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Title: (2015) Coastal Endurance Oregon Shelf Surface Piercing Profiler Mooring (CE02SHSP)
The Endurance Oregon Shelf Surface Piercing Profiler Mooring is located on the Continental Shelf, approximately 80 meters deep. The Continental Shelf-Slope area off the Oregon coast is a highly productive, dynamic upwelling environment. Upwelling brings nutrients to the surface sparking primary production and fueling the food web. In recent years, upwelling has also brought onto the shelf hypoxic, low oxygen, waters that can be harmful to organisms in the area. By sampling in this area, the OOI seeks to gain better insight into upwelling dynamics of this system. Like other Surface Piercing Profiler Moorings, this mooring contains a Surface Piercing Profiler that allows for the sampling of near surface phenomena as the Profiler travels through the water then breaches the surface. Fine resolution sampling of the water column, particularly at the very surface of the water, provides key insights into the exchange of gases, heat, etc. between the atmosphere and the ocean. While on the surface, the profiler transmits data to shore.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2244833 1743430
PAR ID:
10641925
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Corporate Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
US NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative
Date Published:
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences FOS: Environmental engineering
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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