Application of a FerryBox: automatic measurements in the North Sea

Author

Petersen, Wilhelm ; Petschatnikov, Michail ; Schroeder, Friedhelm ; Wehde, Henning

Author_Institution

GKSS Res. Centre, Coastal Res. Inst., Geesthacht, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

1399

Abstract

The experience of over two years operation of a new monitoring system called FerryBox which uses ferryboats as carrier system for automated monitoring equipment is demonstrated and shows the functionality and applicability of such systems. The "German FerryBox" presented here has been installed on a ferry between Cuxhaven (DE) and Harwich (UK) and is in operation since November 2001. The system consists of a fully automated flow-through system with sensors and automatic analysers for the measurement of oceanographic, chemical and biological parameters, among which are nutrients and algal properties. The system provides detailed observations of the annual dynamics of nutrient and algae in the southern North Sea. The data are compared with measurements from buoys and by remote sensing. For interpreting the two-daily cruise data tracer trajectories from a numerical model are used.

Keywords

oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; AD 2001 11; Cuxhaven; FerryBox; Harwich; North Sea; algal property; automated monitoring equipment; automatic analysers; automatic measurements; biological parameters; carrier system; chemical parameter; cruise data tracer trajectory; ferryboats; flow-through system; monitoring system; nutrients; oceanographic parameter; remote sensing; Algae; Biochemical analysis; Biosensors; Chemical analysis; Chemical and biological sensors; Computerized monitoring; Numerical models; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sensor systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '04. MTTS/IEEE TECHNO-OCEAN '04

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8669-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2004.1406326

Filename

1406326