University of South Florida collected oceanographic and surface meteorological data from its moored station fhp in the Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico and North Atlantic Ocean. The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) assembled and submitted the data to NODC as part of the IOOS DACs Data Stewardship Program. Data covers the period from 2014-02-13 to 2015-01-29.
Use Cases
- Modeling coastal ocean circulation based on in-situ oceanographic data.
- Analyzing surface meteorological patterns in coastal and Gulf of Mexico regions.
- Validating satellite-derived oceanographic measurements against station observations.
- Studying temporal variability in coastal waters from time-series data.
Strengths
- Data follows the Climate and Forecast (CF) metadata convention and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD), suggesting standardized formatting.
- Data collection was part of a formal stewardship program (IOOS DACs) involving regional observing systems.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2015-01-29; freshness should be verified for current applications.
- Row count and specific file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
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 fhp.
- Time Range
- 2014-02-13 to 2015-01-29
- Freshness
- Data collection ended on 2015-01-29; the accession was updated monthly during the active period.
- Geography
- Coastal Waters of Florida, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean