Oregon Offshore Cabled Shallow Profiler Mooring

The Oregon Offshore Shallow Profiler Mooring is located on the Continental Slope, at approximately 580 meters water depth. By sampling in this area, the OOI seeks to gain better insight into upwelling dynamics of this system, including monitoring changes in productivity and hypoxia. This two-legged mooring is attached to an electro-optical cable that supplies power and bandwidth and hosts a Shallow Profiler (SF01B), a 200m Platform (PC01B), and a Winch Controller (SC01B). The 200 m platform and Shallow Profiler both house scientific instrumentation, and the profiler is tethered to a mooring-mounted winch that allows it to travel across a fixed depth in the water column (20 m to 200 m below sea surface). The mooring is co-located with a Benthic Experiment Package that collects complementary seafloor data.