Environmental Monitoring

    Bon Secour
    Cedar Point
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    Grand Bay
    Katrina Cut
    Meaher Park
    Middle Bay Light
    Perdido Pass
    Weeks Bay
    West End CP

Cedar Point Station
Location: Cedar Point Latitude: 30°18.507'N Longitude 88°08.372'W
Meteorological Instrumentation
Sensor Sensor Type Range Accuracy Resolution Height Wind Speed and Direction R.M. Young Wind Monitor 05106-L 0-224 mph +/- 6 mph or 1% of reading 0.2192 mph/(scan rate in seconds) 12.23m above deck Air Temperature and Relative Humidity Vaisala HMP45C Humidity and temperature probe -40° C to +60° C 0-100% Temperature: +/- 0.2 at 20° C Humidity accuracy at 20° C:+/- 2%RH (0 to 90% Relative Humidity) +/- 3% (90% to 100% Relative Humidity)   Photosynthetically Active Radiation Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-190SB 10,000 umol/s/m2 +/- 5% 1uE/m2/s   Total Solar Radiation Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-200X-L 0 to 3000 W/m2 max +/- 5%, +/- 3% typical in natural daylight 0.01 kW/m2   Barometric Pressure Vaisala Barometer PTB101B 600 to 1060 mb +/- 0.5 mb at 20°C 0.01 mb   Precipitation Texas Electronics Tipping Rain Bucket Guage TE-525 Up to 3 in/hr +0, -5% 0.01 in
Hydrographical Instrumentation
Sensor Sensor Type Range Accuracy Resolution Temperature YSI EXO2 Thermistor -5 to 50° C +/-0.2° C 0.001° C Dissolved Oxygen percent YSI EXO2 Optical Luminescence 0 to 500% air saturation 0-200% air saturation, +/- 1% of the reading or 1% air saturation, whichever is greater; 200-500% air saturation, +/- 5% of reading 0.1% air saturation Dissolved Oxygen mg/L YSI EXO2 ROX Optical Luminescence 0 to 50 mg/L 0-20 mg/L, +/- 1% of the reading or 0.1 mg/L, whichever is greater; 20-50 mg/L, +/- 5% of reading 0.01 mg/L Salinity YSI EXO2 Calculated from conductivity and temperature 0 to 70 ppt +/- 1.0% of reading or 0.1 ppt, whichever is greater 0.01 ppt Vented level YSI EXO2 Stainless Steel Strain Gauge 0 to 33 ft +/-0.013ft or +/- 0.004m 0.001 ft (0.001m) Turbidity YSI EXO2 Optical, 90° Scatter w/ Mechanical cleaning 0-4000FNU 0-999 FNU: 0.3 FNU or+/-2% of reading, whichever is greater; 1000-4000 FNU: +/-5% of reading. 0.01FNU Conductivity YSI EXO2 4-electrode nickle cell 0 to 200 mS/cm +/- 1.0% of reading +0.002 mS/cm 0.0001 mS/cm to 0.01 mS/cm (range dependent)