PacIOOS Water Quality Sensor Partnership Program 002: Kephara, Pohnpei, FSM

Description

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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 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
27 http://pacioos.org
21 mcmanus.html https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html
21 mcmanus.html https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html
0 This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset. http://pacioos.org/water/sensor-kephara/
21 mcmanus.html https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html
21 mcmanus.html https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/mcmanus.html
0 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
0 An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002
21 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
0 ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/tabledap/nss_wqspp_002

Tags

  • sea_water_temperature
  • salinity
  • sea_water_practical_salinity status_flag
  • fluorometers
  • western pacific ocean
  • latitude
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • turbidity meters
  • sea_water_turbidity status_flag
  • ocean chemistry
  • longitude
  • temperature/humidity sensors
  • in situ/laboratory instruments
  • oceans
  • water temperature
  • pacioos
  • chemical meters/analyzers
  • sea_water_temperature status_flag
  • mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
  • pohnpei
  • sea_water_turbidity
  • chlorophyll
  • pacific islands ocean observing system
  • ocean temperature
  • in situ ocean-based platforms
  • water quality
  • federated states of micronesia
  • ocean platform/ocean stations
  • profilers/sounders
  • earth science
  • ocean optics
  • ocean
  • fsm
  • mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water status_flag
  • temperature sensors
  • micronesia
  • salinity/density
  • photon/optical detectors
  • conductivity sensors
  • time
  • ctd
  • pacific ocean
  • depth
  • kephara
  • turbidity

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