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    • MAPCO2 Buoy: Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii

    Metadata Updated: October 7, 2023

    This buoy is located approximately 850 meters offshore of the south coast of the island of Kauai near Poipu in the State of Hawaii. It is moored in waters 17 m (55 ft) deep. Data are recorded every 3 hours and transmitted daily. This Moored Autonomous Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide (MAPCO2) buoy was primarily established to monitor ocean acidification within a tropical coral reef ecosystem in the Central Pacific, complementing a national array of moored carbon dioxide buoys across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean. Other important physical parameters are also monitored to help provide early indications of run-off from land-based waterways such as streams and other outflows that lead directly into the ocean. The buoy is funded as part of a gift from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) to improve Hawaii's ocean health. The University of Hawaii at Manoa supports the maintenance of the buoy and instrumentation. Data are managed by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) at the NOAA Western Regional Center in Seattle, Washington. PMEL enables data streaming into the PacIOOS website for visualization purposes only: the near real-time data have not been post-calibrated or quality controlled and are therefore not of the climate quality that PMEL is required to achieve. Only post-calibrated and quality-controlled data should be used for scientific publications and are available for download separately at the NOAA Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) website in a delayed-mode capacity.

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    Metadata Date September 1, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
    Reference Date(s) July 30, 2023 (creation), September 1, 2023 (issued), July 30, 2023 (revision)
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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 1, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
    Reference Date(s) July 30, 2023 (creation), September 1, 2023 (issued), July 30, 2023 (revision)
    Responsible Party NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid mapco2_kauai
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -159.4700
    Bbox North Lat 21.8700
    Bbox South Lat 21.8700
    Bbox West Long -159.4700
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
    Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/mapco2_kauai.png
    Harvest Object Id 60b2aa80-de55-446d-87e4-e4cbe746978d
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
    Licence
    Lineage 2023-07-30T23:17:00Z UH/SOEST (C.L. Sabine) and NOAA/PMEL asset, initial deployment.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-159.47, 21.87]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2023-07-30T23:17:00Z
    Temporal Extent End now

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