Infrastructure
(short name)
SmartBuoy monitoring network
(SmartBuoy monitoring network)
Installation
(short name)
SmartBuoy monitoring network
(SmartBuoy monitoring network)
Location
UK Waters Location: Warp, West Gabbard
Coordinates/Routes
SmartBuoy locations: Warp: 51.525 N, 1.032E, West Gabbard 51.955N, 2.110 E
Bottom depth
Legal name of organisation
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Country
United Kingdom
Contact
Website:
http://wavenet.cefas.co.uk/Smartbuoy/Map
SmartBuoys are deployed at coastal locations within the UK Marine Eutrophication Monitoring Programme and the Warp and West Gabbard are within the areas covered by the North Sea and Channel supersites. They are used to collect high-frequency timeseries of surface salinity, temperature, turbidity, oxygen saturation, chlorophyll fluorescence and nutrient concentrations. Data are returned to the laboratory in near real time. Water samples are collected and preserved onboard for later analysis of nutrients and phytoplankton species. The SmartBuoys are serviced 4 times a year during which samples are collected by rosette at the sites and on transects between the sites. Users would also be able to access the rosette for sampling.Water samples are collected and preserved onboard for later analysis of nutrients and phytoplankton species. Parameters: High-frequency NRT series of surface S, T, turbidity, O2 saturation,Chlo fluorescence and nutrient concentrations.
More Information:
Smartbuoy Infographic V8 (5.6 MiB)
Website:
http://wavenet.cefas.co.uk/Smartbuoy/Map
| Instrument | Measured Parameter(s) | Elevation / Depth | Sampling | Frequency of data recovery |
Cefas SmartBuoy
|
Instrument |
Parameters |
Depth (m) |
Sampling frequency |
Data availability |
|
Aanderaa CT |
Conductivity, temperature, salinity |
-1 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Druck PDCR4000 |
pressure |
-1 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Analogue Devices ADXL202 |
Roll, pitch |
-1 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Seapoint SCF |
Chlorophyll fluorescence, calibrated to chlorophyll in mg l-1 after recovery |
-1 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Seapoint OBS |
Turbidity (FTU), calibrated to suspended particulate matter in mg l-1 after recovery |
-1 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Aanderaa optode |
Oxygen concentration Oxygen percent saturation temperature |
-1 |
Burst average of 0.2Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Licor PAR |
Photosynthetically active radiation |
0, -1, -2 |
Burst average of 1Hz for 10 minutes, every 30 minutes |
Data telemetry every 2 hours (basic QC) Full QC data available after recovery every 3 months |
|
Discrete water sampler |
Nitrate, silicate, phytoplankton species composition and abundance |
-1 |
Every 4-8 days |
Data available after recovery every 3 months |
Previous ad hoc sensor trials include pCO2, uv nitrate, settling plates for invasive species, passive samplers
Website:
http://wavenet.cefas.co.uk/Smartbuoy/Map
Modality of access under this proposal:MoA2. UA:day Modality used to declare access costs
TA-UC Support offered under this proposal: Access to the data, mooring infrastructure to deploy new sensors/instruments and rosette sampling for collecting additional samples.Access to the routine SmartBuoy data.
Services currently offered: Deployment and testing of new instrumentation with many partners including manufacturers and universities, and for deployment of passive samplers within and other research programmes.
