Head of Placentia Bay Buoy

Organization

SmartAtlantic

The SmartAtlantic Alliance is an initiative of the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland's Centre for Applied Ocean Technology (CTec) and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) of Halifax.

CTec leads the Placentia Bay SmartBay applied ocean observation system on Newfoundland's south coast, with the on-going expansion of the SmartBay initiative to additional ports-of-call around the Province.

COVE, under the guidance of the Canadian Marine Pilots' Association (Atlantic region), is leading the operation of meteorological/oceanographic buoys off Herring Cove at the mouth of Halifax harbour in Nova Scotia and off the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick .

Recognizing the operational efficiencies and potential collaboration and expansion opportunities presented, CTec and COVE have partnered to unite the SmartBay, Halifax and Saint John initiatives under a new and exciting "SmartAtlantic Alliance" banner; creating the nucleus of a cooperative Atlantic Canada applied ocean observation capacity.

The SmartAtlantic Alliance supports operational efficiency, situational awareness and safety in the marine environment and provides an unprecedented level of support to the country's coastal and ocean management efforts. SmartAtlantic Alliance buoy data, weather forecasts and value added information products are freely available at www.SmartAtlantic.ca

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Head of Placentia Bay Buoy

A 3 m. diameter meteorological / oceanographic buoy built by AXYS Environmental Technologies of Sidney, British Columbia is positioned at the head of Placentia Bay in water depth of about 35m. The buoy provides near-real time data in support of vessel operations in this high traffic area.The buoy is capable of measuring a variety of atmospheric and surface conditions: wind speed and direction, air temperature, humidity, dew point, barometric pressure, sea surface temperature, current speed, current direction, wave height, wave direction and wave period. The buoy is also equipped with an Aids to Navigation Information System (ATONiS) allowing direct transmittal of the buoy data to a ship's bridge.* Note: This site was originally located at Latitude 47\u00b0 47.4' N, Longitude 54\u00b0 02.9' W. It was re-located to 47\u00b0 45.5' N, Longitude 54\u00b0 04.5' W, with an upgraded buoy platform on October 11, 2013

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Dates

Metadata Reference Date(s)	July 21, 2010 (Creation) April 07, 2018 (Revision)
Frequency of Update	As Needed

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Ocean Variables	Sea Surface Height Sea Surface Temperature Surface Currents
Scope	Dataset
Status	On Going
Point of Contact	Point of Contact 1 Name SmartAtlantic Email SmartBay@smartbay.ca Role Publisher
Responsible Party	Responsible Party 1 Affiliation Marine Institute - CTec - SmartAtlantic Role Contributor Responsible Party 2 Affiliation MI Role Originator Responsible Party 3 Name Marine Institute Role Author
Spatial Extent	{"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-51.51343667, 46.43755667], [-55.13239, 46.43755667], [-55.13239, 49.49051167], [-51.51343667, 49.49051167], [-51.51343667, 46.43755667]]]}
North Bounding Latitude	49.49051167
South Bounding Latitude	46.43755667
East Bounding Longitude	-55.13239
West Bounding Longitude	-51.51343667
Temporal Extent	Begin 2010-07-21 End 2018-04-07
Default Locale	English