La Parguera, Puerto Rico, is the location for this in situ temperature data collected from HOBO pendent loggers at Cayo Mario and Cayo Enrique. Data spans from June 30, 2017, to June 20, 2019, with loggers placed at different depths around reefs. The dataset was aggregated by the Australian Ocean Data Network to compare in situ temperatures with satellite sea surface temperature readings.
Use Cases
- Validate satellite sea surface temperature (SST) products based on in situ temperature measurements at coral reef depths.
- Analyze temperature variability at different depths around coral reefs based on logger placement.
- Study local oceanographic conditions in the La Parguera region of Puerto Rico over a two-year period.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific two-year time range from 06/30/2017 to 06/20/2019.
- Measurements are taken from multiple locations (Cayo Mario and Cayo Enrique) and at different depths.
- Explicitly collected for the purpose of comparing in situ and satellite temperature data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Collected from HOBO pendent loggers deployed at reef sites.
- Time Range
- 2017-06-30 to 2019-06-20
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 05:35:33.926055; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Cayo Mario and Cayo Enrique, La Parguera, Puerto Rico