Coastal Oceanographic and Meteorological Time Series from Humboldt Bay

Over 5 years of in-situ oceanographic and surface meteorological data were collected from a moored station at Humboldt Bay Pier in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Humboldt State University gathered the data, which was assembled and submitted by the Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS). The data spans from December 2012 to March 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in sea surface temperature and salinity from the Humboldt Bay station.
• Correlating surface meteorological parameters like air pressure and wind speed with local oceanographic conditions.
• Validating regional climate model outputs against in-situ observations of water temperature and chemistry.
• Studying seasonal and interannual variability in coastal water properties over the 5-year observation period.

Strengths

• Data collection spans over 5 years, from 2012-12-13 to 2018-03-07.
• Data follows standardized metadata conventions (CF and ACDD) for interoperability.
• Data is part of a formal stewardship program (IOOS DACs Data Stewardship Program).

Limitations

• The dataset's update status is unclear after the last recorded date in March 2018.
• Specific data volume, row count, and available parameters (columns) are not provided.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single station at Humboldt Bay Pier.

Provenance

Source

Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS), submitted to NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station named Humboldt Bay Pier.

Time Range

2012-12-13 to 2018-03-07

Freshness

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Geography

Humboldt Bay Pier, Northeast Pacific Ocean.