Time series data of oceanographic conditions from La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2017-2018 Coral Reef Circulation and Sediment Dynamics Experiment

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Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Olivia M. Cheriton
Originator: Kurt J. Rosenberger
Originator: Joshua B. Logan
Originator: Curt D. Storlazzi
Publication_Date: 20190528
Title:

Time series data of oceanographic conditions from La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2017-2018 Coral Reef Circulation and Sediment Dynamics Experiment

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: NetCDF files
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9IXOHID

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place:

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, California

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IXOHID
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5c8690d7e4b09388244b3d3b

Description:

Abstract:

Time-series data of water surface elevation, waves, currents, temperature, and salinity collected between 17 May 2017 and 17 Jan 2018 off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico in support of a study on circulation and sediment transport dynamics over coral reefs. The data are available in NetCDF format, grouped together in zip files by instrument site location. A README.txt file details the files contained within each zip, including the file names, type of data collected, instrument that collected the data, depth, and start and end dates/times.

Purpose:

The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez initiated a project investigating circulation, water-column properties, and wave dynamics over the coral reefs on the southern insular shelf and upper insular slope of Puerto Rico near Guanica Bay and La Parguera in order to identify processes controlling resuspension and transport of shelf and land-sourced sediment.

Supplemental_Information:

Additional information about the field activities from which these data were derived is available online at:
http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-618-FA http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2017-673-FA
Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 20170517
Ending_Date: 20180117

Currentness_Reference: ground condition at time data were collected

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -67.021917
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66.875600
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.941600
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.884367

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5c8690d7e4b09388244b3d3b

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: oceans
Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: Water Column Features

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: time series datasets
Theme_Keyword: marine water quality
Theme_Keyword: ocean waves
Theme_Keyword: water temperature
Theme_Keyword: ocean currents
Theme_Keyword: ocean salinity

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: wave observations
Theme_Keyword: water level measurements
Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Theme_Keyword: CMGP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC
Theme_Keyword: water pressure
Theme_Keyword: salinity/density

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Place_Keyword: Bahia de Guanica
Place_Keyword: La Parguera

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:

USGS-authored or produced data and information are in the public domain from the U.S. Government and are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize and acknowledge the U.S. Geological Survey as the originator(s) of the dataset and in products derived from these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

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Browse_Graphic_File_Description: Map showing locations of instrument platforms
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: JPG

Native_Data_Set_Environment: MATLAB R2012a
Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Olivia M. Cheriton
Originator: Curt D. Storlazzi
Originator: Kurt J. Rosenberger
Originator: Clark Sherman
Publication_Date: 2019
Title:

Controls on sediment transport over coral reefs off southwest Puerto Rico: Seasonal patterns and Hurricane Maria

Other_Citation_Details: Coastal Sediments ’19 Conference Proceedings
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/XXXX

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report: No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted.
Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. However, there are several known data issues. Any pressure measurements during Hurricane Maria are not correct due to extremely low atmospheric pressures. The HWP RDI acoustic Doppler current profiler (PRI17HWP01wh) has portions of data with poor beam correlation; users are advised to check beam correlation and percent good values. The S12 Nortek acoustic wave and current profiler also has erroneous values during Hurricane Maria for pressure, as well as wave period and wave direction. The Hurricane Maria time period for extremely low pressure is approximately 20-Sep-2017 00:00 to 22-Sep-2017 15:00. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. Stated accuracy of the GPS unit used to geolocate the instrument package is +/- 5 m.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has not been conducted. Accuracy of the vertical position of the instruments is +/- 0.5 m

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Oceanographic instruments were deployed on the insular shelf off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico to collect time-series data. Instruments included in deployment are: Nortek Acoustic Wave and Current meter, RBR Virtuoso D wave gauges, and Marotte HS current meters.

Process_Date: 20170518

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Oceanographic instruments were deployed at the shelf break (SBM, SBT) off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico to collect time-series data. Instruments included in deployment are: SeaBird SBE-56 temperature loggers, an RBR Virtuoso D wave gauge, and RBR temperature loggers.

Process_Date: 20170711

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Oceanographic instruments were deployed at the upper slope (HWM, HWP) off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico to collect time-series data. Instruments included in deployment are: an RDI 300-kHz Workhorse Monitor acoustic doppler current profiler, a Nortek Vector current meter, SeaBird SBE-37 Microcat temperature and salinity loggers, SeaBird SBE-56 temperature loggers, and RBR temperature loggers.

Process_Date: 20170723

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data were accumulated into NetCDF files.
Process_Date: 20180302

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Files are named with a convention that uses a 13-digit alpha-numeric code. The first three characters for this dataset are all 'PRI' for the experiment name. The fourth and fifth characters represent the calendar year in which the first data point in the file was taken (17 = 2017). The sixth, seventh, and eighth characters are an alphanumeric code for the site name (S03, S12, etc.). The ninth and tenth characters represent the instrument position on the platform, where 01 is the instrument nearest the water surface. Next is a two or three-character code for data type (aw = Nortek acoustic wave and current profiler [AWAC]; ct = SeaBird SBE-37 temperature and salinity logger; mar = Marotte current meter; rbr = RBR wave gauge; tl = temperature logger; vec = Nortek Vector current and pressure meter; wh = RDI acoustic Doppler current profiler [ADCP]). An additional code may follow, either with or without a hyphen, to indicate the type of data subset in the file (-b = burst data; -s = burst-averaged data; -wvs = wave statistics; -cal = Nortek AWAC current and pressure data; WVS-p = Nortek AWAC wave statistics).

Process_Date: 20180302

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Edited metadata to add keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20201019
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: VeeAnn A. Cross

Contact_Position: Marine Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
City: Woods Hole
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02543-1598

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 508-548-8700 x2251
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 508-457-2310
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: vatnipp@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference:

Data were collected continuously along survey transects. Refer to self-contained NetCDF files for more location information.

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: NAD83
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6356752.3141
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

NetCDF files are self-contained and attribute information may be found in the header of the file itself.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

The entity and attribute information was generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302
City: Denver
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80225

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-888-275-8747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sciencebase@usgs.gov

Resource_Description:

Downloadable time-series data in NetCDF format. NetCDF files are grouped into twelve (12) different zip files, one zip file per instrument platform. The zip file names consist of an 8-digit alpha-numeric code, where the first 5 digits (PRI17) indicate the study site and year (Puerto Rico, 2017), and the last 3 digits indicate on which of the 12 platforms the instruments were mounted (for example, S03).

Distribution_Liability:

Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.

Standard_Order_Process:

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Format_Version_Number: MATLAB R2012a
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File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
Transfer_Size: 345

Digital_Transfer_Option:

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Computer_Contact_Information:

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Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IXOHID

Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data. The second link points to a landing page with data and metadata.

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Access_Instructions:

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Access_Instructions:

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Access_Instructions:

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Access_Instructions:

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Access_Instructions:

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Digital_Form:

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Access_Instructions:

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Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

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File_Decompression_Technique: zip archive
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Digital_Transfer_Option:

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Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

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Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data. The second link points to a landing page with data and metadata.

Digital_Form:

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Access_Instructions:

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Digital_Form:

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Access_Instructions:

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Access_Instructions:

Data can be downloaded using the Network_Resource_Name links. The first link is a direct link to download the zipped file of data. The second link points to a landing page with data and metadata.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data can be viewed with any software capable of reading a text file.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20201019
Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Contact_Person: PCMSC Science Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-427-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

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