Mooring D: Western Ross Sea, TerraNova Bay Polynya - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Mooring D: Western Ross Sea, TerraNova Bay Polynya
Short name
IT17-003-M
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy website
Site Manager
Giorgio Budillon
Site Description
The Mooring D is located in the western Ross Sea in Terra Nova Bay. The mooring is equipped with sediment traps, currentometers, trasmissometer, fluorimeter and CTD.
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Last modified
2023-10-27 10:10:40

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
water parameterchemical parameterwaterdepthwatertemperaturewatertransparencywatersalinity
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_071)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
Geographic
100 km
50 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -75.133 Longitude: 164.542

Size
ca. 1.00ha
Elevation (average)
-1157.00msl
Elevation (min)
-1142.00msl
Elevation (max)
-1172.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Biome
Marine
Ecosystem Type
Marine
Polar
EUNIS habitat
Marine habitats (A)
Marine habitats (A) » Ice-associated marine habitats (A8)
Marine habitats (A) » Ice-associated marine habitats (A8) » Sea ice (A8.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-1.50°C
Precipitation Annual
250.00mm
Site Type
Mooring
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Marine Platform
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
The mooring is maintened at least every 2 years
Site Visit Interval
1
Maintenance Interval
730
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular