James C. Hendee
20130601
Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-Bed -- OA Time-Series, Cheeca Rocks, Florida Reef Tract FY2012
The AOAT project is engaged in monitoring/modeling efforts designed to: a) establish
methodologies for monitoring, assessing, and modeling the impacts of Ocean Acidification (OA) on coral reef ecosystems,
b) identify critical thresholds, impacts, and trends necessary for developing forecasts, c) characterize
the variability in carbonate chemistry in coral reef environments, and d) provide data and information
needed to inform ecological impact forecasting. Existing projections of OA on coral reef ecosystems
(e.g. Silverman et al., 2009) make a core assumption that secular declines in carbonate mineral
saturation state (omega, a key parameter of OA interest) are equivalent to those experienced in the oceanic
surface waters. Sustained observations at the AOAT, however, reveal considerable complexity and
diverge from neighboring oceanic waters during most periods. Seasonal ranges in omega values exceed
those anticipated as a consequence of OA over the next several decades. Complexities within
near-reef waters are likely the norm and we seek to better model the primary controls on
near-reef carbonate chemistry. The AOAT has served as a critical venue to foster research
from other agency and academic partners towards the development of techniques which can be
applied to monitor OA within reef environments and quantify the local feedbacks that
can alter rates and magnitude.
OA is expected to reduce the calcification rates of marine organisms, yet we have
little understanding of how OA will manifest within dynamic, real-world systems, nor how to
accurately measure said manifestation.
Time is GMT; O2 is concentration of dissolved O2 in seawater in micromoles;
Salinity is in practical salinity units; temperature is in Celsius;
CO2 is reported as mole fraction for atmosphere and seawater
-9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable
20111208
20120928
ground condition
Unknown
-80.62
-80.62
20.9
20.9
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Meteorology
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Oxygen
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Carbon Dioxide
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Carbonate
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds > Carbon Dioxide
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
007
oceans
014
None
Coral Reef
Remote Sensing
Physical Oceanography
Coral
Reef
ICON
C-MAN
CRCP Project
Atlantic Ocean Acidification Test-Bed
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CoRIS Place Thesaurus
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Cheeca Rocks (24N080W0009)
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Cheeca Rocks (24N080W0009)
None
Florida Keys
Cheeca Rocks
Florida
Florida Reef Tract
None
none
James C. Hendee
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) 361-4396
Data has been reviewed and edited in attempt to
remove unreliable values.
none
Time, Sea Temperature at surface,
Salinity (1 m), Oxygen (uM),xCO2 (umol/mol)
for atmosphere and surface seawater
are the only parameters available.
Data have been manually screened and erroneous values due to instrument malfunction have been noted and/or removed.
201305
James C. Hendee
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) 361-4396
Downloadable Data
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 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.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Cheeca+Rocks
none
20200329
20140601
Renee Carlton
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
mailing and physical address
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami
Florida
3149-1026
USA
305-361-4408
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/aoat_cheeca_oa_time_series_2012.html
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