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    Stratus Ocean Reference Station (20˚S, 85˚W) mooring recovery and deployment cruise STRATUS 8 R/V Ronald H. Brown cruise 07-09 October 9, 2007–November 6, 2007

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    2007-12
    Author
    Whelan, Sean P.  Concept link
    Lord, Jeffrey  Concept link
    Grados, Carmen  Concept link
    Yu, Lisan  Concept link
    Morales, Luis  Concept link
    Galbraith, Nancy R.  Concept link
    de Szoeke, Simon P.  Concept link
    O'Leary, Megan  Concept link
    Weller, Robert A.  Concept link
    Bouchard, Paul R.  Concept link
    Farrar, J. Thomas  Concept link
    Bradley, Frank  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2099
    Location
    20˚S, 85˚W
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/2099
    Keyword
     Marine meteorology; Oceanography; Ronald H. Brown (Ship) Cruise RB07-09 
    Abstract
    The Ocean Reference Station at 20°S, 85°W under the stratus clouds west of northern Chile is being maintained to provide ongoing climate-quality records of surface meteorology (air-sea fluxes of heat, freshwater, and momentum), and of upper ocean temperature, salinity, and velocity variability. The Stratus Ocean Reference Station (ORS Stratus) is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Observation Program. It is recovered and redeployed annually, with cruises between October and December. During the October 2007 cruise on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown to the ORS Stratus site, the primary activities were recovery of the Stratus 7 WHOI surface mooring that had been deployed in October 2006, deployment of a new (Stratus 8) WHOI surface mooring at that site; in-situ calibration of the buoy meteorological sensors by comparison with instrumentation put on board the ship by staff of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL); and observations of the stratus clouds and lower atmosphere by NOAA ESRL. Meteorological sensors on a buoy for the Pacific tsunami warning system were also serviced, in collaboration with the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA). The DART (Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) carries IMET sensors and subsurface oceanographic instruments. A new DART II buoy was deployed north of the STRATUS buoy, by personnel from the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) Argo floats and drifters were launched, and CTD casts carried out during the cruise. The ORS Stratus buoys are equipped with two Improved Meteorological (IMET) systems, which provide surface wind speed and direction, air temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure, incoming shortwave radiation, incoming longwave radiation, precipitation rate, and sea surface temperature. Additionally, the Stratus 8 buoy received a partial pressure of CO2 detector from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). IMET data are made available in near real time using satellite telemetry. The mooring line carries instruments to measure ocean salinity, temperature, and currents. The ESRL instrumentation used during the 2007 cruise included cloud radar, radiosonde balloons, and sensors for mean and turbulent surface meteorology. Finally, the cruise hosted a teacher participating in NOAA’s Teacher at Sea Program.
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    Whelan, S., Lord, J., Grados, C., Yu, L., Morales, L., Galbraith, N., deSzoeke, S. P., O’Leary, M., Weller, R., Bouchard, P., Farrar, T., & Bradley, F. (2007). Stratus Ocean Reference Station (20 degrees S, 85 degrees W) mooring recovery and deployment cruise STRATUS 8 R/V Ronald H. Brown cruise 07-09 October 9, 2007 - November 6, 2007. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/2099
     

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