Wave buoy time series measurements collected at Madeira Beach, Florida

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Priscila Vargas-Babilonia
Originator: Legna M. Torres-Garcia
Originator: David M. Thompson
Originator: Mark L. Buckley
Originator: Margaret L. Palmsten
Originator: Jennifer A. Brown
Originator: Billy J. Reynolds
Originator: Benjamin A. Galbraith
Publication_Date: 20250308
Title:
Wave buoy time series measurements collected at Madeira Beach, Florida
Edition: 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Priscila Vargas-Babilonia
Originator: Legna M. Torres-Garcia
Originator: David M. Thompson
Originator: Mark L. Buckley
Originator: Margaret L. Palmsten
Originator: Jenna A. Brown
Originator: Billy J. Reynolds
Originator: Benjamin A. Galbraith
Publication_Date: 20250306
Title:
Oceanographic Time Series Measurements Collected at Madeira Beach, Florida
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/P9HZKIWB
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HZKIWB
Description:
Abstract:
Spotter buoys were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida at site MB1, located 30.9 kilometers (km) offshore and at 21.0-meters (m) depth (27.71652, -83.09532) from August 2021 to October 2023. These wave buoys were connected to underwater sensors through a Smart Mooring, and measured wave parameters, pressure, and water temperature.
Purpose:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed a series of oceanographic instruments at Madeira Beach, Florida, from 2021-2023 to measure water levels, temperature, waves, and three-dimensional flow velocities throughout the water column. The instruments used include (1) Spotter wave buoys with Smart Moorings, (2) RBR pressure loggers, and (3) RDI Sentinel-V Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs). In conjunction with beach elevation surveys (Brown and others, 2018) and video camera monitoring, these data will be used for the development and validation of forecasts for a variety of coastal processes such as shoreline change, total water level, wave runup, and dune erosion during extreme storms.
Supplemental_Information:
Following USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) data management protocols, these data were assigned a USGS field activity number (FAN), 2021-311-FA. Additional survey and data details are available on the Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System (CMGDS) at: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2021-311-FA
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20210806
Ending_Date: 20231006
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.09532
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.09532
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.71652
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 27.71652
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:592a512c-c0b6-40ea-abea-cd43e537f95c
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_Keyword: Distributions
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: ocean waves
Theme_Keyword: ocean currents
Theme_Keyword: water temperature
Theme_Keyword: ocean sciences
Theme_Keyword: time series datasets
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords
Theme_Keyword: physical oceanography
Theme_Keyword: water level measurements
Theme_Keyword: oceanography
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: St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Theme_Keyword: SPCMSC
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Place_Keyword: Madeira Beach
Place_Keyword: Pinellas County
Place_Keyword: State of Florida
Access_Constraints:
No access constraints. Please see 'Distribution Information' for details.
Use_Constraints:
These data are marked with a Creative Common CC0 1.0 Universal License. These data are in the public domain and do not have any use constraints.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th St S
City: St Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Version 22H2; National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) VDatum (version 4.7, https://vdatum.noaa.gov/); Python (version 3.10.12); MATLAB R2021a.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Brown, J.A., Birchler, J.J., Thompson, D.M., Long, J.W., and Seymour, A.C.
Publication_Date: 20180314
Title: Beach Profile Data Collected From Madeira Beach, Florida
Edition: 5.0
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey data release
Issue_Identification: doi:10.5066/F7T43S94
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida
Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5066/F7T43S94
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The Spotter wave buoy has a wave displacement accuracy of ±2 centimeters (cm), barometer accuracy of ±0.5 millibar (mbar) at 25° Celsius (C), and frequency resolution of 0.0098 hertz (Hz). The Smart Mooring bottom node (rbrd or rbrdt) has an RBRcoda³ with temperature initial accuracy of ±0.002°C, temperature resolution of <0.00005°C, pressure initial accuracy of ±0.05% full scale, and pressure resolution of <0.001% full scale. The Smart Mooring midwater node (soft2d) has a temperature sensor with sea surface temperature accuracy of ±0.1°C and sea surface temperature resolution of ±0.02°C.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
No calibration was needed prior to deployment and the datasets were checked after recovery to assess any drift or fouling that may have occurred during the deployment.
Completeness_Report:
Dataset is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. Gaps between deployments were caused by factors such as instrument failure, premature battery depletion, or delays in the scheduled deployment. Data quality assurance and control were performed by thoroughly reviewing all variables. Several deployments experienced a manufacturing defect in the Smart Mooring, resulting in instrument failure in the temperature and pressure sensors. This failure manifested in the data as sudden, extreme spikes, which marked the onset of erratic behavior in the time series. The affected segments, corresponding to the period of instrument failure, were removed and replaced with fill values. Beyond addressing the Smart Mooring sensor issues, the remaining data consists of raw measurements, which were processed using the parsing script available on the SofarOcean© website (https://www.sofarocean.com/support). Detailed information on specific deployment configurations, including which data segments were flagged and replaced, can be found in the dataset’s attributes.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Site location was obtained from a handheld global positioning system (GPS) Garmin© GPSmap 62s with a nominal accuracy of 3-5 meters 95% of the time (Wide Area Augmentation System [WAAS] accuracy in North America). Locations were collected in the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS84) coordinate system.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Orthometric elevations were projected to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88) and were estimated using NOAA's VDatum tool with estimates of local mean sea level from the corrected pressure data from the deployment. For these data, the uncertainties for vertical position are considered ~ 0.10 m.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Johnson, T., Smith, P.B., and Pittman, R.
Publication_Date: 2018
Title: Spotter SD Card Data Parser
Edition: December 2021 update
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: multimedia presentation
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Online
Publisher: GitHub
Online_Linkage: https://github.com/sofarocean/spotter-sd-parser
Type_of_Source_Media: Python script
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2021
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Sofar scripts
Source_Contribution:
An open-source tool for concatenating and parsing SD card data from Sofar Ocean© Spotter wave buoys.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Sofar Ocean© Spotter wave buoys with Smart Moorings were deployed at Madeira Beach, Florida during six separate time periods: 2021/08/06–2021/10/27, 2021/10/27–2022/05/02, 2022/06/06–2022/09/23, 2022/09/23–2023/01/12, 2023/01/12–2023/05/04, and 2023/05/04–2023/10/06. USGS divers arrived via boat at site MB1, located 30.9 kilometers offshore at 18.3-m depth, and attached the buoy to a 178-pound (lb) steel base. Three, 45-lb weights were added to the base during the deployment on May 4, 2023. After several months of data collection, divers went back to the site to recover and swap out the buoy for a new one. The Spotters were connected to a Smart Mooring with underwater sensors that measure pressure and water temperature. The configuration of the Smart Mooring typically consists of an RBRcoda3 pressure and temperature sensor bottom node near the seabed (rbrd or rbrdt) and a Sofar Ocean© temperature sensor midwater node (soft2d). Site coordinates were measured by a handheld Garmin© GPSmap 62s. The height from the seabed to the bottom node pressure sensor was measured by divers with a ruler at the site during each deployment and recovery. The Spotter buoy measured wave parameters and displacement, and some deployments contained a barometer on the surface. Data collected by the Spotter + Smart Mooring were stored in a secure digital (SD) card.
Process_Date: 2023
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Upon recovery, data were downloaded from the SD card, parsed, and the spectra was created in Python with Sofar scripts sd_file_parser.py (Johnson and others, 2018) and example_2d_wavespectra_generation.py (example script provided by Sofar Ocean©, please email support@sofarocean.com for more information). MATLAB R2021a was used to create the network common data form (netCDF, .nc) files with the data trimmed for the period in which the instrument was in the water. Attributes conforming to CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Convention (version 1.8) were added to each file. Details of which portions of data were flagged and replaced with the fill value are available in the netCDF global attributes or in the data quality section of the metadata. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). These datasets include measurements during hurricanes Ian (September 2022), Nicole (November 2022), and Idalia (August 2023). NetCDF filenames include site ID (MB1), deployment date (YYYYMMDD), an abbreviation of the instrument type ("S" for Spotter), and an abbreviation of the data type ("sm-rbrdt", "sm-rbrd" or "sm-soft2d" for Smart Mooring data, "baro" for barometer data, and "disp" for displacement data).
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Sofar scripts
Process_Date: 2024
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: *.nc
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Priscila Vargas-Babilonia
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey - St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pvargas-babilonia@usgs.gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Raster
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: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum 1988
Altitude_Resolution: 0.1
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Depth_System_Definition:
Depth_Datum_Name: Mean sea level
Depth_Resolution: 0.1
Depth_Distance_Units: meters
Depth_Encoding_Method: Explicit depth coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The Climate and Forecast (CF)-compliant metadata (version CF-1.8) in the header of the netCDF files provide information about the conventions used for attributes in the dataset. Times are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). These datasets include measurements during hurricanes Ian (September 2022), Nicole (November 2022), and Idalia (August 2023). NetCDF filenames include site ID (MB1), deployment date (YYYYMMDD), an abbreviation of the instrument type ("S" for Spotter), and an abbreviation of the data type ("sm-rbrdt", "sm-rbrd" or "sm-soft2d" for Smart Mooring data, "baro" for barometer data, and "disp" for displacement data). Files are available for download individually on the data release webpage, or all files compressed into a single zip file, MadeiraBeach_Spotter.zip.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
The entity and attribute information were generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the dataset. 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, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th St S
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@usgs.gov
Resource_Description:
MB120210806S.nc, MB120210806Sdisp.nc, MB120210806Ssm-rbrd.nc, MB120211027S.nc, MB120211027Sdisp.nc, MB120211027Ssm-rbrdt.nc, MB120220606S.nc, MB120220606Sdisp.nc, MB120220606Ssm-rbrdt.nc, MB120220923S.nc, MB120220923Sbaro.nc, MB120220923Sdisp.nc, MB120220923Ssm-rbrdt.nc, MB120220923Ssm-soft2.nc, MB120230112S.nc, MB120230112Sbaro.nc, MB120230112Sdisp.nc, MB120230112Ssm-rbrdt.nc, MB120230504S.nc, MB120230504Sbaro.nc, MB120230504Sdisp.nc
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. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: NetCDF
Format_Version_Number: netCDF-4, CF-1.8
Format_Information_Content:
Time series data in netCDF format following Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions version 1.8.
File_Decompression_Technique:
Compressed file of whole dataset and uncompressed individual files are provided.
Transfer_Size: 5096
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HZKIWB
Access_Instructions:
This is the link to the data release webpage where the netCDF files can be downloaded in a single zip file or individually.
Fees: None
Technical_Prerequisites:
These data can be viewed with any software capable of reading netCDF files.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20250308
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Contact_Person: USGS SPCMSC Data Management
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th St S
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-502-8000
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-g-spcmsc_data_inquiries@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/spcmsc/MadeiraBeach_Spotter_metadata.html>
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