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The Operational Observatory of the Catalan Sea (OOCS) consists of several components from observations to modeling of the NW Mediterranean Sea. One of the most visible components of the Observarory is a continuous data acquisition system through a meteorological and oceanographic buoy, equipped with sensors for real time measurement and transmission to a shore station. Meteorological and oceanographic data gathered from the mooring site are published on a daily basis. The mooring site is located between the continental shelf and the upper slope at the head of the Blanes Canyon in the Catalan Sea (NW Mediterranean). The site shows typical open sea water conditions. The buoy was moored at the canyon head on 15 September 2009 on board the R/V Garcia del Cid. The buoy was temporarly moored for testing at a station closer to the coastline in August 2009. Data collected during the testing period iare also available in this webpage. Since March 2009, the observation station (OOCS Station), has been visited periodically, on board R/V Dolores from CEAB, to measure hidrological and biogeochemical properties in the upper 200 m of the water column.
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Currently, a coupled tri-dimensional biogeochemical model implemented by the team members (Bernardello et al., 2010) is used to simulate the biogeochemical and oceanographic conditions of the NW Mediterranean Sea. In future, a one-dimensional model representing the conditions of the upper 200 m depth (Bahamon and Cruzado, 2003) in the mooring site is expected to become operational. Predictions, using the 3D model of the biogeochemical and hidrographic conditions are expected to be provided not only for the OOCS station, but also for the western Mediterranean Sea area. |
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