James C. Hendee
2005
ICON - Salt River Bay St. Croix Real Time Current Hourly and 72 Hours Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations (SRVI1-Salt River, St Croix)
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/index.shtml
Real Time daily hour and past 72 hour meteorological and oceanographic observations at Slat River Bay, St Croix. 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,
ICON) 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.
To screen data in near real-time to test for appropriate data ranges for each of the measured parameters, and to issue "alerts" as to conditions thought to be
conducive to coral bleaching, and other modeled events. 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.
Observations at this mooring are: salinity, wind speed, gusts and direction, barometric pressure, air and water temperatures, instrument depth,
photosynthetically active radiation, and ultraviolet radiation. A -9 indicates that the parameter is unavailable.
2007
present
ground condition
Unknown
-64.761
-64.761
17.784
17.784
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Oceanography
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Ultraviolet Radiation
None
Coral Reef
Remote Sensing
Physical Oceanography
Coral
Reef
ICON
C-MAN
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
014
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Salt River Bay (17N064W0022)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > U. S. Virgin Islands > St. Croix > Salt River Bay (17N064W0022)
None
Salt River Bay
U. S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix
None
none
Louis Florit
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
mailing and physical address
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami
Florida
33149-1026
USA
305-361-4445
Louis Florit
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
mailing and physical address
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami
Florida
33149-1026
USA
305-361-4445
Disclaimer- These oceanographic data are PRELIMINARY data and have not been screened for accuracy. NOAA can not be held liable for use of these data in a manner other than for perusal of preliminary oceanographic data for scientific research on coral reefs.
While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of
the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of
the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute
such a warranty.
ASCII
http://www.coral.noaa.gov/crw/real_data.shtml
none
20080812
Louis Florit
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
mailing and physical address
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami
Florida
33149-1026
USA
305-361-4445
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998