A new buoy for measurement and real time transmission of surface salinity

Authors :: Salvador, Joaquín
Fernández Gallego, Pedro
Julià Brugues, Agustí
Font, Jordi
Pelegrí, Josep Lluís
Source :: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea, 2010.
Abstract: 39th CIESM Congress, Venise, Italie.-- 1 page, 2 figures<br />A surface buoy has been designed to measure temperature and salinity with high accuracy and transmit the data by satellite for a long period of time in studies of mesoscale or long scale oceanography. Prototypes have been built and tested in two different versions: to collect data close to the surface or at a depth of 100-150 m depending on the objectives of the experiment. These buoys are mainly used for Lagrangian measurements after being released from a vessel, although long duration tests have also been made with moored units mainly in the NW Mediterranean<br />This technological development has been mainly funded by the Spanish National R+D Plan through projects CANOA (CTM2005-00444/MAR) and MIDAS-4 (ESP2005-06823-C05)