Oceanographic and Meteorological Data from Santa Cruz Wharf, 2011-2019

Oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from a moored station at Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary from November 2011 to December 2019. The University of California, Santa Cruz collected the data, which was assembled by the Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) and submitted to the National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term coastal oceanographic trends based on the multi-year time-series data.
• Model surface meteorological conditions in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
• Validate regional oceanographic models using in-situ observations from a fixed mooring.
• Study the relationship between oceanographic and atmospheric variables at a coastal site.

Strengths

• Data spans over eight years, from 2011-11-01 to 2019-12-07, providing a multi-year time series.
• Data follows established metadata conventions (CF and ACDD), which suggests structured documentation.
• Data is part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Stewardship Program, indicating a formal data management pipeline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2019-12-07 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

University of California, Santa Cruz; Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station.

Time Range

2011-11-01 to 2019-12-07

Freshness

Last updated 2019-12-07 00:00:00

Geography

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Northeast Pacific Ocean, specifically Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf.