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University of Maine

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Mooring N0120 : Northeast Channel (Recovered on Jul 27 2017)


Latitude: 42° 19.59´N
Longitude: 65° 54.87´W
Location Description: South of Browns Bank
Deployed: Jul 24 2016
Recovered: Jul 27 2017
Coast Guard Light List Letter: -
Coast Guard Light List Number
Water Depth: 225 meters (738 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 80 meters (262 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Dec 23, 05 PM EST
Last GOES Transmission: Jul 07, 07 AM EDT
Latest Event:
Jul 27, 04 PM EDT
Acoustic release and float recovered from anchor site by M/V Megan T Miller.



Text Reports: Surface, Ocean, Currents OR Data Download (All data for this location)

Sensor Information (this deployment only)


Latest Conditions:

Since N0120 has already been recovered, you may follow this link for a more current data display.

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.

Variable (measurement depth in meters) Last
Observation
Last
Update
(GMT)
Full
Deployment
Plot
Significant Wave Height (0m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)0.3 meters (0.9 ft)2018 Jul 07 9:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)6.3 seconds 2018 Jul 07 9:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)172.7 degrees 2018 Jul 07 9:00 AM
Air Temperature (-3m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Visibility (-3m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind Direction (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind 2 Direction (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind Speed (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind 2 Speed (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind Gust (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Wind 2 Gust (-4m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (1m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (2m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (20m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (50m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (100m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (150m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Water Temperature (180m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (1m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (20m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (50m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (100m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (150m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Salinity (180m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Pressure (180m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (1m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (20m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (50m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (100m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (150m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Sigma-T (180m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Current Direction (2m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Current Speed (2m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
East Current Velocity (2m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
East Current Velocity (18m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
East Current Velocity (50m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
North Current Velocity (2m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
North Current Velocity (18m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
North Current Velocity (50m)Sensor Failure2018 Jul 07 11:00 AM
Nitrate Concentration (50m)0.0028 mol m-3 (2.8 uM)2017 Apr 11 1:00 AM
Nitrate Concentration (100m)0.0085 mol m-3 (8.5 uM)2017 Jul 27 9:00 AM
Nitrate Concentration (180m)0.0177 mol m-3 (17.7 uM)2017 Jul 27 9:00 AM


Measured Ocean Currents and Wind Stress

Hourly averaged wind stress at 4 m and currents (rotated to true north) at 2 m (current meter) and from 10 m to a maximum of 126 m (Doppler).
This Deployment:

How to Read a Stick Plot


Wind and Residual Ocean Currents

Measured winds and currents which are low-pass filtered to remove tidal currents. Winds at 4 m above sea surface, surface currents at a depth of 2 m, and doppler currents at 4 meter bins from 10 meters to a maximum of 126 meters.
This Deployment:

How to Read a Stick Plot


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