FACE station

This Study in the Port Everglades Shipping Channel in Florida is a collaboration between several partners, to investigate the potential pollutant loading characteristics of the Port Everglades Inlet into the Southeast Florida coastal ocean, including an ecologically and economically important section of the Florida Reef Tract. Additional information about the FACE Port Everglades Study can be found here: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/themes/CoastalRegional/projects/FACE/PtEverg.htm

Friday, May 22, 2009

ADCP firmware, mounting stabilized, CT cleaning schedule

[The following is an excerpt from an email from Jack Stamates (FACE project) that touches on some topics concerned this station's ADCP, its underwater mounting, and plans for regular cleanings of the CT.]

On May 22nd, 2009, Jack writes:

To fill in some details, RD has offered us a firmware Beta version but I am reluctant to deploy it because, if it hangs the instrument up, I am in deep trouble. (I would need to recover the instrument and open the case.) Once the Firmware is declared operational (which should be soon) I will give it a try. Today, the divers stabilized the mounting which was drifting a bit. They also cleaned the CT sensor. This will now be done monthly. The divers reported that there was a fair amount of fouling.