Gulf of Maine Moored Buoy Program

PhOG, School of Marine Science, University of Maine

Gulf of Maine Moored Buoy Program
Physical Oceanography Group
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

Quick Looks at Gulf of Maine Realtime Data:
Rollover Map: Latest Hourly Data
Plots: Regional Surface Conditions from Gulf of Maine stations
Text Listings: PhOG buoys (last 10 days)
List of Active Moorings: Realtime netCDF files or Historical netCDF files

Site Location Start Date Latitude Longitude Mooring Status Light List Letter Light List Number

A01 Massachusetts Bay 2001-07-10 42° 31.34´N 070° 33.89´W 2009-10-27 A 367

B01 Western Maine Shelf 2001-07-09 43° 10.88´N 070° 25.65´W 2009-09-24 B 113

E01 Central Maine Shelf 2001-07-09 43° 42.81´N 069° 21.41´W 2009-09-16 E 30 (4935)

F01 Penobscot Bay 2001-07-08 44° 3.25´N 068° 59.87´W 2009-09-17 F 4052

I01 Eastern Maine Shelf 2001-07-24 44° 6.31´N 068° 6.58´W 2009-10-02 I 2296

M01 Jordan Basin 2001-07-12 43° 29.36´N 067° 52.27´W 2009-10-02 M 6

N01 Northeast Channel 2004-06-03 42° 19.57´N 065° 54.43´W 2009-11-09 -

PR1 CarICOOS Data Buoy A 2009-06-09 17° 51.61´N 066° 31.43´W 2009-06-09 A

Site	Location	Start Date	Latitude	Longitude	Mooring Status	Light List Letter	Light List Number
A01	Massachusetts Bay	2001-07-10	42° 31.34´N	070° 33.89´W	2009-10-27	A	367
B01	Western Maine Shelf	2001-07-09	43° 10.88´N	070° 25.65´W	2009-09-24	B	113
E01	Central Maine Shelf	2001-07-09	43° 42.81´N	069° 21.41´W	2009-09-16	E	30 (4935)
F01	Penobscot Bay	2001-07-08	44° 3.25´N	068° 59.87´W	2009-09-17	F	4052
I01	Eastern Maine Shelf	2001-07-24	44° 6.31´N	068° 6.58´W	2009-10-02	I	2296
M01	Jordan Basin	2001-07-12	43° 29.36´N	067° 52.27´W	2009-10-02	M	6
N01	Northeast Channel	2004-06-03	42° 19.57´N	065° 54.43´W	2009-11-09	-
PR1	CarICOOS Data Buoy A	2009-06-09	17° 51.61´N	066° 31.43´W	2009-06-09	A

Funding Partners:

March 2009: Federal funding shortfalls have resulted in the removal of buoys C02, D01, J02, and L01. Buoy F01 is also in jeopardy of being removed, although funds have been found to keep it deployed until fall 2009. Please contact Dr. Neal Pettigrew (nealp@maine.edu) with suggestions for additional funding to keep these important buoys active.

October 2008: University of Maine is funding Gulf of Maine buoy F01.
May 2008: New Meadows buoy D01 has been removed due to lack of funding.
October 2007: GoMOOS funding from the NE Gateway LNG Project is supporting Gulf of Maine buoy A01 (maintained by the University of Maine).
July 2007: NERACOOS is now providing funding for the Gulf of Maine buoys B01, E01, I01, M01 and N01 (maintained by the University of Maine).
October 2006: New Meadows buoy D01 established downriver from Cundy's Harbor.
October 2006: Dual wind sensors on all GoMOOS Gulf of Maine buoys.
October 2004: Barometric pressure measurements added to all GoMOOS buoys.
June 2004: A new site N01 has been established in the Northeast Channel, south of Browns Bank. Available data from this mooring include surface winds, waves, air temperature, and visibility as well as ocean temperature and currents at selected depths down to near-bottom.
October 2003: The GoMOOS mooring K01 (Saint John, New Brunswick) has been recovered. Due to funding shortfalls, it is not planned to redeploy another mooring at this time. Historical data are still available.
13 March 2003: Buoy L New Location Notice

NOAA's National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) operates and maintains the sites in black. on the above map.
Environment Canada operates and maintains site 44258 (in blue).
Wave modeling results are also available for the Gulf of Maine (Texas A&M)
Link to Current Moorings: Active files or Historical

Mooring Program Field Work:

Recover of Buoy N on R/V Delaware, April 2005

Operations during 2005 on R/V Argo Maine and Delaware; Buoy A repair on F/V Tully IV
(Photos courtesy of J.Wallinga(UME), S.Wagner(NOAA), and J.Wallinga (UME))

2009:

May 27-29, 2009: Buoys F01, I01 and J02 serviced by the R/V Argo Maine.
March 18-28, 2009: Buoys A01, B01, D02, E01, F01, I01, M01, and N01 serviced by NOAA Ship R/V DELAWARE II. C02 recovered.
January 8, 2009: Buoy I01 serviced by the R/V Argo Maine.

2008:

September 30 - October 2, 2008: Buoys A01 and B01 serviced by the R/V Argo Maine.
September 23-25, 2008: Buoys E01, F01, I01, and M01 serviced by the R/V Argo Maine.
April 15-24, 2008: Buoys A01, B01, C02, E01, F01, I01 and N01 serviced by the R/V DELAWARE II
Feb 3-4, 2008: Buoys L01, E01, and F01 serviced by the R/V Argo Maine
Jan 4, 2008: Buoy J02 serviced with the help of Heritage Salmon, Eastport.

2007 Field Work

2006 Field Work

2005 Field Work

2004 Field Work

2003 Field Work

2002 Field Work

2001 Field Work