Coastal MS

Coastal Mississippi Buoy (30°N, 88.6°W).

The Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System (CenGOOS) station CenGOOS-01 was initially established in December of 2004 with funding by the Office of Naval Research, with subsequent funding through NOAA. The buoy has survived two hurricanes (Katrina in 2005 and Gustav in 2008), and although damaged, was repaired and redeployed each time. The 3 m discus buoy USM3m02, with the NOAA MAPCO2 instrument package, was deployed at station CenGOOS-01 on April 30, 2009 from the R/V Tommy Munro.

On March 18, 2011, a surface seawater pH sensor was added to the Coastal Mississippi Mooring mooring. By measuring pH in addition to pCO2, we are able to more accurately and precisely study the changes associated with ocean acidification. All seawater pH observations are shown in the second figure below.

Finalized Data availability: contact Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC).

Plots of surface water and atmospheric CO2:

Plot of CO2 at Coastal Mississippi from the last 30 days Plot of pH data for the last 30 days at Coastal Mississippi Plot of CO2 at Coastal Mississippi for the full data set Plot of pH data for the full data set at Coastal Mississippi
Data are unverified
Plot of CO2 data at Coastal Mississippi from the last 30 days