Cal Poly Pier Oceanographic and Meteorological Data, 2014-2021

North Pacific Ocean and Northeast Pacific Ocean data collected from an in-situ moored station named Cal Poly Pier San Luis Obispo. The dataset contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data in netCDF files, collected by California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and assembled by CeNCOOS from 2014-01-20 to 2021-06-12.

Use Cases

• Analyzing coastal weather patterns based on surface meteorological data
• Studying oceanographic variable trends over time based on the time-series nature of the data
• Modeling regional climate impacts based on data from a specific coastal observation station
• Validating satellite or model data against in-situ observations from the Cal Poly Pier

Strengths

• Data spans over 7 years, from 2014-01-20 to 2021-06-12
• Follows established metadata conventions (CF and ACDD)
• Data is part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers (IOOS DACs) Data Stewardship Program

Limitations

• Last updated 2021-06-12 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and Central and Northern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station.

Time Range

2014-01-20 to 2021-06-12

Freshness

Last update was 2021-06-12; the description notes NCEI updates the accession when new files are available.

Geography

North Pacific Ocean and Northeast Pacific Ocean, specifically the Cal Poly Pier San Luis Obispo station.