Autonomous Buoy project
As part of the NERC Oceans 2025 programme, PML were awarded a capital grant to invest in an array of autonomous buoys. Each buoy is equipped with an array of sensors to look at both atmospheric and marine parameters. These include sea surface temperature, salinity, oxygen, turbidity, fluorescence (WetLabs WQM); air temperature, humidity, windspeed and direction and atmospheric pressure (AirMar); CDOM fluorescence (WetLabs); nitrate (Satlantic ISUS) and a hyperspectral radiometer (Satlantic). All these are controlled using a Satlantic StorX logger. An onboard Linux PC104 system controls dataflow and transmission to shore using a radiomodem link back to Rame Head. The current data rate is once per hour and data is transmitted every three hours to save on power. For more on the buoy project click here
Latest L4 data readings (50°15.0'N; 4°13.0'W)
| Latitude: | 50.150 ° | Longitude: | -4.130 ° |
| Wind direction: | 93.0 ° | Sea temperature: | 16.1 °C |
| Wind speed: | 7.3 ms-1 | Salinity: | 35.11 |
| Pressure: | 1019 mb | Oxygen: | 248.5 μM |
| PAR: | 0 W m-2 | Chlorophyll: | 2.04 mg m-3 |
| Air temperature: | 15.1 °C | Turbidity: | 6.27 NTU |
Last Reading taken at: 3.10 GMT on 4/9/2010
* Readings of -10 indicate missing data
Click here to download preliminary data and view latest systems log . The meteorological parameters for this buoy (6200030) are validated by Meteo France
Last 7 days met data
Windspeed and direction
Pressure
Temperature and humidity
Latest year in context
Temperature and Salinity
Oxygen, Fluorescence and Turbidity
Nitrate and CDOM
