Atlantic network
Within MERSEA, the three time series stations in the
Atlantic, deployed within the European
ANIMATE Project, are maintained. The sites are located in
very different regions (supolar - CIS, subtropical -
ESTOC, and boundary between subpolar and subtropics
- PAP) in terms of their physical and
biogeochemical forcing. Maintenance cruise calendar
can be found here.
On the figure you can see oositions of Atlantic moorings
maintained under MERSEA.
The red lines indicate commercial shipping routes
where Volunteer Observing Ships (VOS) take measurements of Carbon
Dioxide and nutrients in surface waters.
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The timeseries stations are equipped with a number
of physical and biogeochemcial sensors that allow
anutonomous collecting of key parameters. Data from
some sensors is send a-shore via satellite telemtry
and can be directly implemeted into the MERSEA
assimilation models.
Typical configuration of a time series mooring as
deployed for MERSEA.
The mooring is equipped with:
- Telemetry
- SAMI-Carbon Dioxide Sensor
- Nutrient Analyser
- Backscatter and Fluorescence Sensor
- ADCP Current Speed and Direction Sensor
- CTD Conductivity and Temperature Sensor
- Traps for sinking material
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