Pacific ocean site descriptions table of Contents

Site : CCE-1

33deg 29min N, 122deg 32min W

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  Site Type: Observatory
  
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  Observation types: physical, meteorological, biogeochemical
  

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  Number of stations / moorings: 1 station, 1 mooring
  

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  Variables measured (what depth, what sampling rate):
  
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  surface: xCO2 air, pCO2 water, saturation O2
  
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  surface: water T, S
  
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  surface: radiometer
  
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  ca. 15m: nitrate, fluorescence, turbidity, T, S, currents
  
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  ca. 30m: radiometer, T, S
  
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  ca. 150m: plankton
  
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  ca. 1000m: marine mammal acoustic recorder
  
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  NOTE: these will be different for next deployment !
  

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  Start date of the timeseries: 2008-11-10
  
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  Service interval: approx. annually
  
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  Real-time data: yes
  

Establish an interdisciplinary observatory to resolve key processes in the California Current Ecosystem. Synergy effects with existing observations in the projects CalCOFI, LTER, SCCOOS, global oceanic CO2 observatories.

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  lead PI: Uwe Send (SIO)
  
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  co-PIs:
  
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  David Demer (SIO)
  
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  John Hildebrandt (SIO)
  
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  Todd Martz (SIO)
  
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  Mark Ohman (SIO)
  
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  Chris Sabine (NOAA/PMEL)
  

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  operating
  
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  long-term plans: yes
  

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  funding status: funded
  

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  moored sensors
  

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  real-time telemetry
  

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  SST: yes (SeaBird SBE-37 “MicroCat” at bottom of surface buoy)
  

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  Profile measurements: T, S at a few discrete depths
  

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  real-time data: public
  

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  delayed-mode data: public
  

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  Satellite data collection system used: Iridium
  

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  Real-time data processing and distribution system
  
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  GTS encoding & distribution? TBD
  
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  OceanSITES: planned
  
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  By whom? SIO, for CO2: NOAA/PMEL, final assembly: OceanSITES GDACs
  

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  Metadata scheme (collection, distribution mean, format): planned in OceanSITES format
  

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  Possibilities of evolution to comply with a more general WMO GTS scheme (incl. Metadata)? TBD
  
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  Agreement to OceanSITES Data Access and Data Policy? yes
  

Uwe Send

9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0230

La Jolla, CA 92093-0230

Email: usend@ucsd.edu

http://mooring.ucsd.edu/projects/cce/cce_intro.html

DAC: NDBC (inital processing by SIO)

GDAC NDBC: ftp://data.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/oceansites/