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OAS accession Detail for 0123995, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 5
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| Title: | Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) - Angel's Reef (Trinidad and Tobago) 2013 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations (NODC Accession 0123995) |
| 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 an Integrated Coral Observing Network, 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. The impetus for such a framework was the perceived marked regional decline in coral reefs and the critical need to provide data and options for resource management. |
| Date received: | 20140930 |
| Start date: | 20131128 |
| End date: | 20131231 |
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| West boundary: | -60.52 |
| East boundary: | -60.52 |
| North boundary: | 11.3 |
| South boundary: | 11.3 |
| Observation types: | biological, continuous, meteorological, physical, surface measurements, time series |
| Instrument types: | CTD, meteorological sensor, PAR Sensor |
| Datatypes: | AIR TEMPERATURE, BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, CHLOROPHYLL, CONDUCTIVITY, FLUORESCENCE, SALINITY, SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, turbidity, WATER TEMPERATURE, WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE, WIND SPEED - AVERAGE |
| Submitter: | Hendee, James C. |
| Submitting institution: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Collecting institutions: | US DOC; NOAA; OAR; Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory |
| Contributing projects: | CORAL REEF STUDIES, CoRIS, ICON |
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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; conductivity is in milliSiemens cm-1; salinity is in practical salinity units; relative humidity is in percentage; rain amount is in millimeters; turbidity is in formazin nephelometric units; total suspended solids is in mg/L; chlorophyll and blue-green algae are in ug/L; fluorescent DOM is in relative fluorescent units; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable. Additional ICON data is files under separate NODC accession numbers. |
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| Metadata version: | 1 |
| Keydate: | 2014-12-16 19:33:21+00 |
| Editdate: | 2014-12-16 20:38:08+00 |