Mixing Array Bottom Moorings for Mobile Bay, March 29 to April 15, 2016

Six bottom moorings were deployed and collected data from March 29 to April 15, 2016. The bottom moorings were instrumented with bottom mounted ADCPs, which collected time series of u, v, and w currents at discrete depth levels of 1 m or finer. Acoustic backscatter intensity data were also collected by the ADCPs. The mounts for the ADCP also had a CTD or p-pod pressure sensor. The CTDs collected time series of bottom temperature, salinity, and pressure. The p-pods collected time series of bottom temperature, pressure, and significant wave height. At the M2 mooring, an automatic profiling unit was deployed, called the Bio-Optical Physical Pop-Up Environmental Reconnaissance System (BOPPERS). This unit consisted of the bottom mooring of the ADCPs, with the addition of a profiling unit that made profiles every 3 hours (if possible). It collected profiles of temperature, salinity, and bio-optical properties of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM), fluorescence, optical backscatter, beam attenuation, and down welling irradiance. It also measured waves while at the surface. The BOPPERS data can be found in dataset R4.x260.000:0088.