Water temperature data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in Timor-Leste from 2012 to 2014

Description

Water temperature data were collected by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at fixed climate survey sites located on hard bottom shallow water (< 30 m) habitats in Timor-Leste. Climate sites were established by CREP to establish ecological baselines for climate change by measuring multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. These STRs or high-accuracy temperature loggers made by SeaBird Electronics (SBE) were deployed on the reef for a period of 2 years from October 2012 to October 2014, and the sample interval was set to one hour. STRs aid in the monitoring of seawater temperature variability. These water temperature time series data for Timor-Leste, along with other data collected at the climate survey sites (water chemistry, calcification rates, invertebrate biodiversity, and benthic cover, all archived separately), can be used to help scientists assess and understand how coral reefs are responding to thermal stress that can lead to coral bleaching. The temperature data can be accessed online via the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Ocean Archive.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Compiled temperature time series data from subsurface temperature recorders deployed in Timor-Leste in 2012 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) and recovered in 2014. http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0168931
0 Field metadata for subsurface temperature recorders deployed in Timor-Leste in 2012 by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) and recovered in 2015. This record contains information about the instrument, as well as the SITE_ID for the location where each STR was deployed. http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0168931
0 Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
0 Information about the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program's activities in the Coral Triangle. https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/coral_triangle_initiative.php
0 PIFSC blog post, Nov 2012: The final count: summary of mission to Timor-Leste in 2012 https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/final-count-timor-leste/
0 PIFSC blog post, Sept 2014: Scientists return to Timor-Leste for reef monitoring mission https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/timor-leste-atauro/
0 Timor-Leste project portal on the NOAA Coral Reef Information Service website where NOAA's final report for Timor-Leste and the datasets generated by NOAA CREP as part of the project can be downloaded. https://www.coris.noaa.gov/activities/projects/timor-leste/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/46164.pdf
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/46164

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  • crep
  • doc/noaa/nmfs/pifsc
  • reef monitoring and assessment
  • aquatic habitat
  • corals
  • coral reef ecosystem division
  • pifsc
  • biosphere
  • oceans
  • water temperature
  • atauro
  • subsurface temperature recorder
  • noaa
  • numeric data sets
  • nmfs
  • baseline studies
  • dili
  • ocean temperature
  • oceanography
  • us doc
  • timor-leste
  • str
  • pacific islands fisheries science center
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • bobonaro
  • national marine fisheries service
  • indian ocean
  • lautem
  • coral triangle initiative
  • depth - observation
  • cred
  • united states agency for international development
  • reef habitat
  • bottom
  • baucau
  • timor sea
  • ocean basin
  • in situ physical
  • ecosystem sciences division
  • manatuto
  • coastal processes
  • timor leste
  • zoology
  • coral reefs
  • usaid
  • country/territory
  • vila mpa
  • democratic republic of timor-leste (east timor) (09s126e0001)
  • coral reef studies
  • continuous
  • coral reef ecosystem program

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