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Title: Continuous bottom temperature measurements in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract at Smith Shoal, 2006 - 2008 and 2011 - 2012 (NODC Accession 0093066)
Abstract: The purpose of this project is to document bottom seawater temperature in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract on a continuing basis and make that information available to management and research user groups. This ongoing project began in 1988. A total of 38 subsurface recording thermographs have been deployed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and at other selected locations on the Florida Reef Tract and associated hydrologic ecosystems. These instruments have been programmed to record at 2 hour intervals and are placed in permanent housings attached to suitable substrate. Data retrieval, servicing and reprogramming for continuous deployment have occurred, on average, annually. Initially, the collected data are made available to FKNMS Managers and others who monitor and assess environmental conditions that influence FKNMS areas of the Florida Reef Tract. An archival copy of these data is maintained and available from the U.S. U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center.
Date received: 20120710
Start date: 20060223
End date: 20120608
Seanames: Coastal Waters of Florida, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -81.92
East boundary: -81.92
North boundary: 24.72
South boundary: 24.72
Observation types: physical, time series
Instrument types: thermograph
Datatypes: DEPTH - OBSERVATION, WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Buchman, Michael
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Collecting institutions: US DOC; NOAA; NOS; ONMS; Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Contributing projects: COASTAL, CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS
Platforms: FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES (317F)
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: A continuation of temperature data for the years 2006 to 2008 and 2011 to 2012 (see associated data for prior years under NODC Accession Record 0002806)
Availability date:
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2012-07-19 11:59:19+00
Editdate: 2013-05-08 19:03:59+00