Indian River Lagoon Coastal Water Measurements from a Moored Station

NCEI Accession 0163764 contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from a moored station in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida. Florida Atlantic University gathered the data, which was assembled by SECOORA and submitted to NOAA's NCEI. Measurements were recorded from October 2015 to June 2020.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in water temperature and salinity from the moored station.
• Correlating surface meteorological parameters like wind speed with oceanographic conditions.
• Modeling coastal water quality dynamics using the multi-year time-series observations.
• Studying the impact of local weather events on the Indian River Lagoon ecosystem.

Strengths

• Data spans nearly 5 years from 2015-10-07 to 2020-06-01.
• Follows established metadata conventions (CF and ACDD) for consistency.
• Data is part of the NOAA NCEI stewardship program with planned updates.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column names, and sample size are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single station in the Indian River Lagoon.
• Data collection ended in June 2020, limiting analysis of recent conditions.

Provenance

Source

Florida Atlantic University (data collector), Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) (data assembler), NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (repository).

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected from a moored station named Indian River Lagoon - Link Port (IRL-LP).

Time Range

2015-10-07 to 2020-06-01

Freshness

Last data point recorded on 2020-06-01; updates occur when new files are submitted.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Florida, specifically the Indian River Lagoon at the Link Port station.