Bon Secour
30°19.726'N, 87°49.756'W
Meteorological Sensor
Sensor:
Wind Speed and Direction
Type:
Wind Monitor 05103-L
Range:
0-134 mph
Accuracy:
+/- 0.6 mph
Resolution:
0.1 mph
Height:
Sensor:
Temperature
Type:
Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe HC2S3
Range:
-50°C to +100°C
Accuracy:
<+/- 0.1°C with standard configuration settings
Resolution:
0.1°C
Height:
Sensor:
Photosythetically Active Radiation
Type:
Quantum Sensor LI-190SB
Range:
10,000 µmol /s/m2
Accuracy:
+/- 5%
Resolution:
1 µE/m2/s
Height:
Sensor:
Total Solar Radiation
Type:
Pyronometer LI-200X
Range:
0 to 3000 W/m2
Accuracy:
Max +/-5%, +/-3% typical in natural daylight
Resolution:
0.01 kW/m2
Height:
Sensor:
Barometric Pressure
Type:
Barometer PTB101B
Range:
600 to 1060 mb
Accuracy:
+/- 0.5 mb at 20ºC
Resolution:
0.01 mb
Height:
Sensor:
Precipitation
Type:
Tipping Bucket Rain Guage TR-525
Range:
Up to 2 in/hour
Accuracy:
1.0% at 1 in/hour or less
Resolution:
0.01 in
Height:
Sensor:
Relative Humidity
Type:
Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe HC2S3
Range:
0 to 100% non-condensing
Accuracy:
+/-0.8% RH with standard configuration settings
Resolution:
0.1% RH
Height:
Hydrographic Sensor
Sensor:
Temperature
Type:
Thermistor
Range:
-5 to 50° C
Accuracy:
+/-0.2° C
Resolution:
0.001° C
Sensor:
Dissolved Oxygen percent
Type:
Optical Luminescence
Range:
0 to 500% air saturation
Accuracy:
0-200% air saturation, +/- 1% of the reading or 1% air saturation, whichever is greater; 200-500% air saturation, +/- 5% of reading
Resolution:
0.1% air saturation
Sensor:
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Type:
ROX Optical Luminescence
Range:
0 to 50 mg/L
Accuracy:
0-20 mg/L, +/- 1% of the reading or 0.1 mg/L, whichever is greater; 20-50 mg/L, +/- 5% of reading
Resolution:
0.01 mg/L
Sensor:
Salinity
Type:
Calculated from conductivity and temperature
Range:
0 to 70 ppt
Accuracy:
+/- 1.0% of reading or 0.1 ppt, whichever is greater
Resolution:
0.01 ppt
Sensor:
Vented level
Type:
Stainless Steel Strain Gauge
Range:
0 to 33 ft
Accuracy:
+/-0.013ft or +/- 0.004m
Resolution:
0.001 ft
(0.001m)
Sensor:
Turbidity
Type:
Optical, 90° Scatter w/ Mechanical cleaning
Range:
0-4000FNU
Accuracy:
0-999 FNU: 0.3 FNU or+/-2% of reading, whichever is greater; 1000-4000 FNU: +/-5% of reading.
Resolution:
0.01FNU
Sensor:
Conductivity
Type:
4-electrode
nickle cell
Range:
0 to 200 mS/cm
Accuracy:
+/- 1.0% of reading +0.002 mS/cm
Resolution:
0.0001 mS/cm to 0.01 mS/cm (range dependent)
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