Deployment: JGOFS_WH_buoy_dep2

Deployment: 
JGOFS_WH_buoy_dep2
Chief Scientist: 
Dr Robert A. Weller (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Co-Chief Scientist: 
Dr Charles Eriksen (University of Washington, UW)
Synonyms: 
TTN046
TTN052
Platform Type:
 mooring
Start Date: 
1995-04-15
End Date: 
1995-10-19
Location: 
U.S. JGOFS Arabian Sea
Description

Woods Hole Surface Mooring Deployment 2

A surface mooring was deployed off the coast of Oman along the climatological axis of the Findlater Jet from October 1994 to October 1995.

The location chosen for the surface mooring, 15.5°N, 61.5°E, was close to the climatological maximum in the wind speed during the height of the Southwest Monsoon. Two separate mooring deployments, the first beginning October 15, 1994, and ending April 20, 1995, and the second starting April 22, 1995, and ending October 10, 1995, were used so that a second set of freshly calibrated sensors was deployed prior to the onset of the Southwest Monsoon.

Reference:

Weller, R.A., M.F. Baumgartner, S.A. Josey, A.S. Fischer and J.C. Kindle (1998). Atmospheric forcing in the Arabian Sea during 1994-1995:observations and comparisons with climatology and models. Deep-Sea Research II, 45(10-11): 1961-1999, U.S. JGOFS Contribution No. 419.