Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
N7 Tower
Florida State University (FSU) maintained atmospheric and oceanic instrumentation at U.S. Air Force tower N7 in the northern Gulf of Mexico as part of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) from August 2008 to July 2016. The observations wre made at N7, located ~18 nautical miles southeast of St. Teresa, FL, in 20m of water and were a continuation of the previous NOAA-funded Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute program. FSU instrumentation at N7 supported research to quantify the onshore and offshore transport mechanisms and document the basic regional physical oceanography of the Big Bend Region. Observations at N7 resulted from a collaboration between the Marine Field Group, the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, and the Coastal & Marine Laboratory at FSU.
