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Title: Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) - Little Cayman (LCIY2 - Little Cayman, Cayman Islands) 2012 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations from 01 Jan to 26 Oct 2012 (NODC Accession 0117730)
Abstract: The Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) of OAR is conducting research on the influence of meteorological and oceanographic factors upon coral bleaching, and other biogeochemical processes occurring on coral reefs. Instrument arrays to measure the various environmental influences are being deployed at key coral reef areas to gain long-term temporally intensive data coverage, to provide near real-time information products, and to surface-truth NOAA satellite sea surface temperature (SST) products used for coral bleaching predictions (HotSpot products).

OAR has developed expert system software plus the instrument array (together called a Coral Reef Early Warning System, or ICON, station) to screen data in near real-time to test for appropriate data ranges for each of the instruments, and to issue alerts as to conditions thought to be conducive to coral bleaching, and other modeled events. At each ICON station, local collaborators also provide feedback on the presence and progress of coral bleaching and thus validate coral bleaching predictions made by satellite HotSpots and ICON information products.
Date received: 20140402
Start date: 20120101
End date: 20121026
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West boundary: -80.06
East boundary: -80.06
North boundary: 19.7
South boundary: 19.7
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Submitter: Hendee, James C.
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
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Supplementary information: Temperature is in degrees Celsius; barometric pressure is in millibars; wind speed is in knots; wind direction is in degrees of compass; ultraviolet radiation is in units of uW cm-2 nm-1; photosynthetically active radiation is in units of uEinsteins m-2 s-1; conductivity is in milliSiemens cm-1; sea pressure is in decibars; instrument depth is in meters; salinity is in practical salinity units; relative humidity is in percentages; rain amount is in millimeters; rain duration is in seconds; rain intensity is in millimeters per hour; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable.

Additional ICON data is filed under separate NODC accession numbers.
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Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2014-04-23 19:08:15+00
Editdate: 2014-04-25 12:43:29+00