Researchers gathered at MBARI for a month-long experiment to study upwelling features in the Monterey Bay during the summer of 2003.
Pre-computed plots and maps are available
below.
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Platform and organization | Plots and Maps | Data Collected | Specifications | Photo or plot Click on Thumbnail |
AUVS and Gliders |
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Slocum gliders (12 deployed) (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) |
Two Day Glider Plots Weekly Plots First Deployment - July 21, 2003 |
Data collected:depth, temperature, salinity, particulates, chlorophyll, light intensity | Length: ~200 cm Weight: 30 kg Max depth: 200m Speed: 0.5 knots Duration: 20 days |
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Spray gliders (5 deployed) (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) |
Two Day Glider Plots Weekly Plots |
Data collected: depth, temperature, salinity, particulates, chlorophyll |
Length: ~200 cm Weight: 48 kg Max depth: 1500 m Speed: 0.6 knots Duration: 150 days |
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Dorado AUV Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) |
Dorado CTD Surveys |
Data collected: depth, temperature, salinity, nitrate, chlorophyll, bioluminescence, dissolved oxygen, subsurface currents | Length: 425 cm Weight: 500 kg Max depth: 4500 m Speed: 3 knots Duration: 24 hrs |
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Remus AUV (2) (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Naval Postgraduate School) |
Data collected: depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, particulates, bioluminescence, subsurface currents |
Length: 160 cm Weight: 37 kg Max depth: 1000 m Speed: 3+ knots Duration: 10 hrs |
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Aries UUV (Naval Postgraduate School) |
Data collected: Used to transfer data from sea-bottom current meter (ADCP) to surface | Length: 300 cm Weight: 220 kg Max depth: 100 m Speed: 1 knot Duration: 4 hrs |
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Research Vessels |
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R/V Point Sur (Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, UNOLS) |
Point Sur CTD Point Sur Towfish Point Sur ADCP |
CTD rosette* - depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, particulates, dissolved oxygen Towfish** - depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, particulates |
Length: 41 m Cruise speed: 11 kt |
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R/V John Martin (Moss Landing Marine Laboratories) |
John Martin CTD Plots | Role:Launch and recovery of gliders |
Length: 17 m
Max speed: 20 knots Role: Launch and recovery of gliders |
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R/V Shana Rae (Private research vessel) |
Shana Rae Towfish | Data collected: CTD rosette*, towfish**, drifter and glider deployment, and other tasks as needed |
Length: 16 m Max speed: 9 knots |
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R/V Zephyr (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) |
Role: Launch and recovery of Dorado AUV |
Length: 26 m Max Speed: 12 knots |
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Satellites |
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AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) |
SST 1-Day, 8-day and "pass" images |
Data collected: Sea surface temperature |
Type:geostationary weather satellite Coverage: Eastern Pacific Ocean |
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GOES West | Data collected: Sea surface temperature and color |
Type: geostationary weather satellite Coverage: E. Pacific/Western US |
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SeaWIFS | Chlorophyll a "pass", 1-day and 8-day images |
Data collected: Sea surface temperature, color, and chlorophyll | Type:geostationary sea color satellite Coverage: E. Pacific /Western US(Monterey Bay detail) |
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QuickSCAT | Data collected: Wind speed/direction |
Type:polar-orbit satellite Coverage: global |
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Other platforms and instruments |
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CODAR array (Naval Postgraduate School) |
HF Radar Link |
Data collected: Surface currents Coverage: Entire Monterey Bay |
Instrument used: 4 high-frequency doppler radar stations |
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Oceanographic moorings M1 & M2 (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) |
Moorings Link |
Data collected: temperature, salinity, particulates, chlorophyll, nitrate, currents, carbon dioxide, wind, solar radiation |
Coverage: Point measurements in upper water column 10 and 25 mi off Moss Landing |
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Drifters (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) |
Drifters tracks and parameters | Data collected: temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, CO2 |
Coverage: Path followed by surface currents | ![]() |
MBARI vertical profiler (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) |
Data collected: depth, salinity, temperature, chlorophyll, particulates, nitrate |
Coverage: Point measurements in upper water column | ![]() |
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Sea-bottom ADCP - Acoustic doppler current profiler (Naval Postgraduate School) |
Data collected: Surface and subsurface currents |
Coverage: Point measurement in S. Monterey Bay | ![]() |
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Twin otter aircraft (Naval Postgraduate School, UNOLS) |
Data collected: Surface water temperature, wave height, air temperature, wind strength and direction, humidity |
Coverage: Ano Nuevo to Point Sur | ![]() |
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