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Chesapeake_Bay (Annapolis, MD)

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Node installation August 26, 2021. Photo taken facing SSW. Instrument is being mounted on the southern corner of the upper platform (top left on the backside).
Instrument installation on the southern corner of the upper platform 37m off the water.
Image 1 - Node installation August 26, 2021. Photo taken facing SSW. Instrument is being mounted on the southern corner of the upper platform (top left on the backside).
Image 2 - Instrument installation on the southern corner of the upper platform 37m off the water.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 39.12351° North
  • Longitude: 76.34890° West
  • Elevation: 30.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • The Chesapeake Tower node is mounted on a USCG-controlled navigational range-light tower (Tolchester Channel Rear Range Light) with a lower platform for solar panels and battery storage (see photos below) and an upper platform where the SEAPRISM system is mounted. The single-pile, yellow tower stands in the upper Chesapeake Bay ~28 km ESE of Baltimore harbor, ~15 km N of the Rte. 50 bridge, well outside of commercial shipping lanes surrounded by highly turbid, optically deep, 6-8 m depth waters. Distances to the shoreline are 7.1 km W, 13.6 km N, 9.1 km E, 13.1 km S.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Dirk Aurin
  • E-mail: dirk.a.aurin@nasa.gov
    • Dirk Auriin
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
    Code 616
    Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
    Tel: 301-286-8156
    Cell: 860-876-5055
Site Manager(s) Information:
  • John "Rusty" McKay
  • Email: John.McKay@maryland.gov
  • John "Rusty" McKay
    Section Head, Shellfish Monitoring Section
    Water and Science Administration
    Maryland Department of the Environment
    416 Chinquapin Round Road
    Annapolis, Maryland 21401
    Email: John.McKay@maryland.gov


    • AND

  • Michael Ondrusek
  • Email: michael.ondrusek@noaa.gov
  • Michael Ondrusek
    Oceanographer
    NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
    Email: michael.ondrusek@noaa.gov
    cell: 202-230-2405
Responsible Institution(s):
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    https://www.nasa.gov

    AERONET Project
    https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Image 3 - Site location in the upper Chesapeake Bay. Site location in the upper Chesapeake Bay.

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