jun 05 2015 Coast Guard Light List Letter: I Coast Guard Light List Number 2296 Water Depth: 100 meters (328 feet) Watch Circle Radius: 50 meters (164 feet) Last Cell Phone Transmission: Dec 23, 09 PM EST Last GOES Transmission: Jun 05, 06 AM EDT Latest Event: Jun 05, 07 AM EDT
Recovered by R/V Connecticut. 87m SBE16+ cage damaged, probably during recovery with anchor buried in mud; transmissometer missing. 4 tower/buoy bolts missing; others look fine. |
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Sensor Information (this deployment only)
Click on the graph icons below to see time series plots of the listed variables. The latest conditions are in local time but all plots are in GMT(Summer EDT is 4 hours behind GMT; Winter EST is 5 hours behind GMT; Atlantic AST is always 4 hours behind GMT).
We follow the convention that depth is measure positive "down". That's why parameters like wind speed have negative depths attached to them! The latest eastward and northward subsurface currents are displayed at a subset of available depths; no plots are presently available for current velocity vectors below 2m. Click here for additional Information.
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Significant Wave Height (0m) | 0.4 meters (1.2 ft) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Dominant Wave Period (0m) | 8.0 seconds | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Significant Wave Height (test) (0m) | 0.3 meters (1.1 ft) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m) | 9.1 seconds | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m) | 144.7 degrees | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Air Temperature (-3m) | 7.5 C (45.5 F) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Visibility (-3m) | 2953.1 meters | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Barometric Pressure (-3m) | 1021.7 millibars | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind Direction (-4m) | SSE | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m) | South | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind Speed (-4m) | 1.8 m/s (4 mph, 4 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m) | 2.2 m/s (5 mph, 4 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind Gust (-4m) | 2.1 m/s (5 mph, 4 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m) | 2.4 m/s (5 mph, 5 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (1m) | 6.7 C (44.0 F) | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Water Temperature (2m) | 6.0 C (42.7 F) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (3m) | 6.1 C (43.0 F) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (20m) | 5.6 C (42.1 F) | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Water Temperature (50m) | 5.5 C (41.8 F) | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Water Temperature (87m) | 11.2 C (52.1 F) | 2014 Sep 18 5:00 PM |
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Salinity (1m) | Sensor Failure | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Salinity (20m) | 32.0 psu | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Salinity (50m) | 32.1 psu | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Salinity (87m) | 33.3 psu | 2014 Sep 18 5:00 PM |
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Sigma-T (1m) | Sensor Failure | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Sigma-T (20m) | 25.2 kg/m^3 | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Sigma-T (50m) | 25.4 kg/m^3 | 2015 Jun 05 11:15 AM |
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Sigma-T (87m) | 25.4 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 18 5:00 PM |
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Transmissivity (0.25m pathlength) (87m) | 33.6 percent | 2014 Sep 18 5:00 PM |
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Beam Attenuation Coefficient (87m) | 4.4 m-1 | 2014 Sep 18 5:00 PM |
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Current Direction (2m) | SSW | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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Current Speed (2m) | 31.1 cm/s (0.60 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (2m) | -17.2 cm/s (-0.33 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (10m) | -17.6 cm/s (-0.34 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (14m) | -15.8 cm/s (-0.31 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (18m) | -14.4 cm/s (-0.28 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (22m) | -13.1 cm/s (-0.25 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (50m) | -5.7 cm/s (-0.11 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (2m) | -25.9 cm/s (-0.50 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 10:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (10m) | -19.5 cm/s (-0.38 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (14m) | -20.4 cm/s (-0.40 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (18m) | -20.9 cm/s (-0.41 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (22m) | -20.9 cm/s (-0.41 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (50m) | -15.9 cm/s (-0.31 kts) | 2015 Jun 05 11:00 AM |
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