Noordwijk 2

Noordwijk 2 SmartBuoy, 52°15'.2N 004°24'.3E, 17/09/2001 - 09/01/2002

For 18 months a SmartBuoy was located at Noordwijk 10. The decision was then made to move the buoy to Noordwijk 2 to coincide with the start of a new study at this location looking into sediment transport along the Dutch coast. Both sites were routinely monitored by RIKZ using survey vessels as part of their marine monitoring programme.

The SmartBuoy took high frequency measurements of physical, chemical and biological variables. These data helped to complete the picture of annual, seasonal and episodic (e.g., algal blooms, storm events) changes that are observed in these coastal waters, providing insights into the mechanisms causing such changes to occur.