Rapid Climate Change (RAPID and RAPID-WATCH)
38-43°N deployments
You can find information here about the mooring rigs deployed in the arrays at 38-43°N that are involved in monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC). The array originally consisted of three sub-arrays named Line A, B and C, running from north to south. However, mooring deployments at Line B ceased in 2006.
- Rig ID (e.g. C5xx#1) is made up of site name (C5) and deployment number (#1)
- The initial letter of the Rig ID denotes 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)
| Rig identifier   |
Latitude (+ve N) |
Longitude (+ve E) |
Start date yyyy-mm-dd  |
End date yyyy-mm-dd |
Instrument type |
Water depth (m) |
Instrument depth (m) |
Deployment cruise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS1LM#1 | 42.84932 | -61.63092 | 2008-10-03 | 2009-09-28 | HB | 1116 | 1115 | HUD08037 Leg1  |
| RS2LM#1 | 42.73773 | -61.57687 | 2008-10-03 | 2009-09-28 | HB | 1703 | 1702 | HUD08037 Leg1 |
| RS3LM#1 | 42.65832 | -61.45988 | 2008-10-03 | 2009-09-28 | HB | 2302 | 2301 | HUD08037 Leg1 |
| RS4LM#1 | 42.5559 | -61.36712 | 2008-10-03 | 2009-09-29 | HB | 2787 | 2786 | HUD08037 Leg1 |
| RS5LM#1 | 42.39257 | -61.27667 | 2008-10-02 | 2009-09-29 | HB | 3393 | 3392 | HUD08037 Leg1 |
| RS6LM#1 | 42.16352 | -61.07035 | 2008-10-02 | 2009-09-29 | HB | 3892 | 3891 | HUD08037 Leg1 |
| B3LM#3 | 42.59613 | -60.62918 | 2007-10-08 | 2008-09-01 | HB PM | 3190 | 2210 — 3189 | HUD07045 Leg2 |
| B2RL#3 | 42.81858 | -60.77377 | 2007-10-07 | 2008-09-29 | HB | 2700 | 2699 | HUD07045 Leg2 |
| B5LM#3 | 42.20657 | -60.31237 | 2007-10-07 | 2008-09-30 | HB PM | 4120 | 3195 — 4119 | HUD07045 Leg2 |
| B4RL#3 | 42.43988 | -60.46528 | 2007-09-29 | 2008-09-30 | HB | 3563 | 3562 | HUD07045 Leg1 |
| B3LM#2 | 42.59967 | -60.62517 | 2006-08-09 | 2007-10-06 | HB PM | 3200 — 3255 | 2220 — 3254 | D308 |
| B4RL#2 | 42.44117 | -60.47067 | 2006-08-08 | 2007-09-29 | HB | 3655 | 3654 | D308 |
| B5LM#2 | 42.20933 | -60.31317 | 2006-08-08 | 2007-10-06 | HB PM | 4100 — 4102 | 3175 — 4101 | D308 |
| B2RL#2 | 42.81967 | -60.77483 | 2006-08-06 | 2007-10-07 | HB | 2704 | 2703 | D308 |
| B1RL#2 | 42.92667 | -60.86167 | 2006-08-01 | HB | 2212 | 2211 | D308 |
|
| B0RL#2 | 42.999 | -60.90967 | 2006-08-01 | 2008-09-29 | HB | 1822 | 1821 | D308 |
| W0RL#2 | 38.73833 | -69.81333 | 2006-04-15 | 2008-05-11 | HB | 1790 | 1789 | OC421 |
| W1RL#2 | 39.59702 | -69.69517 | 2006-04-14 | 2008-05-11 | HB | 2239 | 2238 | OC421 |
| B3RL#1 | 42.62008 | -60.61208 | 2004-08-21 | 2006-08-02 | HB | 3222 | 3221 | CD160 |
| B5RL#1 | 42.23111 | -60.30677 | 2004-08-20 | HB | 4099 | 4098 | CD160 |
|
| B5LM#1 | 42.23253 | -60.30555 | 2004-08-20 | PM | 4099 | 1799 — 3999 | CD160 |
|
| B4LM#1 | 42.44046 | -60.47178 | 2004-08-19 | PM | 3665 | 3165 — 3565 | CD160 |
|
| B4RL#1 | 42.44046 | -60.47139 | 2004-08-19 | HB | 3665 | 3664 | CD160 |
|
| B3LM#1 | 42.62227 | -60.61625 | 2004-08-19 | PM | 3209 | 1709 — 3109 | CD160 |
|
| B2LM#1 | 42.82083 | -60.775 | 2004-08-19 | 2006-08-01 | PM | 2714 | 2214 — 2614 | CD160 |
| B2RL#1 | 42.8193 | -60.77403 | 2004-08-18 | 2006-08-01 | HB | 2714 | 2713 | CD160 |
| B1LM#1 | 42.9285 | -60.8625 | 2004-08-18 | 2006-08-01 | PM | 2213 | 1813 — 2113 | CD160 |
| B1RL#1 | 42.92727 | -60.86052 | 2004-08-18 | 2006-08-01 | HB | 2217 | 2216 | CD160 |
| B0RL#1 | 42.99737 | -60.90958 | 2004-08-18 | 2006-08-01 | HB | 1836 | 1835 | CD160 |
| A5LM#1 | 42.47696 | -52.838 | 2004-08-11 | PM | 4119 | 1819 — 4019 | CD160 |
|
| A5RL#1 | 42.4775 | -52.83948 | 2004-08-11 | HB | 4122 | 4121 | CD160 |
|
| A4LM#1 | 42.66824 | -52.68051 | 2004-08-10 | PM | 3666 | 3166 — 3566 | CD160 |
|
| A4RL#1 | 42.66705 | -52.68078 | 2004-08-10 | HB | 3666 | 3665 | CD160 |
|
| A3LM#1 | 42.65417 | -52.67563 | 2004-08-09 | PM | 3222 | 1722 — 3122 | CD160 |
|
| A3RL#1 | 42.91432 | -52.48389 | 2004-08-08 | HB | 3220 | 3219 | CD160 |
|
| A2LM#1 | 43.11028 | -52.32401 | 2004-08-07 | PM | 2719 | 2219 — 2619 | CD160 |
|
| A2RL#1 | 43.1112 | -52.32507 | 2004-08-07 | HB | 2716 | 2715 | CD160 |
|
| A1LM#1 | 43.2 | -52.24929 | 2004-08-07 | PM | 2200 | 1800 — 2100 | CD160 |
|
| A1RL#1 | 43.1984 | -52.24937 | 2004-08-07 | 2006-07-26 | HB | 2225 | 2224 | CD160 |
| A0RL#1 | 43.25957 | -52.18768 | 2004-08-06 | 2006-07-26 | HB | 1809 | 1808 | CD160 |
| W0RL#1 | 39.77227 | -69.83418 | 2004-05-02 | 2006-04-06 | HB | 1798 | 1797 | OC401 |
| W1RL#1 | 39.59902 | -69.71713 | 2004-05-02 | 2006-04-06 | HB | 2232 | 2231 | OC401 |
| W2RL#1 | 39.21458 | -69.44443 | 2004-05-01 | HB | 2750 | 2749 | OC401 |
|
| W3RL#1 | 38.84492 | -69.18905 | 2004-05-01 | HB | 3248 | 3247 | OC401 |
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 delivery | |
| Data policy | RAPID Data Centre's (RDC) role | |
| Data submission | Data inventories | |
| 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 |
