ORCA 2.0 Successful Deployment at Hansville
The Northwest Environmental Moorings Group, partnered with NANOOS and MRV Systems, LLC, with funding through the NOAA IOOS office and made possible through a Community Project supported by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, have successfully deployed the second of their redesigned ORCA profiling moorings at the entrance to Hood Canal, near Hansville, Washington. The buoys collect wind, air temperature, and water quality parameters, such as water temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen. A profiling float attached to the buoy collects the water quality parameters as it moves vertically, sampling at all depths. The buoy has gone through a complete redesign to allow for greater reliability of data access while improving the safety and resilience of the platform. Find the data online!
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