gov.noaa.nodc:0316621 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-07-10T12:27:10Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and other water property data collected by moorings within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary from 2000 to 2025. (NCEI Accession 0316621) 2026-07-10 publication 2026-07-10 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0316621 NCEI Archive Management System 0316621 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Seth Sykora-Bodie NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) seth.sykora-bodie@noaa.gov https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) website Institution web page information collaborator Helene Scalliet Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) helene.scalliet@noaa.gov https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) website Institution web page information collaborator Emily An Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) emily.an@noaa.gov https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) website Institution web page information collaborator Kathy Hough Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) kathy.hough@noaa.gov https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) website Institution web page information principalInvestigator OCNMS Science Team olympic.coast.science@noaa.gov pointOfContact Kathy Hough, Jenny Waddell, Helene Scalliet, Jack Gerrior, Katie Wrubel, Emily An, Brandy Tenielle Cervantes, Melanie Fewings, Seth Sykora-Bodie author NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ HTTPS NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) website Institution web page information contributor Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) https://olympiccoast.noaa.gov/ HTTPS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) on the northwestern edge of Washington has maintained oceanographic moorings measuring surface and subsurface water properties at five cross-shelf lines from 2000 to present. Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, water velocity, and pressure are measured offshore of Cape Elizabeth, Kalaloch, Teahwhit Heat, Cape Alava, and Makah Bay, with varying availability depending on location and year. The moorings collect data from late spring to late fall on the 15-meter and 27- or 42-meter isobaths (the Kalaloch mid-depth mooring is at 27 meters depth). Moorings have also been deployed at 50 meters at Kalaloch; 65 meters at Cape Alava, Teahwhit Head, and Cape Elizabeth; and 100 meters at Cape Alava during some years. Temperature measurements occur at 5-10 meter intervals throughout the water column at all locations, while the other variables are measured near the surface and/or bottom. This dataset includes multiple NetCDF files with data and quality flags for each OCNMS mooring site. The quality flags are defined by the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality-Assurance/Quality Control of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD). The site name convention is the geographic location abbreviation followed by the water depth, in meters, at the mooring (Makah Bay: MB015 and MB042; Cape Alava: CA015, CA042, CA065, and CA100; Teahwhit Head: TH015, TH042, and TH065; Kalaloch: KL015, KL027, and KL050; Cape Elizabeth: CE015, CE042, and CE065). The data are organized in directories as follows: "Hourly_Processed_Files" contains hourly-averaged temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, eastward velocity, northward velocity, and pressure and the corresponding quality flags for each variable at all available depths from 2000–2025; "Record_Means" contains record means computed using all available years of data; "Raw_Files" contains the data before computing averages and applying quality flags; and "CSV_Files" contains plain-text ASCII comma-separated value files for each variable at each mooring containing all hourly values with “pass” or “suspect” flags. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) has been operating a system of oceanographic moorings along the Olympic Coast of Washington State collecting data on surface and subsurface water properties for over 25 years. The data collected from these instruments supports a wide range of applications for coastal communities throughout the Pacific Northwest, from public and environmental health to fishery management. Subsurface ocean data are important because bottom temperature variability can have unique and dramatic biological impacts on continental shelves and surface data alone are not sufficient to monitor and understand anomalous warming events in the northern California Current system (NCC). OCNMS data are also used to support regional ocean forecasting and prediction efforts including the LiveOcean J-SCOPE models. 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PNG 0316621 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2026-05-19 publication CONDUCTIVITY DISSOLVED OXYGEN SALINITY WATER TEMPERATURE theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS CTD - moored CTD mooring thermistor instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS in situ theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NOS/NMS > National Marine Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian NOAA, OAR, CPO project Provider Project Names EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Sea-Bird Unsure instrument Provider Instruments Onset HOBO TidbiT RV Storm Petrel Sea-Bird Electronics 37 SMP-ODO MicroCAT w/ Sea-Bird 63 DO Sea-Bird Electronics 39 Temperature Recorder Sea-Bird Electronics SEACAT 16+ Sea-Bird Electronics SEACAT 19+ platform Provider Platform Names OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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User requests must be approved by NCEI and are subject to order fulfillment constraints. offlineAccess dataset Parameter or Variable: WATER TEMPERATURE (measured); Units: attodegrees Celsius; Observation Category: other; Sampling Instrument: Sea-Bird Parameter or Variable: CONDUCTIVITY (measured); Units: Unsure; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Sea-Bird Parameter or Variable: DISSOLVED OXYGEN (measured); Units: Unsure; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Unsure Parameter or Variable: SALINITY (measured); Units: Unsure; Observation Category: in situ; Sampling Instrument: Unsure asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD mooring mooring use as an observation type thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor