On-Line Scientific Buoys
The network of on-line buoys currently consists of five buoys measuring a suite of optical, oceanographic, and meteorological properties. These buoys are equipped with communication systems, permitting the transfer and diffusion of data in real time.
The collected information is then used to validate and calibrate satellite images, which provide large-scale information on sea-surface temperature and phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll a).
The network’s first buoy was moored in 2002 at the Rimouski Station. In 2004, a second buoy was put into operation at the Shediac Station in the southern Gulf, followed in 2005 by buoys at the Banc Beaugé Station as well as the Gaspé Current and Anticosti Gyre monitoring stations.
Characteristics of the network stations
| Station name | Buoy ID | Position (lat, long) |
Station depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banc Beaugé | IML-2 | 49° 30.730’ N 60° 4.320’ W |
100 |
| Courant de Gaspé | ISMER-1 | 49° 14.500’ N 66° 12.000’ W |
165 |
| Gyre d’Anticosti | ISMER-2 | 49° 43.000’ N 66° 15.000’ W |
337 |
| Rimouski | IML-4 | 48° 40.000’ N 68° 35.000’ W |
330 |
| Shediac | IML-6 | 47° 47.000’ N 64° 2.000’ W |
82 |
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On-line Scientific Buoys
