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OAS accession Detail for 0049438, meta_version: 6. Current meta_version is: 7
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| Title: | Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON) - Salt River Bay (St. Croix, USVI) 2007 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations (NODC Accession 0049438) |
| 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: | 20081106 |
| Start date: | 20070101 |
| End date: | 20071231 |
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| West boundary: | -64.46 |
| East boundary: | -64.46 |
| North boundary: | 17.47 |
| South boundary: | 17.47 |
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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: | Salinity is in practical salinity units; Wind speed is in knots; barometric pressure is in millibars; wind direction is in degrees of the compass; temperature is in Celsius; photosynthetically active radiation is in mmol quanta m-2 s-1 ; Ultraviolet Radiation is in units of uJ cm-2 s-1; Relative humidity is in units of g m-3; Hail/Rain amount is in mm hr-1; hail/rain duration and intensity is in seconds; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable |
| Availability date: | 20081106 |
| Metadata version: | 6 |
| Keydate: | 2008-12-15 18:50:14+00 |
| Editdate: | 2013-10-16 16:50:25+00 |