Mooring Activities at SAMS

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Mooring Activities at SAMS NERC 4th Moorings
Workshop 15th/16th May 2008
Colin Griffiths Scottish Association for Marine
Science Oban, Argyll, Scotland.
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Physics Group

• Mark Inall
• Toby Sherwin
• Tim Boyd
• Finlo Cottier
• Andy Dale
• Colin Griffiths
• John Beaton
• Estelle Dumont

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Extended Ellett Line
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Tiree Passage Mooring

• Mooring
• Met Stations
• Tide gauges
• CTD Line
• SST SSS Station

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Tiree Passage Mooring 1981 - 2008
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Wyville Thomson Ridge Overflow Water cascade route
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Acoustic Doppler Current Meter
4 acoustic heads
Temperature sensor
Recording unit
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ICE EDGE PROGRAMME Study area
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Mooring History

• Lance April 2002
• JCR June 2002
• Mosby Sept 2002
• Jan Mayen May 2003
• GO Sars Sept 2003
• Mosby August 2004
• JCR July 2005
• Lance June 2006
• Lance August 2007

• Temperature (full depth)
• Salinity (3 depths)
• Currents ADCP (water column)
• 21-bottle Sediment Traps
• Flourescence

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Rijpfjorden field station