[Coral-List] Central Caribbean Marine Institute: NEW NOAA ICON/Coral Reef Early Warning station Installed at Little Cayman Research Station

[Carrie Manfrino]

NEW NOAA ICON/Coral Reef Early Warning station Installed at the research
station -  Little Cayman
 
The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) and NOAA's Atlantic
Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory are pleased to announce the
installation and operation of a new Coral Reef Early Warning Sysem (CREWS)
station, as part of the Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON), at
lat/long 19.70°, -80.06°, just north of CCMI's Little Cayman Research Centre
near ICON Reef.  The data from the station are being reported and integrated
with satellite data on the Web at,

 <http://ecoforecast.coral.noaa.gov/index/0/LCIY2/station-home>
http://ecoforecast.coral.noaa.gov/index/0/LCIY2/station-home

Data reported include wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature,
barometric pressure, precipitation, light (PAR, UV: 305, 330, 380nm; above
and below water), sea temperature, pressure and salinity (~4.4 m depth).
Additional sensors will be added in the future to augment new and continuing
research programs near LCRC and the adjacent Bloody Bay Marine Park.  These
data will also be reported to the Cayman Islands Weather service and to the
National Weather Service via NOAA/National Data Buoy Center (station LCIY2).

You can also find the NOAA blog which describes the installation of the
station, a biological description of the site and also link to our YOU TUBE
video of the installation from CCMI's website (homepage): 
 
http://reefresearch.org
 
This project was funded by the Central Caribbean Marine Institute,  the
Cayman Islands Government, Stuarts Walkers Hersant, NOAA's Coral Reef
Conservation Program, and the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory.  For further information please contact Dr. Carrie Manfrino or
Dr. Jim Hendee.  



 
Carrie Manfrino, Ph.D.
President
Central Caribbean Marine Institute
PO Box 1461
Princeton, NJ 08542
http://reefresearch.org <http://reefresearch.org/> 
 
 
"Sustaining Biodiversity through Research, Conservation, and Education"
 
 
Carrie Manfrino, Ph.D.
President
Central Caribbean Marine Institute
PO Box 1461
Princeton, NJ 08542
http://reefresearch.org <http://reefresearch.org/> 
 
 
"Sustaining Biodiversity through Research, Conservation, and Education"