The Apr 2017 mooring was deployed on cruise DY077.
Below are the graphs generated in near-real time from data gathered at PAP and transmitted via iridium servers.
Other data were collected at the site but were not transmitted in near-real time. Click on an image to see a larger version.
After recovery, data are 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.
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Oceanographic instruments on keel and at 30m on frame, operating in near real time
Microcats with Oxygen
MetOffice UK Meteorological Data
PAP is part of the MetOffice network of weather buoys, click here to view the full network.
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.
Method | Used for | Contact at NOCS, UK |
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Trawls | Megafauna (Species diversity, abundance and biomass | Dr David Billett |
WASP | Wide-Angle Seabed Photography towed camera system | Dr Brian Bett |
Cores | Boxcores, Mega- and Multicores for fauna and geochemistry | Prof. Andrew Gooday |
Bathysnap | Time-lapse photography | Dr Brian Bett |