LEO-15
Long Term Environmental Observatory-15 Meters
Research activity at the Rutgers Marine Field Station focuses on the life history and ecology of fishes with special emphasis on the role of habitat as it affects recruitment success for estuarine and continental shelf species. The Longterm Ecosystem Observatory at 15 m (LEO-15) is designed to collect oceanographic data with high temporal resolution, that can be used to answer natural process questions across several disciplines.
Data are collected from three basic sources: 1) in situ instruments (current profilers and meters, thermistor strings, plankton samplers, optical back scatter sensors, etc) that are connected via a fiber optic link, back to shore-side computers; 2) remote sensing data (AVHRR) collected via satellite; 3) meteorological data (wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity) collected from a 70m meteorological tower. The design of this facility is the result of a collaboration between the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Contact: Fred Grassle, Rutgers Univ. Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, grassle@imcs.rutgers.edu
Rosemarie Petrecca, Rutgers Univ. Inst. of Marine and Coastal Science, petrecca@imcs.rutgers.edu
