Oceanside, California—15 September 2005

The Oceanscience Group, Ltd. has delivered an integrated data buoy to the California State University, Long Beach CICORE program. The buoy will be deployed off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southern California. Instrumentation mounted on the buoy measures water quality parameters in real-time and data is immediately available on the internet. All components and communication systems on the buoy were integrated by Oceanscience.

The California State University’s CICORE (Center for Integrated Coastal Observation, Research and Education) was established in 2002 through the NOAA Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS) in partnership with six CSU campuses in northern and central California. The purpose of CICORE is to provide water quality and habitat map products from California bays, estuaries and coastal environments. Data from this project will be freely accessible to the general public.

The Oceanscience Group manufactures a wide variety of oceanographic and hydrologic instrument platforms for universities, government agencies and private industry. Products include seafloor platforms, data buoys, RF and satellite communications, weather stations, remotely-controlled instrument boats, and seepage meters. Corporate offices are in Oceanside, California. For more information, visit www.oceanscience.com or dial 760 754-2400.