PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program 008: Maalaea Harbor, Maui, Hawaii

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. As part of the WQSPP, the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council (MNMRC) deployed a nearshore sensor at Maalaea Harbor, Maui. The non-profit organization is interested to learn more about the effects of tides, wind, and swell on water quality in the harbor, and monitor water quality variability over time. The data will help inform the watershed management plan "Vision for Pohakea", which aims to reduce sediment and pollutants in Maalaea Bay and its harbor. MNMRC is also partnering with Waterkeepers Hawaiian Islands to utilize several thousand oysters in the harbor to help improve water quality. Rotating at approximately monthly intervals to various locations within the harbor, the instrument is a Sea-Bird Scientific SBE 16plus V2 SeaCAT CTD coupled with a Sea-Bird Scientific ECO FLNTU optical sensor.

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Distance below mean sea level, m)
station_name (station)
temperature (water temperature, Celsius)
salinity (salinity PSU, 1)
turbidity (turbidity NTU, 1)
chlorophyll (ug/L)
pressure (water pressure, dbar)
platform1 (platform)
instrument1 (instrument)
crs (coordinate reference system)


PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program 009: Nomilo Fishpond, Kauai, Hawaii

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. As part of the WQSPP, Kauai Sea Farm deployed a nearshore sensor at Nomilo Fishpond along the south shore of Kauai. The fishpond is a naturally-formed resource within an ancient volcanic caldera located in Kalaheo and has a centuries-long history of food production. However, it has been underutilized in the past 100 years and is undergoing a renaissance. To reduce excessive phytoplankton and prevent oxygen depletion events, the seawater channel between the pond and ocean has been restored and shellfish farming has been introduced. A research project is also expected to introduce native sea cucumber aquaculture to better cycle nutrients along the pond bottom. The PacIOOS water quality sensor has been utilized to measure changes in four areas of the pond throughout the 10-month deployment to assist with spatial planning and optimization of aquaculture activities and to determine potential impacts of these activities on the aquatic environment of the fishpond. The instrument is a Sea-Bird Scientific SBE 16plus V2 SeaCAT CTD coupled with a Sea-Bird Scientific ECO FLNTU optical sensor.

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
depth (Distance below mean sea level, m)
station_name (station)
temperature (water temperature (processed), Celsius)
salinity (salinity PSU (processed), 1)
turbidity (turbidity NTU (processed), 1)
chlorophyll (chlorophyll (processed), ug/L)
... (4 more variables)


PacIOOS Weather Station: Honolulu Harbor Entrance, Oahu, Hawaii

The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) operates a Davis Instruments automatic weather station (AWS) near the entrance to Honolulu Harbor on the leeward (western) coast of Oahu in Hawaii to aid with navigation. The station records measurements every 5 minutes of air temperature, wind speed and direction, precipitation, relative humidity, and air pressure. Sensors are located at Pier 1, installed on a tower at an elevation of 64 feet (19.5 meters) above sea level. The station is owned by the Hawaii Pilots Association (HPA). PacIOOS maintains the station and provides data access.

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
altitude (Distance above mean sea level, m)
station_name (station)
air_temperature (air temperature (processed), Celsius)
wind_speed (wind speed (processed), m/s)
gust_speed (gust speed (processed), m/s)
wind_from_direction (wind direction (processed), degrees)
rainfall_rate (rain rate (processed), mm/h)
relative_humidity (relative humidity (processed), %)
air_pressure (air pressure (processed), millibars)
air_temperature_raw (air temperature (raw), Celsius)
air_temperature_dm_qd (air temperature delayed-mode quality descriptor, 1)
air_temperature_qc_agg (QARTOD Aggregate/Rollup Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_gap (QARTOD Gap Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_syn (QARTOD Syntax Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_loc (QARTOD Location Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_rng (QARTOD Gross Range Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_clm (QARTOD Climatology Test (processed), 1)
air_temperature_qc_spk (QARTOD Spike Test (processed), 1)
... (92 more variables)


Seatrec infiniTE Float: Deployment 1: CTD: Kona, Hawaii Island, Hawaii

The Seatrec infiniTE (Infinite Thermal Energy) float is the first subsurface ocean profiling platform powered by clean, renewable energy to address the power constraints of traditional floats. By combining an autonomous profiling float with a proprietary energy harvesting system, the infiniTE float generates electricity from the ocean's temperature differences to power sensors that are not feasible on existing profiling floats. Its baseline configuration includes a conductivity, temperature, depth (CTD) sensor and can profile three times a day to a depth of approximately 1000 meters.

cdm_data_type = Profile
VARIABLES:
profile_number
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
longitude (degrees_east)
latitude (degrees_north)
depth (m)
temperature (water temperature, Celsius)
salinity (salinity PSU, 1)
energy_used (J)
energy_generated (J)
platform1
instrument1
crs


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 171406

Ocean temperature depth profiles as measured via a tagged tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Data are transmitted via satellite when the shark's dorsal fin surfaces the water, including ocean temperatures at 15 depths distributed across the most recent ascending profile. The timestamp and spatial coordinates of each surface transmission are assigned to the entire profile.

cdm_data_type = Profile
VARIABLES:
profile_id (profile identifier)
time (surface/transmission time of profile, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
altitude (m)
temperature (mean temperature, Celsius)
temperature_min (minimum temperature, Celsius)
temperature_max (maximum temperature, Celsius)
location_time (surface/transmission time of latitude/longitude position, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
location_source (source of latitude/longitude surface position, 1)
location_class (positional accuracy flag, 1)
error_radius (radius in meters of Argos estimated geolocation error, m)
error_semi_major_axis (semi-major axis of Argos estimated geolocation error ellipse, m)
error_semi_minor_axis (semi-minor axis of Argos estimated geolocation error ellipse, m)
error_ellipse_orientation (orientation from true north of Argos estimated geolocation error ellipse, degrees)
fastloc_residual (quality indicator of Fastloc geolocation, 1)
fastloc_time_error (estimated error of observed time of Fastloc geolocation, seconds)
gps_satellites (number of GPS satellites used in Fastloc geolocation, 1)
gps_bad_satellites (number of GPS satellites discarded in Fastloc geolocation, 1)
ptt (Argos PTT tag identifier, 0)
deployment_id (deployment identifier, 0)
species_scientific (species scientific name, 0)
species_common (species common name, 0)
specimen_sex (1)
... (4 more variables)


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 171409


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 176025


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 176027


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 176028


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 176029


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 204412


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 204413


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 204414


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 204416


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 244397

Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 244399


Shark-Borne Temperature Profiles: Tiger Shark 244400


UHSLC Fast Delivery Tide Gauge Data (daily)

The University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC) assembles and distributes the Fast Delivery (FD) dataset of hourly- and daily-averaged tide gauge water-level observations. Tide gauge operators, or data creators, provide FD data to UHSLC after a level 1 quality assessment (see processing_level attribute). The UHSLC provides an independent quality assessment of the time series and makes FD data available within 4-6 weeks of collection. This is a "fast" turnaround time compared to Research Quality (RQ) data, which are available on an annual cycle after a level 2 quality assessment. RQ data replace FD data in the data stream as the former becomes available. This file contains hybrid time series composed of RQ data when available with FD data appended to the end of each RQ series.

cdm_data_type = TimeSeries
VARIABLES:
sea_level (relative sea level, millimeters)
time (seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)
latitude (degrees_north)
longitude (degrees_east)
station_name
station_country (station country (ISO 3166-1))
station_country_code (station country code (ISO 3166-1 numeric))
record_id (unique identifier for each record (i.e., station and version) in the database)
uhslc_id (unique station ID number used by the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center (UHSLC))
gloss_id (unique station ID number used by the WMO/IOC Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS))
ssc_id (unique station ID code in the Sealevel Station Catalog (SSC) produced by the WMO/IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility (VLIZ))
last_rq_date (date of last Research Quality sea level value, seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)


UHSLC Fast Delivery Tide Gauge Data (hourly)