Scientists from CMR have successfully completed the first installation phase for the measurement campaign at the FINO1 research platform.
The campaign is carried out by CMR and UIB in close cooperation with the other NORCOWE partners, FuE-Zentrum FH Kiel, Fraunhofer IWES, RAVE and ForWind.
Two Windcube 100s scanning wind lidars from LeoSphere and a RPG HATPRO microwave temperature profiler are now operational and connected to the FINO1 network, providing online data access, remote monitoring and control of the instruments.
Deployment of the oceanographic instrumentation is planned for the first week of June with the research vessel Håkon Mosby from IMR. In the same timeframe, the researchers will proceed with the second installation phase at FINO1 for the DCF sonic turbulence meters and breaking wave camera system.
The meteorological and oceanographic measurements will run in parallel until the fall, when the oceanographic measurement buoys will be recovered. The meteorological measurements at FINO1 will continue until June 2016.
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