5829
Environmental data collected between 1956 and 1974 at monitoring stations and by two steamships in the Pacific Ocean
RE004AA2 Historical Monitoring Stations
Data Set
Published / External
5814
Historical Research Environmental Metadata Portfolio
Project
Completed
Environmental data were collected between 1956 and 1974 during various time periods at thirteen monitoring stations and by two steamships in the Pacific Ocean. Data collection includes date/time and position of collection, cloud cover, sea condition, wind direction, air temperature, sea temperature and surface salinity.
SOURCE ID: RE004 AA2
Theme
Legacy Data Set
Theme
PIFSC
Theme
RE
Theme
SIS
Theme
SS Mariposa
Theme
SS Monterey
Theme
air temperature
Theme
cloud cover
Theme
sea condition
Theme
sea temperature
Theme
surface salinity
Theme
wind direction
Spatial
French Frigate Shoals
Spatial
Guam
Spatial
Johnston
Spatial
Kelea Point
Spatial
Lanai
Spatial
Midway
Spatial
Ocean Station November
Spatial
Ocean Station Romeo
Spatial
Ocean Station Victor
Spatial
Pago Pago
Spatial
South Point
Spatial
Upolu Point
Spatial
Wake Island
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Honolulu
HI
USA
Data Set
Oracle Database
As Needed
Table (digital)
N/A
Non-fishing Vessels
Unknown Physical Collection Device
59153
RE004AA2_V
RE004AA2_V
Published / External
Completed
Historical monitoring station environmental data.
Data Table
Yes
Historical monitoring station environmental data.
1
DATASET_CODE
VARCHAR2
5
No
No
Active
Source ID Code assigned by the data entry staff.
VARCHAR2
2
VERSION_CODE
VARCHAR2
3
No
No
Active
Code for the format version assigned by the data entry staff.
VARCHAR2
3
VESSEL_CODE
VARCHAR2
3
No
No
Active
Code for the vessel.
VARCHAR2
016 = SS MONTEREY
017 = SS MARIPOSA
4
YEAR
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Year of sampling.
VARCHAR2
5
MONTH
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Month of sampling.
VARCHAR2
6
DAY
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Day of sampling.
VARCHAR2
7
TIME
VARCHAR2
4
No
No
Active
Time of sampling.
VARCHAR2
8
OCTANT
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Octant of the sampling site. OCTANT used to determine latitude direction (N/S), longitude direction (E/W) and the first digit of LONGITUDE_DEGREES (0/1).
VARCHAR2
9
LATITUDE_DEGREES
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Latitude degrees of the sampling site. Units for values are degrees.
VARCHAR2
degrees
10
LATITUDE_MINUTES
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Latitude minutes of the sampling site. Units for values are minutes.
VARCHAR2
minutes
11
LATITUDE_DIRECTION
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Latitude direction of the sampling site. OCTANT used to determine LATITUDE_DIRECTION (N/S).
VARCHAR2
N = NORTH
S = SOUTH
12
LATITUDE_DD
NUMBER
41
No
No
38
Active
Computed latitude, in decimal degrees, of the sampling site. Postive values are North latitudes; negative values are South latitudes. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 40.
NUMBER
degrees
13
LONGITUDE_DEGREES
VARCHAR2
3
No
No
Active
Longitude degrees of the sampling site. OCTANT used to determine first value of LONGITUDE_DEGREES (0/1). Units for values are degrees.
VARCHAR2
degrees
14
LONGITUDE_MINUTES
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Longitude minutes of the sampling site. Units for values are minutes.
VARCHAR2
minutes
15
LONGITUDE_DIRECTION
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Longitude direction of the sampling site. OCTANT used to determine LONGITUDE_DIRECTION (E/W).
VARCHAR2
E = EAST
W = WEST
16
LONGITUDE_DD
NUMBER
41
No
No
36
Active
Computed longitude, in decimal degrees, of the sampling site. Positive values are East longitudes; negative values are West longitudes. Units for values are degrees. Measures are reported with a precision of 30.
NUMBER
degrees
17
CLOUD_COVER_CODE
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Cloud cover code.
VARCHAR2
0 = NO CLOUDS
1 = LESS THAN 1/10 OR 1/10
2 = 2/10 AND 3/10
3 = 4/10
4 = 5/10
5 = 6/10
6 = 7/10 AND 8/10
7 = 9/10 AND 9/10 PLUS
8 = 10/10
9 = SKY OBSCURED
18
SEA_CONDITION_CODE
VARCHAR2
1
No
No
Active
Sea condition code.
VARCHAR2
0 = CALM, HEIGHT OF WAVE 0 FEET
1 = SMOOTH, HEIGHT OF WAVE LESS THAN 1 FOOT, FLAT
2 = SLIGHT, or GENTLE, HEIGHT OF WAVE 1-2 FEET, RIPPLES
3 = MODERATE, HEIGHT OF WAVE 3-5 FEET, MEDIUM
4 = ROUGH, HEIGHT OF WAVE 5-8 FEET, CHOPPY
5 = VERY ROUGH, HEIGHT OF WAVE 8-12 FEET, HEAVY SURF
6 = HIGH, HEIGHT OF WAVE 12-20 FEET
7 = VERY HIGH, HEIGHT OF WAVE 20-40 FEET
19
WIND_DIRECTION
VARCHAR2
2
No
No
Active
Direction from which the surface wind is blowing, (0-360), divided by 10.
VARCHAR2
20
AIR_TEMPERATURE_F
VARCHAR2
4
No
No
1
Active
Air temperature, in tenths of a degree Farenheit. During data entry, the decimal point was omitted; it has been inserted into the data. Units for values are degrees Farenheit. Measures are reported with a precision of 3.
VARCHAR2
degrees Farenheit
21
AIR_TEMPERATURE_C
VARCHAR2
4
No
No
1
Active
Air temperature, in tenths of a degree Centigrade. During data entry, the decimal point was omitted; it has been inserted into the data. Units for values are degrees Centigrade. Measures are reported with a precision of 3.
VARCHAR2
degrees Centigrade
22
SEA_TEMPERATURE_F
VARCHAR2
4
No
No
1
Active
Sea temperature, in tenths of a degree Farenheit. During data entry, the decimal point was omitted; it has been inserted into the data. Units for values are degrees Farenheit. Measures are reported with a precision of 3.
VARCHAR2
degrees Farenheit
23
SEA_TEMPERATURE_C
VARCHAR2
4
No
No
1
Active
Sea tempertature, in tenths of a degree Centigrade. During data entry, the decimal point was omitted; it has been inserted into the data. Units for values are degrees Centigrade. Measures are reported with a precision of 3.
VARCHAR2
degrees Centigrade
24
SURFACE_SALINITY
VARCHAR2
5
No
No
2
Active
Surface salinity, in hundredths of a part per thousand. During data entry, the first digit (2 or 3) and the decimal point were omitted; both have been inserted into the data. Units for values are parts per thousand. Measures are reported with a precision of 4.
VARCHAR2
parts per thousand
25
SEQUENCE_NUMBER
VARCHAR2
8
No
No
Active
A consecutive number assigned to each record for a block of data.
VARCHAR2
26
DATE_LOADED
DATE
22
No
No
Active
Date when the record was loaded or updated in Oracle.
DATE
Data Steward
2016
Person
Miyamoto, Brent M
brent.miyamoto@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5340
8:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. HST
Distributor
2016
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
pifsc.info@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5360
https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage
Online Resource
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Metadata Contact
2016
Person
Miyamoto, Brent M
brent.miyamoto@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5340
8:15 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. HST
Point of Contact
2016
Person
Tokita, Christopher Y
christopher.tokita@noaa.gov
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
(808)725-5342
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. HST M-F
Ground Condition
Extent Group 1 Geographic Area and Time Frame are for all of the data.
169.516667
-118.2333
47
-33.33
Range
1956
1974
Ocean Station Victor Latitude 34.0, Longitude 164.0
159.48333333333
165.8
36.13333333333
32.78333333333
Range
1957-01
1972-01
Ocean Station November Latitude 30.0, Longitude -140.0
-140
-138.8333
30
28.8333
Range
1958-02
1974-06
French Frigate Shoals Latitude 23.8667, Longitude -166.2833
-166.3
-166.2667
23.8667
23.7667
Range
1957-03
1974-09
Midway Latitude 28.2167, Longitude -177.35
-177.3667
-177.35
28.2167
28.1833
Range
1957-03
1974-10
Wake Island Latitude 19.2833, Longitude 166.6167
166.6167
166.65
19.2833
19.2833
Range
1957-02
1974-11
Ocean Station Romeo Latitude 40.0, Longitude -172.0
-172
-168.3333
40
39
Range
1958-08
1959-01
Pago Pago Latitude -14.3167, Longitude -170.6833
-170.7167
-170.6167
-14.3
-14.35
Range
1961-11
1974-11
Lanai
-156.8833
-156.8833
22.75
22.75
Latitude may be off 2 degrees, i.e., 20.75 instead of 22.75
Range
1960-11
1974-07
Guam Latitude 13.5333, Longitude 144.8
144.8
144.8
13.5333
13.5333
Range
1962-07
1974-12
Cape Kumukahi
-154.8333
-154.8333
19.45
19.45
Range
1957-11
1960-04
Upolu Point
-155.8667
-155.8667
20.2667
20.2667
Range
1957-03
1958-02
South Point Latitude 18.95, Longitude -155.6833
-155.6833
-155.6833
18.95
18.9333
Johnston Island Latitude 16.7333, Longitude 169.5167
-169.7333
-169.5167
16.7333
16.5167
Range
1957-03
1974-10
SS Monterey
-170.75
-118.45
37.75
-17.1
Range
1957-01
1959-10
SS Mariposa
153.2
-118.2333
47
-33.3333
Range
1956-11
1972-09
Unclassified
Send written request to PIFSC and requires approval by the PIFSC data owner.
None
None
None
2020-04-01
https://oceanwatch.pifsc.noaa.gov/xfer/PIFSC_PIRO_bulk_data_download_InPort_5829.tgz
2016
Organization
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
csv (comma-separated values)
CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
2016-04-18
Miyamoto, Brent M
ISSUES RESOLVED on 2016-04-18
AIR_TEMPERATURE_F '68 ' UPDATED TO '680'
- STATION NOVEMBER,1960 NOV 21 1120, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000954
LATITUDE_DEGREES '3 ' UPDATED TO '30'
- STATION NOVEMBER, 1960 NOV 25 1140, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000958
LATITUDE_DEGREES '78' UPDATED TO '28'
- SS MARIPOSA, 1959 JUL 30 0800, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00001257
OCTANT '3' UPDATED TO '2'
- WAKE ISLAND, 1957 FEB 27 1130, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000001
VERSION_CODE 'AA1' UPDATED TO 'AA2'
- 23,286 DATA RECORDS
2020-02-20
Miyamoto, Brent M
ISSUES RESOLVED ON 2020-02-20
AIR_TEMPERATURE_C '000' UPDATED TO NULL
-501 DATA RECORDS
AIR_TEMPERATURE_F '000' UPDATED TO NULL
- 501 DATA RECORDS
SEA_TEMPERATURE_C '000' UPDATED TO NULL
- 91 DATA RECORDS
SEA_TEMPERATURE_F '000' UPDATED TO NULL
- 105 DATA RECORDS
SURFACE_SALINITY '---' UPDATED TO NULL
- SS MARIPOSA, 1961 JUL 11 0800, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00002286
- SS MARIPOSA, 1961 JUL 11 2000, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00002289
- SS MARIPOSA, 1962 OCT 14 0400, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00002803
2020-03-26
Miyamoto, Brent M
ISSUES RESOLVED on 2020-03-26
CLOUD_COVER_CODE '-' UPDATE TO NULL
- MIDWAY, 1958 JUN 11 1330, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000061
MONTH / DAY '04 / 31' UPDATED TO '05 / 01'
- STATION VICTOR, 1963 MAY 01 1000, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00002181
SURFACE_SALINITY NULL UPDATED TO '37.93'
- MIDWAY, 1962 DEC 10 0740, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000292
SURFACE SALINITY '34 ' UPDATED TO '34.73'
- SS MARIPOSA, 1963 MAR 23 0800, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 2441
SURFACE_SALINITY '35.0 ' UPDATE TO '35.00'
- STATION NOVEMBER, 1959 JUN 30 1200, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000447
SURFACE_SALINITY '35.3 ' UPDATED TO '35.30'
- STATION NOVEMBER, 1960 FEB 16 1141, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000677
SURFACE_SALINITY '35.9 ' UPDATED TO '35.90'
- STATION ROMEO, 1958 NOV 18 1148, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000058
SURFACE_SALINITY '35.0 ' UPDATED TO '35.00'
- STATION ROMEO, 1958 DEC 03 1300, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000070
SURFACE_SALINITY '35.1 ' UPDATED TO '35.10'
- STATION ROMEO, 1958 DEC 17 1235, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 000000084
SURFACE SALINITY NULL UPDATE NULL TO '38.69'
- FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS, 1963 JUL 02 0600, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000307
SURFACE_SALINITY '38.69' TO NULL
- FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS, 1963 JUL 09 0600, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000308
WIND_DIRECTION_CODE '96' UPDATED TO '10'
- STATION VICTOR, 1959 MAY 30 1015, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000807
- '96' ACTUAL WIND DIRECTION NEEDED TO BE DIVIDED BY 10 = 9.6 -> 10
2020-03-27
Miyamoto, Brent M
ISSUES RESOLVED ON 2020-03-27
MONTH / DAY '02 / 29' UPDATED TO '03 / 01'
- PAGO PAGO, 1973 MAR 01 1100, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000469
SURFACE_SALINITY VALUES LESS THAN 30.00 WERE FOUND ON COLLECTIONS FORMS AND WERE PROGRAMMATICALLY CORRECTED IN THE DATABASE
FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS
- 1963 MAR 12 0700, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000291, SURFACE_SALINITY 29.84
- 1963 MAY 07 0700, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00000299, SURFACE_SALINITY 28.92
SS MARIPOSA
- 1968 JAN 23 0800, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00005291, SURFACE_SALINITY 29.27
- 1968 JAN 23 1200, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00005292, SURFACE_SALINITY 29.64
- 1968 MAR 09 1200, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00005327, SURFACE_SALINITY 27.34
- 1968 APR 14 0400, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00005339, SURFACE_SALINITY 23.03
SS MONTEREY
- 1959 APR 14 0800, SEQUENCE_NUMBER 00001226, SURFACE_SALINITY 29.78
Oracle database
QC prior to data entry. Further QC after data entry.
No
Unknown
Yes
No
1 Year
NCEI-MD
1 Year
PIFSC ITS performs scheduled back-ups
Data was collected in the field and data entry was conducted at PIFSC to create ASCII fixed record length flat files that were later loaded into Oracle.
59152
Entity
RE004AA2 - DO NOT PUBLISH
59153
Entity
RE004AA2_V
gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5829
Christopher Tokita
2007-10-24T09:18:13
SysAdmin InPortAdmin
2023-10-17T16:12:06
2020-04-01
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
PIFSC
1845 Wasp Blvd.
Honolulu
HI
96818
USA
808-725-5300
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
1001
Public
No
2020-04-01
1 Year
2021-04-01