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General Information

File Identifier:	gov.noaa.nodc:0177772
Metadata Date Stamp:	2018-11
Organization:	DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Organization Role:	custodian

Identification Information

Title:

National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in St. Thomas and St. John from 2014-06-30 to 2017-08-15 (NCEI Accession 0177772)

Abstract:

This archive package contains water temperature data collected using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) that aid in the monitoring of seawater temperature variability at permanent coral reef sites in Saint Thomas and Saint John as part of the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program’s (CRCP’ s) National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The high-accuracy temperature loggers (SBE56, SeaBird Electronics) are deployed on reefs for a period of three years. STRs are deployed along depth transects targeting 1, 5, 15, & 25 meters at ocean and climate change monitoring survey sites. Depth transects are located on the northern, southern, eastern, and western coasts of each target region. When a STR is recovered, typically another STR is deployed at the same location. Temperature data are collected in 5-minute intervals, and gaps in time-series (due to instrument failure or battery death) are manually padded with null values. STRs time-series data in this package were converted into coordinated universal time (UTC) from Eastern Standard Time (EST). For organizational purposes, temperature data files archived in this package are separated by region then by location. The temperature data provided in this dataset were collected from STRs deployed at existing long-term monitoring sites by the Acidification Climate and Coral Reef Ecosystems Team (ACCRETE), based at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Due to the close proximity of both islands one depth transect served as both the Saint John western site and the Saint Thomas eastern site. In the dataset this depth transect is denoted as Saint John East.

Data Theme

Theme Topics:

Environment and Conservation, Oceans and Estuaries

Spatial Domain

West Bounding Longitude:	-65.0831
South Bounding Latitude:	18.2803
East Bounding Longitude:	-64.6654
North Bounding Latitude:	18.3834

Data Quality Information

Scope (quality information applies to):

Dataset

Contact Information

Contact Position:	Information Services
Address:	Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue
City:	Asheville
State:	NC
Postal Code:	28801-5001
Country:	USA
Email:	NCEI.Info@noaa.gov
Contact Website:	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/
Telephone:	301-713-3277
Fax:	301-713-3300

Metadata Reference Information

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