PMC

Map of the New York Wind Energy Area study site (NY WEA; Equinor, Lease OCS-A 0512) and inset showing the relative location in federal waters of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York and New Jersey. Transceiver station locations, assumed 600-m detection radii, and 1-m depth isoclines within the NY WEA are indicated. The transceiver array operated throughout the entire course of the study (November 10, 2016–February 5, 2018) with the exception of a single station indicated by (^) which was not recovered during the final download cruise; data for this station were unavailable for the period of August 4, 2017–February 5, 2018. Locations of relevant environmental monitoring stations are shown (NH = Entrance to New York Harbor, NOAA NDBC Station 44065; BB = Coastal Barnegat Bay, NOAA NDBC Station 44091; MP = Coastal Montauk Point, NOAA National NDBC Station 44017; OS = Offshore New York, NOAA NDBC Station 44025; HR = Hudson River below Poughkeepsie, New York, USGS Gauging Station 01372058).

Control configuration page of base station. (a) mainboard of base station; (b) the base-station system with LCD display, keyboard and wireless transceiver module; (c) interface of node configuration; (d) interface of system configuration.

Transceiver considered at the Base Station (BS), which is equipped with antenna elements and P radio-frequency (RF) chains.

Mono-static OGS transceiver installed at location (a), free-space line of sight as seen from the Optical Ground Station transceiver location (b), SLP tag with unfiltered array of Corner Cube Retroreflectors installed in the support holder (c), example of a SLP tag with given combination of Band-Pass Filters (d). Pictures courtesy of Eric de Vries.