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Physical Oceanography Group
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

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Mooring A0143 : Massachusetts Bay

Fall 2020 deployment

Latitude: 42° 31.39´N
Longitude: 70° 33.93´W
Location Description: SE of Gloucester
Deployed: Oct 06 2020
Coast Guard Light List Letter: A
Coast Guard Light List Number 367
Water Depth: 65 meters (213 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 45 meters (148 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Nov 28, 08 AM EST
Last GOES Transmission: Nov 28, 07 AM EST
Latest Event:
Oct 05, 10 PM EDT
deployed by the R/V Connecticut

Specialized Plots:
Temperature, Salinity, Density:

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

Sensor Information (this deployment only)

Latest Conditions:

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
(EST)		 Most
Recent Data
Plot		 Full
Deployment
Plot		 Full
Historical
Plot		 Make
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Significant Wave Height (0m)0.6 meters (1.9 ft)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)8.0 seconds Nov 28 8:00 AM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)0.6 meters (1.8 ft)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)9.1 seconds Nov 28 8:00 AM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)97.9 degrees Nov 28 8:00 AM
Air Temperature (-3m)9.2 C (48.5 F)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Visibility (-3m)2999.4 meters Nov 28 8:00 AM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1012.6 millibars Nov 28 8:00 AM
Wind Direction (-4m)NWNov 28 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)NWNov 28 8:00 AM
Wind Speed (-4m)1.6 m/s (4 mph, 3 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)1.6 m/s (4 mph, 3 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Wind Gust (-4m)2.8 m/s (6 mph, 5 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)2.6 m/s (6 mph, 5 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (1m)10.0 C (50.1 F) Nov 28 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (2m)10.0 C (50.1 F) Nov 28 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (20m)9.9 C (49.8 F) Nov 28 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (50m)10.0 C (50.1 F) Nov 28 8:00 AM
Water Temperature (51m)10.0 C (49.9 F) (opt)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Salinity (1m)32.1 psu Nov 28 8:00 AM
Salinity (20m)32.2 psu Nov 28 8:00 AM
Salinity (50m)32.4 psu Nov 28 8:00 AM
Pressure (50m)50.0 decibars Nov 28 8:00 AM
Dissolved Oxygen (50m)6.1 ml/l (8.8 mg/l)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Dissolved Oxygen (51m)6.4 ml/l (9.1 mg/l)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Oxygen Saturation (50m)6.4 ml/l Nov 28 8:00 AM
Oxygen Saturation (51m)6.4 ml/l Nov 28 8:00 AM
Percent Oxygen Saturation (50m)95.8 % Nov 28 8:00 AM
Percent Oxygen Saturation (51m)99.5 % Nov 28 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (1m)24.7 kg/m^3 Nov 28 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (20m)24.8 kg/m^3 Nov 28 8:00 AM
Sigma-T (50m)24.9 kg/m^3 Nov 28 8:00 AM
Current Direction (2m)SWNov 28 8:00 AM
Current Speed (2m)25.6 cm/s (0.50 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (2m)-17.4 cm/s (-0.34 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (10m)-16.3 cm/s (-0.32 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (14m)-15.5 cm/s (-0.30 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (18m)-15.0 cm/s (-0.29 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (22m)-14.5 cm/s (-0.28 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
East Current Velocity (50m)-8.9 cm/s (-0.17 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (2m)-18.7 cm/s (-0.36 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (10m)-8.8 cm/s (-0.17 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (14m)-6.6 cm/s (-0.13 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (18m)-7.7 cm/s (-0.15 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (22m)-9.0 cm/s (-0.17 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
North Current Velocity (50m)3.2 cm/s (0.06 kts)Nov 28 8:00 AM
Average Chlorophyll Concentration (3m)5.8 micrograms/liter Nov 28 8:00 AM
Sea water Turbidity (3m)0.2 ntus Nov 28 8:00 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).
Latest Month's:
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Entire Position History:

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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.
Latest Month's:
This Deployment:
Entire Position History:

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