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School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine

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Mooring F0121 : Penobscot Bay (Recovered on Jan 04 2011)


Latitude: 44° 3.25´N
Longitude: 68° 59.87´W
Location Description: Between Owls Head and Vinalhaven
Deployed: Sep 17 2009
Recovered: Jan 04 2011
Coast Guard Light List Letter: F
Coast Guard Light List Number 4052
Water Depth: 110 meters (361 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 75 meters (246 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Jan 04, 04 PM EST
Last GOES Transmission: Jan 04, 03 PM EST
Latest Event:
Jan 04, 04 PM EST
Recovered by R/V Argo Maine.



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

Sensor Information (this deployment only)


Latest Conditions:

Since F0121 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)0.5 meters (1.6 ft)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)5.3 seconds 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Air Temperature (-3m)0.5 C (32.8 F)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Visibility (-3m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1006.6 millibars 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind Direction (-4m)West2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)West2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind Speed (-4m)6.1 m/s (14 mph, 12 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)6.4 m/s (14 mph, 13 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind Gust (-4m)7.3 m/s (16 mph, 14 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)7.3 m/s (16 mph, 14 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Water Temperature (1m)3.9 C (39.1 F) 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Water Temperature (2m)4.0 C (39.2 F) 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Water Temperature (3m)6.0 C (42.7 F) 2010 Dec 26 3:00 PM
Water Temperature (20m)5.2 C (41.4 F) 2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Water Temperature (50m)5.5 C (41.8 F) 2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Salinity (1m)29.9 psu 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Salinity (20m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Salinity (50m)31.7 psu 2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Sigma-T (1m)23.7 kg/m^3 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Sigma-T (20m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Sigma-T (50m)25.0 kg/m^3 2011 Jan 04 9:15 PM
Current Direction (2m)SSE2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Current Speed (2m)43.1 cm/s (0.84 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
East Current Velocity (2m)10.0 cm/s (0.19 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
East Current Velocity (10m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
East Current Velocity (14m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
East Current Velocity (18m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
East Current Velocity (22m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
East Current Velocity (50m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
North Current Velocity (2m)-41.9 cm/s (-0.82 kts)2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
North Current Velocity (10m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
North Current Velocity (14m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
North Current Velocity (18m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
North Current Velocity (22m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
North Current Velocity (50m)Sensor Failure2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
Average Chlorophyll Concentration (3m)1.4 micrograms/liter 2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
Sea water Turbidity (3m)1.2 ntus 2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
CDOM Fluoresence (3m)0.5 ppb (QSDE) 2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM
Downwelling Irradiance (0m)MD2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Downwelling Irradiance of PAR (400-700nm) (0m)0.0 microE/m^2/s 2011 Jan 04 9:00 PM
Upwelling Radiance (3m)MD2011 Jan 04 8:00 PM


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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