Dataset: Pacific Panama SST

Name: Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018
Published: 2019-09-09
Keywords: Panama, sea surface temperature, SST, temperature, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776478.1

Spatial Extent: N:8.631 E:-79.028 S:7.403 W:-81.758

Temporal Extent: 2016-03-02 - 2018-03-11

Project:

Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs (Coral Climate ETP)

Principal Investigator:

Dr Richard B. Aronson (Florida Institute of Technology, FIT)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Dr Lauren T. Toth (United States Geological Survey, USGS)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Nancy Copley (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2019-09-09

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018

Abstract:

Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2019-09-09	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776478.1	2019-09-12

Description

Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018.

Methods & Sampling

In-situ sea surface temperature was measured in the Pacific Panama Gulf and Chiriqui Gulf using a HOBO data logger until March 2016 through March 2018

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:
- added conventional header with dataset name, PI name, version date
- modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions
- re-formatted date from m/d/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd

Data Files

File
PacPan_SST.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 15.89 MB) MD5:9979db86e1be3912f292f17b89ded564 Primary data file for dataset ID 776478

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1535007

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

Data Logger

Supplied Name: HOBO data logger

Supplied Description:

Used to measure in-situ sea surface temperature (3 meters).

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Data Logger

Generic Description:

Electronic devices that record data over time or in relation to location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Gulf	Chiriqui and Panama	unitless	region
Site	experimental site: PedroG is Pedro Gonzalez; Canales is Canales de Tierra	unitless	site
Temperature	sea surface temperature (SST)	degrees Celsius	SST
Date	temperature collection local date; formatted as yyyy-mm-dd	unitless	date_local
Local_Time	time the reading was taken; GMT – 04:00	unitless	time_local

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