Biological Oceanography Group
Monterey Bay Mooring Locations

Figure 1. View of MBARI moorings, subsurface moorings, and telemetry.
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* M0, M2, M3 and M4 are no longer being deployed.
Mooring Name |
Decimal Latitude |
Decimal Longitude |
M1 |
36.75 |
-122.03 |
M46044 |
36.6985 |
-122.378 |
M0* |
36.83 |
-121.90 |
M2* |
36.70 |
-122.39 |
M3* |
36.57 |
-122.96 |
M4* |
36.19 |
-122.45 |
S2 |
36.66 |
-122.37 |
S3 |
36.50 |
-122.93 |
 | Figure 2. A view of the instrumented
mooring M1 (~340k). |
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Surface Mooring
Configuration |
Device |
Properties
Measured |
Platforms |
Sensor Locations |
Current Profiler
(300,150, 75 khz ADCP) |
Acoustic backscatter
broadband, narrowband, long-ranger |
M0,M1, M2, M3*
|
Near surface
(0-300, 8m bins) |
CTD w/Fluorometer
Transmissometer
ECOFLNTUS (M0) |
Salinity,
temperature,
chlorophyll fluorescence,
optical clarity |
M0,M1, M2, M3*
Drifters |
Near surface |
MicroCat
Thermistor String |
Temperature,
Conductivity
(10 depths ) |
M0,M1, M2, M3*
|
10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300m
10m,20m,40m,55m (M0)
|
MetSys |
Relative air
humidity, air temperature, wind speed and direction |
M1, M2, M3* |
Air |
GPS |
Latitude, longitude |
M0,M1, M2, M3*, Drifters
|
Air |
CO2
Analyzer (LI 6252) |
Carbon dioxide |
M0,M1, M2, M3*
|
Air, near surface |
Spectroradiometers
OCR-100
HyperOCR Ed/Lu (M0) |
Upwelling radiance |
M0,M1, M2, M3*
|
Near surface
5m, 10m (M0)
|
Spectroradometer |
Downwelling
irradiance, upwelling radiance, PAR |
M1, M2 |
Air, 10 m, 20 m |
Nitrate OsmoAnalyzer
Nitrate (Satlantic-ISUS) (M0) |
Nitrate, temperature,
salinity |
M0, M1, M3*, Drifters
|
Near surface |
Battery, temperature,
pressure |
Voltage, temperature,
pressure |
M1, M2, M3*, Drifters |
Inside OASIS
controller can |
OASIS |
Data acquisition,
telemetry |
M1, M2, M3*, Drifters |
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Packet Radio |
Telemetry |
M1, M2, M3*, Drifters |
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Oxygen Sensor |
Oxygen, conductivity,
temperature |
Drifters |
Near surface |
Light Scattering
Sensor (LSS) |
Optical backscatter |
Drifters |
Near surface |
Fluorometer |
Chlorophyll
fluorescence |
Drifters |
Near surface |
Simrad EK60 Echo Sounder |
Echo Sounder |
M0 |
5m |
*M3 deployment 1999-2000
Last Updated: 07 June, 2002
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