Nearshore Oceanographic Data from Stearns Wharf, California (2005-2020)
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Description
Automated sensors attached to Stearns Wharf collected measurements of chlorophyll a concentration, conductivity, salinity, water temperature, and hydrostatic pressure at frequent intervals from 2005 to 2020. The Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara collected the data, which was assembled by the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System and submitted to NOAA NCEI. These data can provide local and regional information on mixing and upwelling, land run-off, and algal blooms.
Use Cases
Monitoring algal bloom dynamics based on chlorophyll a concentration measurements.
Studying coastal upwelling and mixing patterns based on water temperature and salinity data.
Analyzing the impact of land run-off on nearshore water quality based on conductivity and salinity readings.
Tracking long-term changes in coastal hydrography based on the 15-year time series of pressure and density observations.
Strengths
Data spans over 15 years, from 2005-09-16 to 2020-12-31, providing a long-term record.
Data is collected at frequent intervals by automated sensors, suggesting high temporal resolution.
Data follows the Climate and Forecast metadata convention (CF) and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (ACDD), indicating standardized formatting.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Last updated 2020-12-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
Source
Marine Science Institute at University of California, Santa Barbara; assembled by Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS).
Collection Method
Collected from an automated shore station with a suite of sensors attached to Stearns Wharf.
Time Range
2005-09-16 to 2020-12-31
Freshness
Quarterly updates are added to the accession, but the last recorded update was 2020-12-31.
Geography
Coastal Waters of California at Stearns Wharf.
Data is made available in netCDF formatted files; specific software may be required for access and analysis.