USF Coastal Ocean Monitoring Data from Station c21, 2014

NODC Accession 0118788 contains oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected by the University of South Florida Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System from its moored station c21. The data covers the Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, and North Atlantic Ocean from February to December 2014. The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association assembled and submitted the data to NODC as part of the Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers Data Stewardship Program.

Use Cases

• Analyze coastal oceanographic patterns based on in-situ moored station data.
• Study surface meteorological conditions in the Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean.
• Validate or calibrate regional oceanographic models based on observed time-series data.
• Monitor environmental changes in Florida's coastal waters based on the described data collection.

Strengths

• Data follows the Climate and Forecast metadata convention (CF) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD), suggesting standardized metadata.
• Data collection occurred over a defined 10-month period from 2014-02-13 to 2014-12-14.
• Data was submitted through a formal stewardship program (IOOS DACs Data Stewardship Program), implying a level of quality control.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2014-12-14 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

University of South Florida (USF) Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System, assembled by Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA).

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station named c21.

Time Range

2014-02-13 to 2014-12-14

Freshness

Monthly updates were added historically; last recorded update was 2014-12-14.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean