SEAKEYS - Sombrero Key 2009 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations

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Title:
SEAKEYS - Sombrero Key 2009 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations
Abstract:
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.
Supplemental_Information:
Wind speed is in knots; barometric pressure is in millibars; wind direction is in degrees of the compass; temperature is in Celsius; ; -9 in the data set indicates that the parameter is unavailable
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    John C. Ogden and Sandra Vargo, Chris Humphrey and Jeff Absten, Hendee, James C. , and Woodey, Cathy, 20100721, SEAKEYS - Sombrero Key 2009 Meteorological and Oceanographic Observations.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.11
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.11
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.63
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.63

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    Beginning_Date: 01-Jan-2009
    Ending_Date: 31-Dec-2009
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

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    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. (Source: ReefBase. 1997. ReefBase: a global database on coral reefs and their resources. Ver. 2.0. CD-ROM, ICLARM, Manila, Philippines.)

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    James C. Hendee
    Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meterological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, Florida 33149-1026
    USA

    (305) 361-4396 (voice)

Why was the data set created?

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.

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    Date: Jul-2010 (process 1 of 1)
    Data have been manually screened and erroneous values due to instrument malfunction have been noted and/or removed.

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    Data has been reviewed and edited in attempt to remove unreliable values.

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    Time, Air Temperature, Sea Temperature, Wind Direction, Max Wind Speed, Wind Gust, Wind Speed, Dew Point, Barometric Pressure, Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) at the surface, Conductivity at surface, and Salinity at surface are the only parameters available." (1) Salinity, Conductivity, and Sea surface temperature unavailable after 03/05/09

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    none

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Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: none

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    James C. Hendee
    Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meterological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
    Miami, Florida 33149-1026
    USA

    (305) 361-4396 (voice)

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    Downloadable Data

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    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.

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Dates:
Last modified: 18-Dec-2012
Last Reviewed: 07-Dec-2010
Metadata author:
Derek Manzello
Ocean Chemistry Division, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 3149-1026
USA

305-361-4389 (voice)

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

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