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 the Integrated Coral Observing Network, 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.
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.
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; Ultraviolet radiation is in units of uJ cm-2 s-1; Photosynthetically active radiation is in umol quanta m-2s-1 PAM yield = fluorescence yield (%) PAM 1, PAM2 = Siderastrea siderea; PAM3, PAM4 = Agaricia tenuifolia; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable
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Data has been reviewed and edited in attempt to remove unreliable values.
Time, Air Temperature, Sea Temperature at surface and 3 m, Wind Gust, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Barometric Pressure, Salinity (1 and 3m), Conductivty (1 and 3m), Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) at the surface, 1m, and 3m ultraviolet radiation B (UVB, 305, 330, 380 nm) at the surface, 1m, and 3m and PAM (pulse amplitude modulated) fluorometry are the only parameters available. 1) Wind speed data is unavailable from Nov. 19 - Dec. 3
Data have been manually screened and erroneous values due to instrument malfunction have been noted and/or removed.
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