The April 2016 mooring was deployed on RRS Discovery cruise DY050

Image taken by bathysnap of seafloor at PAP site in 2010

Below are the graphs generated in near-real time from data gathered at PAP and transmitted via iridium servers.  
Unfortunately, the transmission failed shortly after deployment, and near real time data feeds were lost.  
The sensors continued to operate and record data locally, and were recovered in April 2017 when the mooring was serviced.

After recovery, data were archived at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and can be accessed at: BODC PAP Collection. Please use the search term Porcupine or #5192 to find our data.

A diverse range of Essential Climate variables are measured and sampled at the PAP site from the atmosphere and surface ocean to the seafloor. Seafloor sampling includes trawling, coring, towed camera systems from a research ship and time-lapse photography. Since 2002 many of the upper ocean measurements (0-1000m) have been transmitted in near real-time.

Below are the graphs generated in near-real time from data gathered at PAP. Click on an image to see a larger version.

Click here to view engineering graphs  
Date and time of receipt of latest data


Oceanographic instruments on keel and at 30m on frame, operating in near real time


Temperature

Graph of Temperatures at various depths

Salinity

Graph of Salinity at various depths

Sigma-t

Graph of Sigma-t at various depths


Seabird Oxygen

Graph of Oxygen at various depths

Aanderaa Oxygen

Aanderaa Oxygen

SP101-Nm pH at 1m

SP101-Nm pH at 1m

Carbon Dioxide at 1m

Carbon Dioxide on keel

Carbon Dioxide at 30m

Carbon Dioxide on sensor frame

Chlorophyll-a Wetlabs

Chlorophyll-a : Wetlabs

Fluorescence Cyclops

Fluorescence Cyclops

SUNA Nitrate at 30m

SUNA Nitrate at 30m

PO4 Wetlabs

PO4 : Wetlabs

PO4 Wetlabs

PO4 : Wetlabs

Satlantic SeaFET pH

Satlantic Internal pH

Internal pH

Satlantic Internal pH


MetOffice UK Meteorological Data

PAP is part of the MetOffice network of weather buoys, click here to view the full network.

Air Pressure

Met Office Air Pressure

Humidity

Met Office Humidity data

Temperatures

Met Office Temperatures plotted with NCEP

Wind Speed/Direction

Met Office Wind data

Wind Vectors

Met Office Wind data as arrows

Wave Height

Met Office Wave data

Wave Peak Period

Met Office Wave data

Wave Vectors

Met Office wave data


Sea Current Vectors

Sea Current

Sea Current Speed/Direction

Sea Current

Sea Current

Sea Current

Irradiance 1

Irradiance 1 (30m)

Irradiance 2

Irradiance 2 (30m)

Irradiance 3

Irradiance 3 (surface)

Mooring Position

Mooring position

Last 7 days Track

Last 7 days Mooring track


Seafloor (4800 m)

Seafloor samples have been taken at the PAP site for over 20 years. Many methods can only be achieved from research ships but some (time-lapse camera) is autonomous for high resolution long-term sampling.

MethodUsed forContact at NOCS, UK
TrawlsMegafauna (Species diversity, abundance and biomassDr David Billett
WASPWide-Angle Seabed Photography towed camera systemDr Brian Bett
CoresBoxcores, Mega- and Multicores for fauna and geochemistryProf. Andrew Gooday
BathysnapTime-lapse photographyDr Brian Bett