April 2015 - Oscar Dyson DY15-04

15BSM-2A Surface Mooring April 2015

Project: Ecosystem Trends  
Location: Bering Sea Site 2  
Latitude: 56° 52' N  
Longitude: 164° 3' W  
seafloor 72 meters  
currents 70 cm/s  
Deployment 5 months  
 
Instruments:  
Mooring:  
Instrument:
Depth
 
Weatherpak 1 with Eppley
SBE-16 (Seacat) 4 
Eco-Fluor. 2 
SBE-37 (Microcat) 1 
SBE-56 (new temp.sensor) 1 
ISUS 1 UAF
SBE-39 (temp sensor) 7  
MTR (temp sensor) 4  
WetStar (Fluor) 1  
release 1  
Mooring:  
Instrument: Depth  
Weatherpak surface  
Eppley surface  
SBE-16 (Seacat) 1m on bridle, UAF
CO2 (UAF) 1m on bridle, UAF
MTR 4m  
MTR 4m  
SBE-16 (P) 6m  
ISUS 11m cage (3 instruments)
SBE-16 (Seacat) 11m cage (3 instruments)
EcoFluorometer 11m cage (3 instruments)
SBE-39 15m  
SBE-39 18m  
SBE-39 21m  
SBE-16 24m  
EcoFluorometer 24m attach to Seacat
SBE-39 28m  
MTR 32m both MTR on same Cage
MTR 32m  
SBE-39 35m  
SBE-39 39m  
SBE-16 44m  
Wetstar 44m  
SBE-56 47m  
SBE-39 50m  
SBE-56 55m  
SBE-37 60m  
release    
seafloor 72 m  
 
Previous Deployments: 14BSM-2A, May 2014  
 
Mooring Design Change:  
1 Using CO2 buoy with GillSonic & Weatherpack
2 At 1 meter Seacat & CO2 (UAF instrument)
3 Add 2nd MTR at 4 meters.
4 Shift SBE-37 & EcoFluor at 11.5 & 12.5m to 12 & 13 meters.
4a remove instruments at 12 & 13 m.  At 11m: ISUS, Seacat & EcoFlourometer
5 At 47m, add SBE-56 temp. sensor.
6 At 55 meters, substitute SBE-56 for 2 MTRs.
7 At 60 meters,omit SBE-39, add in SBE-16 and ISUS
7a At 60m, remove ISUS, Replace SBE-16(p) with SBE-37.
8 At 61 meters,omit ISUS & SBE-37 (microcat)
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