Rapid Climate Change (RAPID and RAPID-WATCH)
26.5°N deployments
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You can find information here about mooring rigs deployed in the arrays at 26.5°N that are involved in monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). The 26.5°N array consists of three sub-arrays that extend across the Atlantic. These are the Eastern Boundary (EB), the Mid Atlantic Ridge (MAR) and the Western Boundary (WB) arrays.
Scientists of the RAPID-MOC project have analysed the mooring array data to produce data products that may be of interest to people investigating the MOC. These include vertical temperature/salinity profiles in the sub-arrays and vertical MOC transport profiles. To access these please visit the 'Data' section of the RAPID-MOC project web site.
- Rig ID (e.g. WB1#1) is made up of site name (WB1) and deployment number (#1)
- The initial letters of the Rig ID denote which sub-array the mooring belongs to
- A description of each instrument type is given by hovering over the instrument codes
- Request data (subject to availability and data policy restrictions)
Instrument key
| Abbreviation | Instrument type |
|---|---|
| LA | Acoustic current meter |
| HB | Bottom pressure sensor tide gauge |
| LE | Electromagnetic current meter |
| IE | Inverted Echo Sounder |
| PM | Moored CTD |
| LD | Moored acoustic doppler current meter |
| MA | Moored profiling CTD + acoustic current meter |
Related RAPID and RAPID-WATCH pages at BODC
| Project overview | Data inventories | |
| Data policy | RAPID Data Centre's (RDC) role | |
| Data submission | Data delivery | |
| Cruise programme | Other links | |
| Moorings |
Related external links
| RAPID models at BADC | British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) | |
| MOC — Monitoring
the Meridional Overturning Circulation projects' web site |
NERC data policy | |
| Official RAPID web site | Official RAPID-WATCH web site |


