Description
Water temperature time series data provided in this data set are from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at permanent coral reef sites across American Samoa by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD; formerly the Coral Reef Ecosystem Division) as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP). The STRs were deployed for a period of 1-9 years from 2012 to 2023 and recovered during ESD-led NCRMP missions to American Samoa in 2015, 2018, and 2023.
The high-accuracy temperature loggers made by Sea-Bird Electronics (SBE) and RBR Ltd. USA were weighted and strapped to solid substrate on the seafloor by SCUBA divers at depths ranging from 0 to 30 meters at permanent monitoring sites established by ESD's Ocean and Climate Change team. Sample interval of STRs recovered in 2013, 2015 and 2018/2023 was 2 min 30 sec, 60 min, and 5 min, respectively. The current sample interval is 5 minutes. Each time an STR was recovered another STR was typically deployed at the same location and depth and was assigned the same OCC_SITEID. Data were downloaded using the SeaBird SeaTerm V2 or RBR Ruskin V2 program and post-processed using R to trim "out of water" data.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa.zip | Unknown | Zip folder that contains the 2018 - 2023 American Samoa STR data as a single .csv file. The single csv file is 3.35 GB, the zipped folder with the csv file is 155 MB. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_SAMOA_QC.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across the Mariana Archipelago in 2014 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 14 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015/2018 and recovered in 2023. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2013_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from a single subsurface temperature recorder (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at Tutuila, American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2013. Sample interval is 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Unzipped CSV is 45.4 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2013_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from a single subsurface temperature recorder (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at Tutuila, American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2013. Sample interval is 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Unzipped CSV is 45.4 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2013.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2013 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2013.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2013 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2013_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from a single subsurface temperature recorder (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) at Tutuila, American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2013. Sample interval is 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Unzipped CSV is 45.4 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2013.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2013 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2015_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2015. Sample interval is 60 mins for every logger except one that measured temperature every 10 mins. Unzipped CSV is 228 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2015_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2015. Sample interval is 60 mins for every logger except one that measured temperature every 10 mins. Unzipped CSV is 228 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2015.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2015 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2015.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2015 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2015.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2015 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2015_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2012 and recovered in 2015. Sample interval is 60 mins for every logger except one that measured temperature every 10 mins. Unzipped CSV is 228 MB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2018.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2018 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 13 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Unzipped CSV is 2.82 GB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2018.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2018 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Unzipped CSV is 2.82 GB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| STR_QC_AMSM_2018.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across American Samoa in 2018 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 13 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing one CSV file of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STR) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Unzipped CSV is 2.82 GB. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2018_AMSM_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 13 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015 and recovered in 2018. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 14 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015/2018 and recovered in 2023. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa.zip | Unknown | Zip folder that contains the 2018 - 2023 American Samoa STR data as a single .csv file. The single csv file is 3.35 GB, the zipped folder with the csv file is 155 MB. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_SAMOA_QC.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across the Mariana Archipelago in 2014 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_SAMOA_QC.pdf | Unknown | Quality control report generated for temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) recovered from sites across the Mariana Archipelago in 2014 by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa_split.zip | Unknown | Zip file containing a series of 14 split CSV files (1-million rows each, except for the last CSV file in the series) of water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed by the NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) across American Samoa in 2015/2018 and recovered in 2023. Sample interval is 5 minutes. Refer to the README in the 0-data folder of the archive folder. | Open resource |
| ESD_NCRMP_Temperature_2023_Samoa.zip | Unknown | Zip folder that contains the 2018 - 2023 American Samoa STR data as a single .csv file. The single csv file is 3.35 GB, the zipped folder with the csv file is 155 MB. | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| GCMD Keyword Forum Page | Unknown | 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 | Open resource |
| NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. | Open resource |
| NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. | Open resource |
| NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program | Unknown | Information about the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP) on the NOAA Coral Reef Information System website. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource | |
| Science Overview in the Pacific Islands | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Science Overview in the Pacific Islands | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Science Overview in the Pacific Islands | Unknown | Online Resource | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
| Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Website | Unknown | Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage | Open resource |
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- 743
- american samoa
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