Physical Oceanography Group School of Marine Sciences University of Maine |
Latitude: 42° 20.56´N Longitude: 65° 55.01´W Location Description: South of Browns Bank Deployed: May 30 2014 Recovered: Sep 17 2014 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: Sep 16, 10 PM EDT Last GOES Transmission: Aug 17, 06 AM EDT Latest Event: Sep 16, 09 PM EDT
Recovered by R/V Connecticut. Tower had been damaged (broken solar panel, bent halo and lightning rod); chain wrapped around and entangled with anchor. |
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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.
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Significant Wave Height (0m) | 0.7 meters (2.3 ft) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Dominant Wave Period (0m) | 8.0 seconds | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Significant Wave Height (test) (0m) | 0.8 meters (2.6 ft) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Dominant Wave Period (test) (0m) | 12.1 seconds | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Mean Wave Direction (test) (0m) | 306.3 degrees | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Air Temperature (-3m) | 14.9 C (58.8 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Visibility (-3m) | 2955.5 meters | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Barometric Pressure (-3m) | 1014.5 millibars | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind Direction (-4m) | NNW | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind 2 Direction [Primary] (-4m) | NNW | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind Speed (-4m) | 1.0 m/s (2 mph, 2 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind 2 Speed [Primary] (-4m) | 1.2 m/s (3 mph, 2 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind Gust (-4m) | 1.5 m/s (3 mph, 3 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Wind 2 Gust [Primary] (-4m) | 1.7 m/s (4 mph, 3 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:10 AM |
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Water Temperature (1m) | 16.7 C (62.0 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (2m) | 16.7 C (62.1 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (4m) | 16.5 C (61.7 F) | 2014 Sep 17 1:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (20m) | 14.7 C (58.5 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (50m) | 11.2 C (52.2 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (100m) | 10.2 C (50.3 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (150m) | 10.6 C (51.1 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Water Temperature (180m) | 10.2 C (50.3 F) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (1m) | 32.7 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (20m) | 33.3 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (50m) | 33.6 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (100m) | 34.1 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (150m) | 34.6 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Salinity (180m) | 35.1 psu | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (1m) | 23.8 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (20m) | 24.8 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (50m) | 25.6 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (100m) | 26.2 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (150m) | 26.6 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Sigma-T (180m) | 27.0 kg/m^3 | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Current Direction (2m) | ESE | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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Current Speed (2m) | 32.6 cm/s (0.63 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (2m) | 30.5 cm/s (0.59 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (18m) | 73.5 cm/s (1.43 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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East Current Velocity (50m) | 30.0 cm/s (0.58 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (2m) | -11.4 cm/s (-0.22 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (18m) | -25.7 cm/s (-0.50 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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North Current Velocity (50m) | -9.6 cm/s (-0.19 kts) | 2014 Sep 17 2:00 AM |
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