The Autonomous Nodes

The Autonomous Node Array was developed by the Ocean Systems Lab of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.



In July of 2000, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution deployed six autonomous nodes off of Great Bay, New Jersey. These nodes consist of a buoy and thermistors (thermometers) located at different depths in the water. Data from these nodes is sent to the Tuckerton Field Station every hour via radio modem, and put on the web. Pictured above is a cartoon of what the node array looks like. Above is a map of the Node locations. You can access the data below.....

Time series of each Node
Cross sections from each Node line
Applet Troubleshooting


Latest Cross Section from the Nodes


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