Central Gulf of Mexico Ocean Observing System

Sponsor: U. Southern Mississippi (ONR)

Brief Description:  GERG has been working with University of Southern Mississippi on development of Central Gulf Ocean Observing System www.cengoos.org/. GERG designed, built, and delivered an advanced three meter buoy USM3M01 with an acoustically linked bottom package. This buoy was deployed south of Biloxi MS in December 2004. This buoy was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but successfully recorded winds and ocean currents as the eye of Katrina passed nearby.

In the Spring of 2006, GERG began construction of a second three meter discus buoy for CenGOOS and also began the refurbishment of the USM3M01.

USM Three meter buoy aboard US Coast Guard vessel prior to deployment in December 2004.