USF Coastal Ocean Data from Station SHP, 2014-2015

Coastal Waters of Florida and North Atlantic Ocean oceanographic and surface meteorological data collected from an in-situ moored station named SHP. The University of South Florida Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System collected the data, which was assembled by the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association and submitted to the National Oceanographic Data Center. Data collection occurred from February 13, 2014, to January 29, 2015.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal ocean dynamics based on in-situ moored station data.
• Analyzing surface meteorological patterns in the Coastal Waters of Florida based on time-series observations.
• Validating regional oceanographic models using data assembled from sub-regional coastal observing systems.
• Studying temporal variability in coastal waters based on monthly data submissions.

Strengths

• Data follows the Climate and Forecast metadata convention (CF) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD), suggesting standardized metadata.
• Data collection spanned nearly a full year, from 2014-02-13 to 2015-01-29.
• Data is part of the NODC's Integrated Ocean Observing System Data Assembly Centers Data Stewardship Program, indicating a formal data stewardship pipeline.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2015-01-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is 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), submitted to NOAA NCEI.

Collection Method

Collected from an in-situ moored station.

Time Range

2014-02-13 to 2015-01-29

Freshness

Data collection ended on 2015-01-29; the accession was updated monthly during the collection period.

Geography

Coastal Waters of Florida and North Atlantic Ocean, station SHP.