nss_wqspp_002 Margaret A. McManus 20151122 The nearshore sensors are part of the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) and are designed to measure a variety of ocean parameters at fixed point locations. The PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program (WQSPP) supports scientists and natural resource managers to collect water quality data in order to inform research, conservation, planning, and resource management projects in the U.S. Insular Pacific region. Comprised of a network of "roving" water quality nearshore sensors, the WQSPP provides participating partners with sensors, data management, and technical capacity-building to allow for robust data collection. nss_wqspp_002 was located approximately 1 km north of Kephara Island and 75 meters offshore of the barrier reef along the southwest shore of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The sensor package was mounted to the sea floor at approximately 40 meters depth. Data were recorded hourly. Dr. Kevin Rhodes of the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) deployed this nearshore sensor within the Kephara Marine Sanctuary near Kephara Island and Black Coral Island to examine environmental parameters in association with grouper (Epinephelidae) spawning aggregations. Water temperature measurements collected by the sensor also served to monitor and reveal triggers for coral bleaching events. PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region. 20151122T06:00:05Z 20170618T23:00:05Z Unknown 158.1129 158.1129 6.8054 6.8054 39.5 39.5 Unknown http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/nss_wqspp_002.png Sample image. PNG http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/nss_wqspp_002.2.png Photo of instrument site. PNG GCMD Science Keywords Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity Earth Science > Oceans > Water Quality Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll GCMD Platform Keywords In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > OCEAN PLATFORM/OCEAN STATIONS GCMD Instrument Keywords In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Conductivity Sensors In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Photon/Optical Detectors > > > Turbidity Meters In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Profilers/Sounders > > > CTD In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > > > Temperature Sensors In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Chemical Meters/Analyzers > > > Fluorometers CF Standard Name Table v71 depth latitude longitude mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water status_flag sea_water_practical_salinity sea_water_practical_salinity status_flag sea_water_temperature sea_water_temperature status_flag sea_water_turbidity sea_water_turbidity status_flag time GCMD Location Keywords Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia > Kephara Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia > Pohnpei Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia > FSM None Use Limitation: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information. University of Hawaii at Manoa Margaret A. McManus physical and mailing

Unknown mamc@hawaii.edu The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) physical and mailing

Unknown info@pacioos.org Unknown ERDDAP tabledap https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002 OPeNDAP https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002 Data Subset Form ERDDAP's version of the OPeNDAP .html web page for this dataset. Specify a subset of the dataset and download the data via OPeNDAP or in many different file types. https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002.html Make-A-Graph Form ERDDAP's Make-A-Graph .html web page for this dataset. Create an image with a map or graph of a subset of the data. https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002.graph PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API) This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset. http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=6.74797,157.935847,7.055062,158.519153&tz=pont&o=qual:2::p0nss_wqspp_002p1 PacIOOS website This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset. http://pacioos.org/water/sensor-kephara/ None specified 20260527 Margaret A. McManus University of Hawaii at Manoa mailing and physical Unknown mamc@hawaii.edu Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata FGDC-STD-012-2002