Dataset: Subtidal Temperatures

Name: Subtidal temperature values from RAPDGALPGS project in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador in 2015 and 2016 (RAPDGALPGS project)
Published: 2017-02-10
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:-0.14065 E:-90.23696 S:-0.74908 W:-91.32879

Project:

RAPID: Understanding Thresholds and regime shifts in marine ecosystems: effects of the 2014-2015 El Nino in the Galapagos rocky subtidal (RAPDGALPGS)

Principal Investigator:

Jon D. Witman (Brown University)

Contact:

Dr Franz Smith (Brown University)

Jon D. Witman (Brown University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version Date:

2017-02-10

Restricted:

Validated:

Current State:

Preliminary and in progress

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/628180/data

Subtidal temperature values from RAPDGALPGS project in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador in 2015 and 2016 (RAPDGALPGS project)

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Description

This dataset contains subtidal temperature data from 2015 to 2016 at sites in the central Galapagos Islands, Ecuador at depths of 6-15 m.

Approximate sampling location:
Eastern Tropical Pacific, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Acquisition Description

Temperature data collected by Onset Tidbit temperature loggers (http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/ data-loggers/utbi-001) at 10-minute intervals. Loggers were attached to subtidal rock walls at 6-15 m depth. The temperature loggers have an accuracy of 0.2 degrees C.

Processing Description

Data Processing:
Data are raw, with no processing.

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
- Generated from original .csv file: galapagos_temperatures_20150107-20150715.csv contributed by Franz Smith
- Parameter names edited to conform to BCO-DMO naming convention found at Choosing Parameter Name
- "time" header changed to "Date" since no times were included with the data
- Date reformatted to YYYYMMDD
- Added ISO Date format generated from Date and Time values
- Data version 10 Feb 2017 replaces version 03 Dec 2015 and includes more temperature deployments extending into 2016 and also includes data from additional sites.
- Data format updated to accommodate new data. Depth stripped from previous site names and added to new "depth" parameter to match new data.
- Data sorted so it can be viewed by site.
- Added two new deployments

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1450214

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
RAPDGALPGS_Champion-12m	Champion-12m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Champion-15m	Champion-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Cousins-6m	Cousins-6m	2015-07-22	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Principal Investigator)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Cuatro_Hermanos-15m	Cuatro_Hermanos-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Daphne_Menor-15m	Daphne_Menor-15m	2015-01-09	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Daphne_Menor-6m	Daphne_Menor-6m	2015-01-09	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Guy_Fawkes-15m	Guy_Fawkes-15m	2015-01-08	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Islote_Gardner-15m	Islote_Gardner-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Las_Cuevas-15m	Las_Cuevas-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_La_Botella-15m	La_Botella-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Pinzon-15m	Pinzon-15m	2015-01-07	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Rocas_Beagle-15m	Rocas_Beagle-15m	2015-01-09	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Chief Scientist)	data info
RAPDGALPGS_Rocas_Gordon-15m	Rocas_Gordon-15m	2015-07-15	RAPDGALPGS Temperatures	Jon D. Witman (Principal Investigator)	data info

Instruments

Onset HOBO TidbiT v2 (UTBI-001) temperature logger

Supplied Name: Onset Tidbit temperature logger

Supplied Description:

Temperature data collected by Onset Tidbit temperature loggers
(http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/ data-loggers/utbi-001) at 10 minute intervals. Loggers were
attached to subtidal rock walls at 12-15 m depth. The temperature loggers have an accuracy of 0.2
degrees C.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Onset HOBO TidbiT v2 (UTBI-001) temperature logger

Acronym: HOBO TidBit v2

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/134/

Generic Description:

A temperature logger that measures temperatures over a wide temperature range. It is designed for outdoor and underwater environments and is waterproof to 300 m. A solar radiation shield is required to obtain accurate air temperature measurements in sunlight (RS1 or M-RSA Solar Radiation Shield). With an operational temperature range between -20 degrees Celsius and +70 degrees Celsius, the TidbiT v2 has an accuracy of +/-0.21 and a resolution of 0.02 degrees Celsius.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Site	text	site
date	Date of Measurement in format yyyy-mm-dd (UTC)	Date (UTC) in format yyyy-mm-dd	date
temp	Temperature	degrees Celsius	temp
time	Time of measurement in format HH:MM (UTC)	unitless	time
depth	Depth of temperature logger	meters	depth
deployment	Deployment name (made from date range)	unitless	sample_descrip
lat	Site Latitude (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Site Longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
ISO_DateTime_UTC	ISO timestamp based on the ISO 8601:2004(E) standard in format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z (UTC)	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC

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