Deployment Operations

Mooring deployment and maintenance is run out of the operations center at North Carolina State University.

NC State University
MEAS Field Lab
1321 Varsity Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-513-7161

Current Project Links

Caro-COOPS - Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System

CORMP - Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program

Month	Days	Research Vessel	Cruise	Planned/Completed Activities
January	19-20	Savannah	0601	Test buoy deployment. SUN3-4 recovery. SUN3-5 deployment.
February	20-24	Hatteras	0602	Test buoy recovery. SUN2-5 and SUN3-5 repairs.
May	8-11	Savannah	0603	CAP2, CAP3, FRP2 turnarounds
June	4-9	Savannah	0604	ILM2, ILM3, SUN2, and SUN3 turnarounds
Oct.-Nov.	30-12	Savannah	0605	Fall '06 turnaround (planned)

Month	Days	Research Vessel	Cruise	Planned/Completed Activities
February	8-12	Savannah	0501	CAP2, CAP3, and FRP2 turnaround
February	19-26	Hatteras	0502	SUN2 turnaround. SUN 3 deployment
April	17-19	Savannah	0503	CAP 3 turnaround. SUN 3 recovery
June	5-10	Savannah	0504	ILM 2 and ILM 3 deployments. CAP 2 turnaround. CAP 3 weatherpak replacement
July	25-27	Savannah	0505	SUN2 turnaround. SUN3 deployment
August	11-18	Hatteras	0506	CAP 3 and FRP 2 turnaround. Deployment of acoustic modem test buoy near CAP2. ILM 3 recovery/repair/re-deployment
August	22-24	Savannah	0507	Recovery of test buoy. CAP 3 and CAP 2 recovery/repairs/re-deployment
November	7-15	Savannah	0508	Fall '05 Turnaround. ILM2, ILM3, SUN2, SUN3, CAP2, CAP3, and FRP2 recoveries and deployments.

John Bichy - data/inventory management, instrumentation, mooring engineer/developement
john_bichy@ncsu.edu

Jeff Kinder - electrical engineer, deck operations cheif, mooring engineer/developement
jeff_kinder@ncsu.edu

Instrumentation
Buoy Info Chart Deployment Operations Deployment Pictures Links to Platforms Capers Island Capers Nearshore Capers Mid-Shelf Fripp Inlet Fripp Nearshore Sunset Beach Pier Sunset Nearshore Sunset Mid-Shelf