(deployed on January 5, 2013 from german R/V Meteor)
AMOP mooring deployment film
MOORING DESCRIPTION
Location: 12°02’S; 77°40’W at 30 nm from the coast
Deploymentdate:5 January 2013 from german R/V Meteor
Finalrecoverydate: 26 February 2014 with R/V Atalante
Maintenance: Each 2-3 months with R/V Humboldt or Olaya
Dimensions: Subsurface mooring from 20 m down to the bottom (around 180 m)
Estimationoftotalweightinair: 2000 kg including the ballast
Descriptionofthetwolineswhichwillbedeployedsimultaneously:
- 01 Acoustical Doppler Currents Profiler (ADCP) located on the bottom (~180 m), which includes two battery packs
- 01 temperature logger located at 180 m
- 01 botttom structure (specific protection cage for the ADCP mooring line)
- 05 sensors CTDO2 Microcat (including all complementary material) located at 35 m, 50 m, 75 m, 125 m and 170 m
- 04 temperature loggers located at 25 m, 60 m, 100 m, 125 m;
- 01 sensor for fluorescence located at 35 m;
- 02 sediments traps PPS3 located at 35 m and 150 m.
- 02 ARGOS systems (3-8 LSH20);
- 03 Acoustic releases;
- Buoyancy material (including floatex, panthers and benthos);
Figure 1: General scheme of the mooring including the botttom ADCP line (left) and the line equipped with sensors (right)
Figure 2: Mapa de batimetría con la posición del anclaje AMOP (la cruz blanca) en la estación 5 histórica del IMARPE (12°02’S; 77°40’W) a 30 mn de la costa. Profundidad del fondo: ~175 m.
Figure 3:Scheme of the bottom line structure without the ADCP.
Figure 3:Scheme of the bottom line structure with the ADCP.
Figure 4: Dimensions, weight and other characteristics for the ADCP
Figure 4: Sensors of CTDO2, temperature loggers and sediment traps