Moored Time-Series
In addition to regular synoptic shipboard surveys
of the south Florida coastal ocean, a moored instrument array has been a
continuous component of the AOML SFP since its implementation in the mid 1990's.
This array provides oceanographic time-series data from sites across the region.
Over the years, the number of AOML SFP moorings has expanded and contracted based
on annual funding levels. Measurements have primarily included temperature,
salinity, and ocean currents. However, some sites have been equipped with
chlorophyll fluorometers, transmissometers, dissolved oxygen sensors, pressure
gauges, and other specialized instrumentation in support of SFP component projects
such as the
Florida Bay Inner Basins Study or real-time mooring efforts. As of
October 2010, the AOML SFP moored array includes the following sites:
- Looe Key, 24°32.6'N 081°24.1'W (water temperature, salinity, currents)
- Moser Channel, 24°42.0'N 081°10.2'W (water temperature, salinity)
- Mid-Bay / West Florida Bay, 24°55.8'N 081°05.7'W (water temperature, salinity, currents)
- Southeast ADCP "A", 25°09.9'N 081°20.2'W (water temperature, salinity, currents)
- Southwest ADCP "B", 25°10.1'N 081°39.1'W (water temperature, salinity, currents)
- Shark River Nearshore (#1), 25°20.7'N 081°09.2'W (water temperature, salinity)
- Shark River Offshore (#3), 25°20.9'N 081°13.9'W (water temperature, salinity)
AOML SFP Oceanographic Mooring Data Sets:
Time-series data collected from the AOML SFP moored array are freely available for academic, research, or professional purposes. Data are available at the two locations listed below. As additional AOML SFP moored data are processed and quality controlled, they will continue to be added to these sites.
AOML SFP Real-Time Oceanographic Moorings
Due to a cessation in funding, the AOML SFP is no longer able to support the program's real-time mooring component, originally organized as the South Florida Regional Observing System (SF-ROS). Should funding for these efforts be restored, real-time data distribution from the following sites will resume.