EOP Temperature data for deep corals

Thermographs were deployed opportunistically in patches of deep coral at depths greater than 300 m. Sites included the Makapuu precious coral bed, the Cross Seamount bed, the bed on the east extension of French Frigate Shoals and the black coral bed in the channel waters off Maui. Some other shallower sites (<100 m) in the NWHI were instrumented for a shorter periods are included as separate files within the data set.

Habitat ecology and environmental monitoring of deep coral habitats.

Division: Ecosystem Sciences

Program: Ecosystems and Oceanography

Ownership: PIFSC

Study Area: Seafloor

Spatial Resolution: Individual locations

Temporal Resolution: Every 6 hours in the intial year, then every hour from then on

Frequency of Collection: Measurement taken at a minimum every 6 hours

Types of Data Collected: Temperature

Collection Method: Temperature loggers left on seafloor and changed out as opportunity presents

Recording Media: Digital file (Excel), text file

Storage Location: PIFSC

Storage Media: CD and G:Drive

Backups: Available

Documentation on Storage and Security: Available

Update Schedule: Opportunistic

1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176

Bottom Temp : Date, Time (HST), Temp (celsius)

TIPBT

SST : Header will have lat and long , Date, Time (HST), Temp (celsius)

Contact Frank Parrish (frank.parrish@noaa.gov)

Not applicable

"RAW Files", the data are saved as collected.

"Time Series Files", the data collected during predeployment, deployment, and recovery are removed to link observations to exclusively the environment of the site being monitored.

Data collection and use in analysis predate PARR requirements

Pending PIFSC's determination

Plan to store on server

Have on physical CD on file with SIS

Record with the PI

1) In situ temperature data downloaded from Onset TidBit data logger as both Excel and text files "Raw Data File"

2) Successive deployments at a site appended to create time series data files found in (Time Series file)

3) For 6 sites where bottom temperature was collected, sea surface temperature data was collected from PIFSC Oceanwatch web site. SSC data was collected from the PIFSC Oceanwatch web site. Daily values were pulled by: a) going in to live access server, b) two-day GOES SST, Pick "time series" from drop down menu, choose "table values", enter dates for time series extraction, then decimal coordinates. Saved as a text file and then opened in Excel. SST: Remote sensing data AVHRR satellite 2-day GOES SST.