Western Sambo Reef; Western Sambo Buoy 16; Jacquelyn L Grounding Site (M/V JACQUELYN L. Grounding, Western Sambo Reef on 07/7/91.
Sambo - This site was decommissioned in December 1995.
Jacquelyn - The station at this site was lost in November 2003, and replaced by station Buoy 16.
Resource Description: NODC Accession Number 0014120
A hollow, pre-cast concrete coral head or concrete and PVC monument have been used to protect and conceal thermographs. Where appropriate, bolt-on stainless steel brackets were used to secure instruments to structural supports (e.g. concrete or steel pilings) of fixed bridges or navigational aids.
Experience has shown that a 2 hour recording mode is adequate to monitor changes in reef tract bottom water temperature. Data has been collected, on average, annually from all instruments. Due to mechanical problems with some instruments, there are occasional gaps in the data streams from some of the monitoring stations.