Pioneer (Inshore). CP03ISSP, Surface-Piercing Profiler Mooring

Platform assembly containing data collection instruments/sensors on the Pioneer Array, a network of platforms and sensors operating on the continental shelf and slope south of New England in the Atlantic Ocean. The Pioneer Inshore Surface Piercing Profiler Mooring is located on the inner Continental Shelf, approximately 90 meters deep. The Continental Shelf-Slope area off the New England coast is a highly productive area and one that is located at a dynamic intersection where ocean currents meet in weather-like “fronts,” and where nutrients, pollutants, and other properties are exchanged between the coast and the deep ocean. Data from the inshore, shelf area help to examine exchanges between the shelf and slope and the shelf ecosystem, as well as provide broader insight into the issues of air-sea gas exchange, including Carbon Dioxide. Like other Surface Piercing Profiler Moorings, this mooring contains a Surface Piercing Profiler that allows for the sampling of near surface phenomena as the Profiler travels through the water then breaches the surface. Fine resolution sampling of the water column, particularly at the very surface of the water, provide key insights into the exchange of gases, heat, etc between the atmosphere and the ocean. While on the surface, the profiler transmits data to shore.Modem acoustic (ACOMM)--Absorption Spectrophotometer (OPTAA)--Nitrate (NUTNR)--Single Point Velocity Meter (VELPT)--Dissolved Oxygen Stable Response (DOSTA)--Spectral Irradiance (SPKIR)--CTD Profiler (CTDPF)--3-Wavelength Fluorometer (FLORT)--Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PARAD)Site Location: 40.3600, -70.8800; Water Depth: 92 meter