Shallow Water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) Profiles of Aua Reef along a water quality gradient in American Samoa from 2022-09-13 to 2022-09-23 (NCEI Accession 0278377)

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The data described here is from near-shore shallow water Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) casts conducted in Aua Reef, American Samoa, by scientists of the Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD) of the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC). The NOAA Fisheries, Ecosystem Sciences Division established 18 survey sites along the water quality gradient near land-based source pollution. This is part of a larger collection of datasets collected as part of the CRCP-funded project 'Linking watershed management activities to reef health in American Samoa' (project no. 31303). The CTD casts provide vertical profiles (5-m max depth, downcast only) of water column conductivity, temperature, and pressure (Sea-Bird Electronics, SBE19-plus), with calculated depth, salinity, and water density. The CTD cast was conducted by snorkel. The CTD soaked at 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 5 m.

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/278377
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/278377
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0213/0278377/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16. 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 InPort Metadata Record https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/68094
0 Journal article https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2009.12027737
0 Institution web page https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/ecosystem_sciences/
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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0278377
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  • crep
  • salinity
  • ocean pressure
  • united states of america
  • american samoa (14s170w0000)
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • corals
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • pifsc
  • biosphere
  • conductivity
  • oceans
  • water temperature
  • sea level pressure
  • american samoa
  • numeric data sets
  • ocean temperature
  • profile
  • oceanography
  • density
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • earth science
  • 31303
  • land-based source pollution
  • cred
  • linking watershed management actions to reef health in american samoa
  • reef habitat
  • water pressure
  • ocean basin
  • in situ physical
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • aua (14s170w0010)
  • esd
  • coastal processes
  • lbsp
  • salinity/density
  • tutuila island
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • pacific ocean
  • thermocline
  • country/territory
  • pago pago harbor
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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