National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles for select locations across the Pacific Remote Island Areas from 2014 to 2023

Description

The data described here result from near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts conducted at select sites across the Mariana Archipelago as part of the ongoing National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). These surveys were conducted by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) during ESD-led NCRMP missions to the PRIA from 2014 to 2023. The CTD casts provide vertical profiles (30-m max depth, downcast only) of water column conductivity, temperature, pressure, with calculated depth, salinity, and water density. The CTD (Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE19-plus in 2014-2018, RBR Concerto in 2023) was deployed from a small boat using a hand line and held just under the surface for 1 minute to cycle water through the instrument and tubing. Afterward, data were collected by lowering the CTD in profiling mode at an even pace (descent rate ~0.5 to 0.75 meters per second) to a maximum depth of 30 m. Data processing was performed using Sea-Bird Scientific SBE or RBR Ruskin Data Processing Software and the R package "oce".

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit from the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit of the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21444
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Information about the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/
0 PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/21444.pdf
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21444
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Information about the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/
0 PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/21444.pdf
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit from the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit of the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit from the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Kingman and Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2018 (HA1801). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0227441
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Baker, Jarvis, and Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2017 (HA1701). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0226041
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Wake) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during MARAMP 2014 (HA1401). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162248
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Kingman, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during ASRAMP 2015 (HA1501). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162247
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Jarvis) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division during the return transit of the 2016 American Samoa reef fish cruise (SE1602). https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0162245
0 Shallow CTD profiles collected across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. Data include conductivity, temperature, pressure, depth, salinity, and density. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 Quality control report generated for CTD data from deployments from sites across the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIAs; Howland, Baker, Palmyra) by the PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division in 2023. https://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0300660
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/21444
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/monitoring/
0 Information about the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (OAP). https://oceanacidification.noaa.gov/
0 PIFSC Ecosystem Sciences Division web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/21444.pdf

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