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Title: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites Puerto Rico in 2015-04-21 to 2021-12-26 (NCEI Accession 0287385)
Abstract: This archive package contains water temperature data collected using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) that aid in the monitoring of seawater temperature variability at permanent coral reef sites in Puerto Rico as part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program’s (CRCP’s) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). High-accuracy STRs are made by SeaBird Electronics (SBE) and deployed on the reef for a period of 3 years. STRs are arranged by cardinal direction along a vertical depth transect targeting 1, 5, 15, and 25 meters at Ocean and Climate Change monitoring survey sites. In areas that cardinal directions cannot be applied STRs are then arranged in a strategic manner along the vertical targeted depth transect. When the STR is recovered, typically another STR is deployed in the same location. Raw data contains temperatures collected in 5-minute intervals each hour. Temperature data are archived by region, location and year recovered. For analysis purposes, temperature data is divided by region then by location. Field operations were delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic so contractors were hired to swap sensors in 2021/2022. Gaps in data exist due to the delayed recovery. Two instruments were not recovered (Arecibo 1m and Fajardo 1m). An instrument from the 2015 deployment that was previously thought to be lost was recovered and so the data is submitted with this package (Fajardo 25m). The temperature data provided in this dataset were collected from STRs deployed at existing long-term monitoring sites by NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Coral Program.
Date received: 20231221
Start date: 20150421
End date: 20211226
Seanames: Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean
West boundary: -67.26923
East boundary: -65.252
North boundary: 18.48448
South boundary: 17.88518
Observation types: continuous, in situ, physical
Instrument types: temperature sensor
Datatypes: WATER TEMPERATURE
Submitter: Besemer, Nicole
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, CRCP, NCRMP
Platforms:
Number of observations:
Supplementary information: Submission Package ID: ULYRDH
Availability date:
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2024-01-18 21:03:35+00
Editdate: 2024-01-23 16:34:42+00