Buoy System Based on Campbell Scientific Dataloggers
Recent construction upgrades to the port of Limon in Costa Rica required monitoring of sea-surface meteorology, including wind speed and direction, air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, water column currents, sea-surface temperature and turbidity in this environmentally conscious region.
Contractor RDSEA designed a buoy system using a Campbell Scientific CR6 datalogger and sensors that included a Campbell OBS501 turbidity probe and a Teledyne ADCP. The project’s work vessel, the MAGGIE-M, deployed the buoy in calm seas one kilometer from the pier in March 2016. Immediately after the deployment of the buoy, wet-data transmission was confirmed via Campbell’s LoggerLink app on the project lead’s smart phone. All measurements were coming in as planned. Remote data collection continued daily and this initial phase of the monitoring project has been a complete success.