Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, wave and water level data, 2013-2015

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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: Kurt J. Rosenberger
Originator: Olivia M. Cheriton
Originator: Curt D. Storlazzi
Publication_Date: 20200218
Title:

Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, wave and water level data, 2013-2015

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: NetCDF files
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9RYN5NH

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/P9RYN5NH
Online_Linkage:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Kurt J. Rosenberger
Originator: Curt D. Storlazzi
Originator: Olivia M. Cheriton
Publication_Date: 2020
Title:

Cross-reef wave and water level data from coral reef environments

Edition: 2.0
Series_Information:

Series_Name: data release
Issue_Identification: DOI:10.5066/P9RYN5NH

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH

Description:

Abstract:

Time series data of water surface elevation and wave height were acquired at ten locations for 518 days (in three separate deployments) off the south coast of Kwajalein Island, Marshall Islands, in support of a study on the coastal circulation patterns and the transformation of surface waves over the coral reefs. The relative placement of sensors on the reefs were as follows: KWA13W1 and KWA13E1 – fore reef KWA13W2 and KWA13E2 – outer reef flat KWA13W1 and KWA13E1 – middle reef flat KWA13W1 and KWA13E1 – inner reef flat

Purpose:

The continuous measurements of waves, currents, tides from these instrument deployments, provide information on nearshore circulation and the variability in these hydrodynamic properties over the coral reefs of Kwajalein. These data will be used to study the transformation of waves over the reef and how this process contributes to the shoreward migration of coral reef-derived carbonate 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=I-D2-13-WP http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-605-FA http://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2014-647-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: 20131109
Ending_Date: 20150410

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: 167.731584
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 167.744570
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 8.728764
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 8.715670

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f

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:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography
Theme_Keyword: tides
Theme_Keyword: waves

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Theme_Keyword: USGS
Theme_Keyword: Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Theme_Keyword: CMHRP
Theme_Keyword: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: PCMSC

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Kwajalein Atoll
Place_Keyword: Kwajalein
Place_Keyword: Marshall Islands
Place_Keyword: Republic of the Marshall Islands

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: 831-460-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Raw data from each instrument were exported to ASCII text files using the manufacturers software (Nortek AWAC-AST 1.45 for AWAC current and wave gauges, RBR Ruskin v2.8.0) on an Apple Macintosh Personal Computer running OS10.11.6. Exported data were QA/QC’d and exported to netCDF in Matlab R2017a.

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report: No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data fall within expected ranges.
Completeness_Report:

Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the metadata for each part of this data release 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 was not conducted

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

No formal assessment of vertical accuracy was performed. The stated accuracy of the pressure sensor on the wave gauge is +/- 0.01 decibars, which is approximately equivalent to 0.01 meters.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data were accumulated into NetCDF files. During post-processing, data collected when instruments were out of the water, and data degraded by biological fouling, were removed from the time series. Bad data points were identified by the deployment and recovery times.

Process_Date: 20150903

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 'MKK' for the experiment name; the fourth and fifth positions represent the calendar year in which the first data point in the file was taken (18, 2018); the sixth, seventh and eighth characters are an alphanumeric code for the site name (M01, M02 etc.); the ninth and tenth characters represent the instrument position on the platform, where 01 is the top-most. Next is a two or three-character code for data type (rbr, RBR Wave Gauge; aw, Nortek AWAC Wave Gauge). The suffix of ‘-b’ indicates that these are the raw burst data.

Process_Date: 20150903
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kurt Rosenberger
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:

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

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7560
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: krosenberger@usgs.gov

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Additional information regarding the relative placement of instruments on the reef for the given deployment was added to the Abstract/Summary. No KWA13 data were changed. In addition, Version 2.0 was added to the Larger Work citation of the metadata due to additional datasets being added to the overall data release. Users are advised to compare the metadata date of this file to any similar file to ensure they are using the most recent version.

Process_Date: 20210326
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Kurt Rosenberger
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:

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

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7560
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: krosenberger@usgs.gov

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Performed minor edits to the metadata to correct typos. No data were changed.

Process_Date: 20211013
Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Person: Susan A. Cochran

Contact_Position: Geologist
Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical
Address: 2885 Mission Street
City: Santa Cruz
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95060

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 831-460-7545
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: scochran@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.00001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257223563

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: Mean Sea Level
Altitude_Resolution: 0.1
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

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:

These data are available in binary netCDF format contained in zip files.

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:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: netCDF
Format_Version_Date: 20181116
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file contains the time-series data of waves measured on the reef flat from the first instrument deployment (from November, 2013 to April 2014) in NetCDF format.

File_Decompression_Technique:

Windows users can use WinZIP to uncompress the files; Apple Macintosh users, Archive Utility; Linux and Unix users, gunzip.

Transfer_Size: 1080

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f?name=KWA13_Wave_Data_Deployment1.zip

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH

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 from the first instrument deployment (from November, 2013 to April 2014) on Kwajalein. The second link points to a landing page with metadata and all the time-series wave data for the Kwajalein portion of the data release. The third link points to a landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: netCDF
Format_Version_Date: 20181116
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file contains the time-series data of waves measured on the reef flat from the second instrument deployment (from April 2014 to October 2014) in NetCDF format.

File_Decompression_Technique:

Windows users can use WinZIP to uncompress the files; Apple Macintosh users, Archive Utility; Linux and Unix users, gunzip.

Transfer_Size: 1005

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f?name=KWA13_Wave_Data_Deployment2.zip

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH

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 from the second instrument deployment (from April 2014 to October 2014) on Kwajalein. The second link points to a landing page with metadata and all the time-series wave data for the Kwajalein portion of the data release. The third link points to a landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: netCDF
Format_Version_Date: 20181116
Format_Information_Content:

Zip file contains the time-series data of waves measured on the reef flat from the third instrument deployment (from October 2014 to May 2015) in NetCDF format.

File_Decompression_Technique:

Windows users can use WinZIP to uncompress the files; Apple Macintosh users, Archive Utility; Linux and Unix users, gunzip.

Transfer_Size: 930.5

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/file/get/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f?name=KWA13_Wave_Data_Deploymen3.zip

Network_Resource_Name:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5d7ab18fe4b0c4f70d02a47f

Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RYN5NH

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 from the third instrument deployment (from October 2014 to May 2015) on Kwajalein. The second link points to a landing page with metadata and all the time-series wave data for the Kwajalein portion of the data release. The third link points to a landing page for the entire data release.

Fees: None.

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data can be viewed with the NOAA netCDF file viewer, ncBrowse, which can be downloaded from the internet at https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/java/ncBrowse.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20211013
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: 831-460-4747
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pcmsc_data@usgs.gov

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

This page is <https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/catalog/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9RYN5NH/KWA13_Waves_metadata.html>