Indian River Lagoon Coastal Water Quality and Meteorological Time Series

Oceanographic and surface meteorological data were collected from a single moored station in Florida's Indian River Lagoon over a 4.7-year period from 2015 to 2020. Florida Atlantic University gathered the in-situ measurements, which were assembled by the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) and submitted to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in water temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen from the moored station.
• Correlating surface meteorological parameters like wind speed with observed chemical and biological water properties.
• Modeling the impact of local weather events on coastal water quality metrics in the Indian River Lagoon.
• Validating satellite-derived oceanographic data against long-term, high-frequency in-situ station measurements.

Strengths

• Data collection spans a continuous 4.7-year period from October 2015 to June 2020.
• Data follows standardized metadata conventions (CF and ACDD) for climate and oceanographic data.
• Collected from a fixed, in-situ moored station providing consistent spatial reference.

Limitations

• Data is from a single station (IRL-SB), limiting spatial representativeness for the entire lagoon system.
• The specific parameters, sensor accuracy, and data completeness are unknown without accessing the netCDF files.
• Data collection ended in June 2020, potentially making it stale for current condition analysis.

Provenance

Source

Florida Atlantic University (data collector), Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) (data assembler).

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected from a moored oceanographic station.

Time Range

2015-10-07 to 2020-06-01

Freshness

Last data point is from 2020-06-01; updates occur only when new files are submitted.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Florida, specifically the Indian River Lagoon at station IRL-SB.