Nanaimo Harbour - Descanso Bay Ferry Route - Secondary Meteorological Station Deployed 2026-01-03

The Lufft WS501 (S/N 537.1119.1009.230) Weather Station was deployed on 2026-01-03 on Nanaimo Harbour - Descanso Bay Ferry Route - Secondary. Secondary node for Nanaimo Harbour - Descanso Bay, while there are two ferries serving this route. This device is a Meteorological Station. Meteorological stations are instruments that make routine meteorological measurements on the atmosphere and are comprised of a suite of sensors. Typical examples of measurements include temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed and direction. It was deployed on a mobile platform. Data from this deployment were archived and made available through Ocean Networks Canada's Oceans 3.0 digital infrastructure, with quality assurance and derived data products following established practices.