Telemetered meteorological and engineering data from a deep sea moored body in the Long Term Upper Ocean Study ( LOTUS) ( Sargossa Sea).

The experiment was designed to examine weekly, monthly and seasonal variability in air-sea interaction processes at a site in the Sargossa sea. The experiment employs a moored buoy as a platform for meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation. Engineering data, such as tension of the mooring line and battery voltage, and meteorological data are telemetered via the ARGOS satellite system. The ARGOS system provides buoy position and a precise timeword. The telemetered data are used for monitoring the meteorological conditions at the LOTUS site. Instrument performance is also checked. If the mooring line fails as it did during a prior engineering deployment, the buoy can be tracked using the ARGOS system. -from STAR, 23(14), 1985