MBARI Moorings: General Information

Monterey Bay Mooring Locations

Figure 1. View of MBARI moorings, subsurface moorings, and telemetry.
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*M3 and M4 are no longer being deployed.*
Mooring Name	Decimal Latitude	Decimal Longitude
M0	36.83	-121.90
M1	36.75	-122.03
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).

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	----
Packet Radio	Telemetry	M1, M2, M3*, Drifters	----
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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