Carquinez Station Oceanographic and Meteorological Data, 2008-2019

From 2008-02-21 to 2019-12-14, San Francisco State University and The California Maritime Academy collected oceanographic and surface meteorological data from an in-situ moored station named Carquinez at the California Maritime campus in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. The Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) assembled and submitted the data to NCEI as part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers Data Stewardship Program. Data are stored in netCDF files following the Climate and Forecast metadata convention.

Use Cases

• Model coastal ocean dynamics based on oceanographic data mentioned in the description
• Analyze long-term meteorological trends based on surface weather data mentioned in the description
• Monitor water quality changes in the Carquinez Strait area based on biological and chemical data mentioned in the description
• Validate satellite-derived oceanographic measurements based on in-situ station data mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data spans over 11 years from 2008 to 2019
• Data follows standardized metadata conventions (CF and ACDD) for interoperability
• Data originates from a specific, named in-situ moored station (Carquinez) providing a fixed point of observation

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last updated 2019-12-14 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

San Francisco State University and The California Maritime Academy, assembled by Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)

Collection Method

Collection from an in-situ moored station

Time Range

2008-02-21 to 2019-12-14

Freshness

Last updated 2019-12-14 00:00:00

Geography

Carquinez station at the California Maritime campus in the Northeast Pacific Ocean