Infrastructure
(short name)
COAST-HF SMILE buoy (IR-ILICO)
(SMILE)
Installation
(short name)
COAST-HF SMILE buoy (IR-ILICO)
(SMILE)
Location
Luc sur Mer - Seine Bay, France
Coordinates/Routes
Bottom depth
Legal name of organisation
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER
Country
France
Contact
https://www.seanoe.org/data/00425/53689/
The SMILE buoy was developed and implemented by Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the sea) in cooperation with the Caen University in 2015. It consist in a moored buoy physico-chemical and biological sensors working in continuous and autonomous conditions. The system is located in the Seine Bay (eastern English Channel) influenced both by marine coastal and fresh waters. The measuring station provide near real time data transmission. This system records with a high frequency resolution (30 minutes), the following parameters at the surface: wind from direction relative true north, horizontal wind speed, relative humidity, aerial PAR, and 1.5m below surface : sea temperature, practical salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence, turbidity.
https://www.seanoe.org/data/00425/53689/
Modality of access under this proposal:MoA2.
UA:day Modality used to declare access costs:TA-UC
Services currently offered:Four field surveys per year at the station,
permitting sensor deployment and maintenance, and cross calibration vertical profiles from the research vessel (CTD
+Turbidity+LISST (PSD), SPM, OM content, chla). Support offered under this proposal: Scientists invited to participate to the cruises to test and deploy their sensors both from the RV or from the buoy.
