Water Level Data from Bocas del Toro Marine Observatory, 2019-2025

61.6 MB of water level data collected at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's MarineGEO observatory in Panama. The dataset likely contains time-series measurements from pressure and radar tide gauges at coordinates 9.350822, -82.257853. It was last updated in May 2026 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license by author Ximena Boza Noriega.

Use Cases

• Modeling tidal cycles and sea-level anomalies based on the described pressure and radar gauge time-series.
• Analyzing local water level trends for climate impact studies based on the multi-year (2019-2025) coverage.
• Calibrating or validating hydrodynamic models using the precise geographic coordinates provided.
• Studying instrument performance by comparing data from the two described gauge types (CS456 pressure and radar).

Strengths

• Data spans multiple years (2019-2025), providing a temporal series for trend analysis.
• Includes measurements from two instrument types (CS456 water pressure tide gauge and radar gauge), suggesting potential for cross-validation.
• Precise geographic coordinates (9.350822, -82.257853) are provided for spatial reference.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

MarineGEO Bocas del Toro observatory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama.

Collection Method

Collected on CS456 water pressure tide gauge and radar gauge instrumentation.

Time Range

2019-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 14:14:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bocas del Toro, Panama (coordinates: 9.350822, -82.257853).