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TAO TAO/NOPP mooring instrumentation and telemetry

SURFACE INSTRUMENTATION
Variable Instrument Sampling
Winds RM Young 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
Winds (duplicate) 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
Air Temp/RH Rotronic 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
Air Temp/RH RM Young 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
SST YSI Thermistor 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
Surface Cond Seabird 2 min @ 2 Hz every 10 min
Radiation Eppley (SW/LW) 2 min @ 1 Hz continuous
Rain RM Young Siphon 1 min samples continuous
Rain (duplicate) 1 min samples continuous
Barometric Pressure Paroscientific 2 min @ 2 Hz every hour
SUBSURFACE INSTRUMENTATION
Variable Instrument Sampling
Temperature
(17 depths, 2-400 m)
YSI 1 sample every 10 min
Conductivity
(9 depths, 2-140 m)
Seabird 1 sample every 10 min
Pressure
(225 m, 300 m, 400 m)
Payne 1 sample every 10 min
Velocity
(5 depths, 10-140 m)
SonTek Argonaut TBD
SATELLITE TELEMETRY (GOES)
Three hour averages, plus spot samples for surface meteorology (For air pressure, 3 hourly spot samples only)

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