Data report for current meters on mooring CMME-2, 1981-82; Atlantic study ar EN-3

The mooring designated CMME-2 was installed by R/V Endeavor on the northern Hatteras Abyssal Plain in an acoustically measured water depth of 5410 corrected meters. It was recovered after 333 days of operation. All five meters were recovered. The speed sensor on the top meter failed after 3.5 months; therefore its speed and direction files are short. The bottom meter failed during installation and produced no data. CMME-2 is the second mooring in a planned series of moorings near the center of the study area E-N3. The series of moorings is designed to determine the long-term mean flow in the study area. The data collected will be used as input in a numerical circulation model of the region. In addition the long time series of data will allow the study of energetic fluctuations at low frequencies. The mean speeds recorded are lower than those from the earlier record. In contrast to the previous data there appears to be no subsurface speed maximum. There is a fairly consistent northerly flow on which is superimposed a more variable east-west flow. A seasonal trend may be present: flow to the east in spring, flow to the south in the fall, and flow to the north in winter. 4 references, 56 figures, 4 tables