BoiaTS1

TS1 Buoy – Ubatuba

TS1 is the first prototype of the project's temperature and salinity monitoring buoy. It is currently being tested in the laboratory, and the chart above shows its readings as they arrive. Once validated, it will be installed at the Instituto de Pesca, a traditional marine research and fisheries institution on the northern coast of São Paulo State, Brazil, in a region recognized for its high marine biodiversity, tropical coastal ecosystems, estuarine influence and dynamic oceanographic conditions.

What it records: water temperature (°C), a raw salinity signal (not yet calibrated, shown as raw counts) and a voltmeter channel used to follow experimental electrochemical systems.

How the buoy is built (hardware, firmware and data link) is described on the Monitoring and Signaling Buoys page under Devices & Tools. The Ubatuba reference series below gives the environmental context of the site where the buoy will be deployed.