Rose Island, American Samoa, 2006 Sea Surface Temperature and Meterological Standard Mooring - CRED CREWS Near Real Time and Historical Data

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What does this data set describe?

1. How might this data set be cited?
   Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 200603, Rose Island, American Samoa, 2006 Sea Surface Temperature and Meterological Standard Mooring - CRED CREWS Near Real Time and Historical Data.

   Online Links:

   • https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -168.16025

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -168.16025

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.55134

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.55134

3. What does it look like?
4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 07-Mar-2006

   Ending_Date: present

   Currentness_Reference: ground condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
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   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
      
7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
2. Who also contributed to the data set?
3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

Why was the data set created?

Insitu monitoring of SST and meteorological conditions to correlate local conditions to coral health. Data telemetry to provide indications of current and imminent events. Ground truthing of various remote sensing products.

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?
2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?
3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None

Use_Constraints: Preliminary data. Not appropriate for use in publications

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
   
   Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

   NOAA IRC

   Honolulu, HI
   

   USA

   808 725-5360 (voice)

   808 725-5429 (FAX)
2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set? Offline Data
3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   Disclaimer- 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 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.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:

     CREI CREWS Mooring Header File Telemetered datasets from the NOAA Fisheries Honolulu laboratory. Data columns are defined below. Units follow Systeme International(SI). Missing values are flagged with "nan"(not a number). Date/time are reported in UTC unless specified as local time zone. (Note The full scientific dataset will be uploaded upon recovery of the buoy. In the full datset all times are indexed to UTC.) column 01= Argos ID number column 02= Year of observation(YYYY) column 03= Month of observation(MM) column 04= Day of observation(DD) column 05= Hour of observation(0- 23) column 06= Compass value, (N | 0-360); degrees (every 6 hours) column 07= Status of buoy's main battery(volts) column 08= U component of Wind Speed; z = 2 m; meters/sec column 09= V component of Wind Speed; z = 2 m; meters/sec column 10= Atmospheric pressure at z = 1.8 m; millibars column 11= Sea surface temperature at z = -0.3m; degrees C; (SBE39, Seabird Electronic Inc.) column 12 = Conductivity; (unused, no values) 0.000 - 8.191 S/m column 13 = Air temperature at z = 2 m; degrees C; column 14 = Day of year (DDD | 1-366) in format ASCII

     Network links:

     https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems/coral-reefs-pacific

   • Cost to order the data: on-line data are available free of charge

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 26-May-2019

Metadata author:

Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (CRED), Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

NOAA IRC

Honolulu, HI

USA

808 725-5360 (voice)

808 725-5429 (FAX)

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)