John C. Ogden and Sandra Vargo
Chris Humphrey and Jeff Absten
James C. Hendee
Cathy Woodey
20020101
SEAKEYS - Molasses Reef 1995 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations (NODC Accession 0058102)
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0058102
The Florida Institute of Oceanography's (FIO) SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological Research Related to Management
of the Florida Keys Seascape) program began in 1989 and has continued until the present. This program, now being
supported through NOAA's South Florida Ecosystem Restoration, Prediction and Modeling Program (SFERPM), implements
a framework for long-term monitoring and research along the 220 mile Florida coral reef tract and in Florida Bay at
a geographical scale encompassing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). The network consists of six
instrument-enhanced Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations, cooperatively managed with NOAA's National
Data Buoy Center, plus a proposed new one in northwest Florida Bay. These stations measure the usual C-MAN meteorological
parameters, such as wind speed, gusts and barometric pressure, but are enhanced with oceanographic instruments
measuring salinity, sea temperature, fluorometry and turbidity.
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 parts per thousand; Wind speed is in knots; barometric pressure is in millibars;
wind direction is in degrees of the compass; temperature is in Celsius; Photosynthetically Active Radiation is in
microEinsteins; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable
19950101
19951231
ground condition
Unknown
-80.38
-80.38
25.01
25.01
NCEI Geoportal FilterCoRIS_Metadata
CRCP Project
Coral Reef Watch - CREWS component
1101-03
Coral Reef Watch - CREWS component
1136
CoRIS Theme Thesaurus
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Sea Level Pressure
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Coral Reefs
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
None
Physical Oceanography
SEAKEYS
C-MAN
CoRIS Discovery Thesaurus
Numeric Data Sets > Oceanography
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
014
CoRIS Place Thesaurus
OCEAN BASIN > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Florida Reef Tract > Upper Florida Keys > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003)
COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Florida > Monroe County > Molasses Reef (25N080W0003)
None
Florida Keys
Florida Reef Tract
CoRIS Region
Florida
None
none
James C. Hendee
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meterological 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, Air Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Wind Direction, Max Wind Speed, Wind Gust, Wind
Speed, Photosynthetically Active Radiation at the surface(PARS),and Barometric Pressure are the only parameters
available.
Data have been manually screened and erroneous values due to instrument malfunction have been
noted and/or removed
200206
coral reef
Coral reefs are wave-resistant structures resulting from cementation processes and the
skeletal construction of hermatypic corals, calcareous algae, and other calcium carbonate-secreting organisms.
ReefBase. 1997. "ReefBase: a global database on coral reefs and their resources".
Ver. 2.0. CD-ROM, ICLARM, Manila, Philippines.
James C. Hendee
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic
and Meterological 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
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0058102
none
20210106
Derek Manzello
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
305-361-4389
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
20060920041936
None
19950101
19951231
https://www.coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/html/seakeys_molasses_reef_1995.html
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