An array of Meteorological and Oceanographic
sensors have been installed on an existing tower in Middle
Tampa Bay to measure the turbulent flux of atmopsheric
constituents across the air-water interface. The sensors were
installed to support the Bay Regional Atmospheric Chemistry
Experiment (
BRACE) data collection. BRACE main
goal is to estimate the direct deposition of biologically active Nitrogen
to Tampa Bay. The funding is provided by Florida Department of
Enviornmental Protection (
TBEP).
The tower is located at Latitude 27° 39.708´ N,
Longitude 82° 35.669´ W, approximately 4 nmi
southeast of St. Petersburg, FL, and 2 nmi west-northwest of
Port Manatee, FL. The tower is in approximately 5 m water depth
and extends 10m above water surface. The parameters measured
are: horizontal wind velocity at 2 heights, Air temperature and
humidity at 2 heights, three-dimensional (3-D) wind velocity at
single height (
Sonic Anemometer), Barometric
Pressure, precipitation, solar radiation, water temperature and
salinity. All parameters are telemetered by line-of-sight radio
to the Ocean Modeling and Prediction Laboratory in the USF
Collge of Marine Science. Latest observations are made
available in real-time via the web.
