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    • National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2005 to 2024

    Metadata Updated: January 24, 2025

    Water temperature time series data provided in this data set are from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at permanent coral reef sites across the Hawaiian Archipelago by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The STRs were deployed for a period of 2-8 years between 2005 to 2024 and recovered during ESD-led NCRMP missions to the Hawaiian Archipelago in 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2024.

    The high-accuracy temperature loggers made by Sea-Bird Electronics (SBE) and RBR Ltd. USA were weighted and strapped to solid substrate on the seafloor by SCUBA divers at depths ranging from 0 to 30 meters at permanent monitoring sites established by ESD's Ocean and Climate Change team. Sample interval of STRs varies between 1 minute and 60 minutes. The current (2024) sample interval is typically 5 minutes. Each time an STR was recovered another STR was typically deployed at the same location and depth and was assigned the same OCC_SITEID. Data were downloaded using the SeaBird SeaTerm V2 or RBR Ruskin V2 program and post-processed using R to trim "out of water" data.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date January 8, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 17, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2017-03 (creation), 2024-12 (revision), 2025-01 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NMFS PIFSC

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date January 8, 2025
    Metadata Created Date January 17, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 24, 2025
    Reference Date(s) 2017-03 (creation), 2024-12 (revision), 2025-01 (publication)
    Responsible Party (Point of Contact, Custodian)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:37070
    Access Constraints Cite As: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2005 to 2024 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37070., Access Constraints: None, Use Constraints: Please cite NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division when using the data. Suggested citation: Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 2024: National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water Temperature Data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in the Hawaiian Archipelago from 2005 to 2024, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/37070., Distribution Liability: 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 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.
    Bbox East Long -154.8176
    Bbox North Lat 28.45923
    Bbox South Lat 18.922527
    Bbox West Long -178.3842
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 05f3d000-84a9-4262-a516-f74e270f310d
    Harvest Source Id c0beac72-5f43-4455-8c33-1b345fbc2dfe
    Harvest Source Title NMFS PIFSC
    Licence NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose.
    Lineage Water temperature data are collected using high-accuracy subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) made by SeaBird Electronics (SBE). STRs are deployed on the reef for a period of 1-3 years (occasionally up to 6 or 8 years if the instrument was not retrieved on the following mission) at depths ranging from 0-30 m at permanent monitoring sites established by the NOAA Fisheries, Ecosystem Sciences Division.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2005-03-02
    Temporal Extent End 2013-09-13

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