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Mooring M0121 : Jordan Basin (Recovered on Mar 30 2013)


Latitude: 43° 29.44´N
Longitude: 67° 52.79´W
Location Description:
Deployed: Oct 25 2012
Recovered: Mar 30 2013
Coast Guard Light List Letter: M
Coast Guard Light List Number 6
Water Depth: 285 meters (935 feet)
Watch Circle Radius: 55 meters (180 feet)
Last Cell Phone Transmission: Mar 30, 12 PM EDT
Last GOES Transmission: Mar 30, 02 PM EDT
Latest Event:
Mar 30, 03 PM EDT
Recovered by M/V Scarlett Isabella (buoy and top part of the mooring which broke free in early February 2013).



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

Sensor Information (this deployment only)


Latest Conditions:

Since M0121 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)0.8 meters (2.5 ft)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (0m)5.3 seconds 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Significant Wave Height (test) (0m)0.9 meters (2.9 ft)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m)5.3 seconds 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m)129.9 degrees 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Air Temperature (-3m)6.8 C (44.2 F)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Visibility (-3m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Barometric Pressure (-3m)1015.4 millibars 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind Direction (-4m)WNW2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m)NW2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind Speed (-4m)4.7 m/s (11 mph, 9 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m)5.2 m/s (12 mph, 10 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind Gust (-4m)5.6 m/s (12 mph, 11 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m)6.0 m/s (13 mph, 12 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (1m)8.1 C (46.6 F) 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (2m)8.0 C (46.3 F) 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (3m)6.3 C (43.4 F) 2013 Feb 09 4:00 PM
Water Temperature (20m)8.1 C (46.7 F) 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (50m)9.1 C (48.3 F) 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (100m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (150m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (200m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Water Temperature (250m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (1m)33.7 psu 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (20m)33.9 psu 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (50m)34.3 psu 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (100m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (150m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (200m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Salinity (250m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (1m)26.2 kg/m^3 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (20m)26.4 kg/m^3 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (50m)26.6 kg/m^3 2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (100m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (150m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (200m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Sigma-T (250m)Sensor Failure2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Current Direction (2m)WSW2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
Current Speed (2m)54.6 cm/s (1.06 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
East Current Velocity (2m)-49.6 cm/s (-0.96 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
East Current Velocity (18m)-24.6 cm/s (-0.48 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
East Current Velocity (50m)-38.7 cm/s (-0.75 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
North Current Velocity (2m)-22.6 cm/s (-0.44 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
North Current Velocity (18m)-25.6 cm/s (-0.50 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 PM
North Current Velocity (50m)-25.3 cm/s (-0.49 kts)2013 Mar 30 6:00 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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