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   set  data   graph     files  public [Current profiles: 2014-2016] - Current meter data from the 5, 6, and 8 meter sites, offshore
Calumet Park, La Jolla, Southern California, April 2014 through November 2016 (Nearshore
larval transport: physical and biological processes)
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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL access_formats String .htmlTable,.csv,.json,.mat,.nc,.tsv,.esriCsv,.geoJson,.odvTxt
attribute NC_GLOBAL acquisition_description String Current profilers, pressure sensors and temperature sensors were mounted on
bottom frames.

Refer to the following sampling reports for details:
[NLT_spring2014_sampling_report.](\\"http://dmoserv3.bco-
dmo.org/data_docs/Nearshore_Larval_Transport/NLT_spring2014_sampling_report.pdf\\")
[NLT_fall2014_sampling_report](\\"http://dmoserv3.bco-
dmo.org/data_docs/Nearshore_Larval_Transport/NLT_fall2014_sampling_report.pdf\\")
[NLT_spring2015_sampling_report](\\"http://dmoserv3.bco-
dmo.org/data_docs/Nearshore_Larval_Transport/NLT_spring2015_sampling_report.pdf\\")
[NLT_fall2015_sampling_report](\\"http://dmoserv3.bco-
dmo.org/data_docs/Nearshore_Larval_Transport/NLT_fall2015_sampling_report.pdf\\")
[NLT_2016_sampling_report](\\"http://dmoserv3.bco-
dmo.org/data_docs/Nearshore_Larval_Transport/NLT_2016_sampling_report.pdf\\")
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_nid String 505563
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_award_number String OCE-1357290
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_data_url String http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357290 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funder_name String NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funding_acronym String NSF OCE
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_funding_source_nid String 355
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_program_manager String David L. Garrison
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_0_program_manager_nid String 50534
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_award_nid String 505564
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_award_number String OCE-1357327
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_data_url String http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1357327 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_funder_name String NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_funding_acronym String NSF OCE
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_funding_source_nid String 355
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_program_manager String David L. Garrison
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_1_program_manager_nid String 50534
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_award_nid String 676057
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_award_number String OCE-1630474
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_data_url String https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1630474 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_funder_name String NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_funding_acronym String NSF OCE
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_funding_source_nid String 355
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_program_manager String David L. Garrison
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_2_program_manager_nid String 50534
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_award_nid String 676058
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_award_number String OCE-1630459
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_data_url String https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1630459 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_funder_name String NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_funding_acronym String NSF OCE
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_funding_source_nid String 355
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_program_manager String David L. Garrison
attribute NC_GLOBAL awards_3_program_manager_nid String 50534
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Other
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String current time series: 2014 - 2016
Southern California nearshore
PI: S. Lentz (WHOI), N. Reyns (USD), J. Pineda (WHOI)
version: 2017-07-26
NOTE: large file-slow to load
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String info at bco-dmo.org
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.bco-dmo.org/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL data_source String extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_created String 2017-06-29T18:46:46Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL date_modified String 2020-01-08T14:12:17Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL defaultDataQuery String &time<now
attribute NC_GLOBAL doi String 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.707078.1
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double -117.2578
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 32.8689
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double 32.81
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double -117.2578
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -117.281
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_max double 8.56
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_min double 1.21
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_positive String down
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_units String m
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/707078 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_acronym String ADCP
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description String See sampling reports for details.
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid String 707273
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_description String The ADCP measures water currents with sound, using a principle of sound waves called the Doppler effect. A sound wave has a higher frequency, or pitch, when it moves to you than when it moves away. You hear the Doppler effect in action when a car speeds past with a characteristic building of sound that fades when the car passes.
The ADCP works by transmitting "pings" of sound at a constant frequency into the water. (The pings are so highly pitched that humans and even dolphins can't hear them.) As the sound waves travel, they ricochet off particles suspended in the moving water, and reflect back to the instrument. Due to the Doppler effect, sound waves bounced back from a particle moving away from the profiler have a slightly lowered frequency when they return. Particles moving toward the instrument send back higher frequency waves. The difference in frequency between the waves the profiler sends out and the waves it receives is called the Doppler shift. The instrument uses this shift to calculate how fast the particle and the water around it are moving.
Sound waves that hit particles far from the profiler take longer to come back than waves that strike close by. By measuring the time it takes for the waves to bounce back and the Doppler shift, the profiler can measure current speed at many different depths with each series of pings. (More from WHOI instruments listing).
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_external_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/115/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_name String Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_instrument_nid String 405
attribute NC_GLOBAL instruments_0_supplied_name String RDI ADCP (Teledyne Marine), Aquadopp (Nortek International)
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, current, data, dataset, date, day, depth, depth_sta, direction, dmo, erddap, hour, iso, latitude, longitude, management, min, month, oceanography, office, preliminary, season, sec, time, year, year_season, yrday, yrday_utc
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/707078/license (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL metadata_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/707078 (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 32.8689
attribute NC_GLOBAL param_mapping String {'707078': {'lat': 'master - latitude', 'depth': 'master - depth', 'lon': 'master - longitude', 'ISO_DateTime_UTC': 'master - time'}}
attribute NC_GLOBAL parameter_source String https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/707078/parameters (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation String Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_affiliation_acronym String WHOI
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_name String Steve Lentz
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_person_nid String 50422
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_role String Principal Investigator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_0_role_type String originator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_affiliation String Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_affiliation_acronym String WHOI
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_name String Jesus Pineda
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_person_nid String 472830
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_role String Co-Principal Investigator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_1_role_type String originator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation String University of San Diego
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_affiliation_acronym String USD
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_name String Nathalie Reyns
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_person_nid String 505561
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_role String Co-Principal Investigator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_2_role_type String originator
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_affiliation String Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_affiliation_acronym String WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_person_name String Nancy Copley
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_person_nid String 50396
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_role String BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute NC_GLOBAL people_3_role_type String related
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String Nearshore larval transport,RAPID_Settlement_Hydrodynamics
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_acronym String Nearshore larval transport
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_description String Description from NSF award abstract:
Providing an award for this study will provide essential knowledge required for management of coastal resources. This study addresses near shore cross-shore larval transport processes that operate over wide geographic areas in open coast settings, namely larval transport by wave circulation / Stokes drift, and by internal tidal bores. Larval transport by wave circulation / Stokes drift is a ubiquitous process that has not been studied observationally, and it is not known how internal tidal bores deliver larvae to intertidal habitats. This project will examine near shore (region between 20 m depth and intertidal) physical and biological processes that account for the delivery of larvae to adult habitats. The study system in Southern California shares similarities with most other temperate areas and we will study marine taxa that are widely distributed and successful in a variety of environments.
Recent studies suggest that larval transport in the near shore zone plays a central role in larval dispersal and connectivity of shallow water species. These recent advances, however, have not been matched with process-oriented studies addressing circulation and behavioral processes at the appropriate temporal and spatial scales, and only a few larval transport mechanisms have been considered for near shore open coastlines. Recent advances in our understanding of hydrodynamic processes driving cross-shore flows and growing awareness of the importance of the processes to larval transport, however, make this study timely. The investigators hypothesize that a series of physical and biological events results in the delivery of invertebrate larvae to the intertidal habitat. These events include physical transport due to wave circulation / Stokes drift near the surface and internal tide circulation near the bottom, alteration of behavior for terminal larval stages, and larval use of "adaptive" behavioral responses to exploit event-dependent flows. Further, they suggest that the predominance of wave circulation / Stokes drift and internal tide circulation varies seasonally, with internal tidal bores important in spring/summer, when the water column is well-stratified, and wave circulation / Stokes drift more pervasive in fall/winter, coinciding with winter storms. The hypotheses in this study will be tested with estimates of physical transport, larval supply and settlement. These measurements will be combined with use of adaptive sampling to test the dependence of larval vertical distribution on changes in hydrodynamic conditions.
Results from this study will have important ecological implications as wave circulation / Stokes drift and internal motions may represent critical and regular transport mechanisms for larvae of marine organisms that must return to near shore habitats to complete their life cycle, thereby impacting population connectivity and management strategies used by coastal planners (e.g., ecosystem-based fisheries management, placement of Marine Protected Areas).
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_end_date String 2016-12
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_geolocation String Southern California
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_name String Nearshore larval transport: physical and biological processes
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_project_nid String 472824
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_0_start_date String 2014-01
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_acronym String RAPID_Settlement_Hydrodynamics
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_description String NSF Award Abstract:
Understanding how larvae are transported in the coastal ocean is key for characterizing the population fluctuations of marine organisms. Studies demonstrate that larvae of species that inhabit shallow waters can behaviorally respond to changing oceanographic conditions by moving vertically into currents that can promote their transport to coastal, nearshore habitats where they settle to bottom habitats and complete their life cycle. However, the oceanographic mechanisms that promote such transport, and how they might be impacted by infrequent events such as El Niño, are poorly resolved. Given that El Niño events might increase in frequency and magnitude under climate change, it is imperative to assess how El Niño affects larval transport and larval settlement. To this end, this study will use an unprecedented set of nearshore biological and physical measurements spanning pre-El-Niño, during El Niño, and the predicted return to El Niño neutral conditions, to test mechanistically how larval transport and settlement respond in a nearshore coastal environment. This project will also provide educational and research opportunities for students at the University of San Diego, a liberal arts university. At least one laboratory exercise demonstrating the impacts of El Niño on larval transport and settlement will be developed for undergraduate students, and students will be recruited to participate in all aspects of the project to provide them with hands-on research experience. This research will form the basis for the thesis work of at least one M.S. graduate student. Finally, given that the research falls within a Marine Protected Area, results will be broadly disseminated and shared with coastal managers and the CA Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Larval transport and settlement are fundamental processes for understanding the population dynamics of benthic invertebrates. Previous studies and unpublished observations indicate that El Niño events profoundly impact community and population processes, and in Southern California, El Niño effects range from alteration of larval transport and settlement of local populations, to the geographic expansion of subtropical species. This research will test the hypothesis that the current (2015-2016) El Niño event will result in a reduction of barnacle larval transport and settlement in Southern California nearshore habitats. Two mechanisms might be involved; first, a deepening of the thermocline forced by El Niño would result in reduction of larval transport by internal tidal bores, a mechanism that requires shallowing of the thermocline. Second, the distribution of larvae of littoral barnacles would be deeper, more offshore, and less constrained to nearshore habitats during El Niño than in El Niño neutral conditions, resulting in a reduction of nearshore larval abundance and settlement. The effects of El Niño on nearshore circulation, hydrography, larval transport and settlement in Bird Rock, Southern California, will be measured by a) deploying an array of instrumentation to measure temperature, pressure (waves) and currents; b) measuring daily barnacle larval settlement, and; c) assessing cross-shore and depth distribution of invertebrate larvae. These observations will be contrasted with two years of comparable observations taken at Bird Rock in 2014 (El Niño neutral conditions) and 2015 (during El Niño). Additionally, the investigators will measure weekly settlement at Bird Rock, and at Dike Rock, a site 7 km to the north, where previous observations at the end of the 1997/1998 El Niño indicated that barnacle settlement was very high. This will enable the evaluation of the generality of the settlement response as El Niño conditions eclipse, and examination of how settlement varies along a coastline.
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_end_date String 2018-02
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_geolocation String Southern California
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_name String RAPID: Nearshore settlement and hydrodynamics in Southern California during El Nino, and the transition to normal ocean conditions: boom and bust?
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_project_nid String 638919
attribute NC_GLOBAL projects_1_start_date String 2016-03
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_name String Biological and Chemical Oceanographic Data Management Office (BCO-DMO)
attribute NC_GLOBAL publisher_type String institution
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double 32.81
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute NC_GLOBAL subsetVariables String min,sec
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String Current meter data from the 5, 6, and 8 meter sites, offshore Calumet Park, La Jolla, Southern California, April 2014 through November 2016.
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2016-11-20T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String [Current profiles: 2014-2016] - Current meter data from the 5, 6, and 8 meter sites, offshore Calumet Park, La Jolla, Southern California, April 2014 through November 2016 (Nearshore larval transport: physical and biological processes)
attribute NC_GLOBAL version String 1
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -117.281
attribute NC_GLOBAL xml_source String osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable year_season   String  
attribute year_season bcodmo_name String year
attribute year_season description String year and season of data; or site name (Bird Rock or Dike Rock)
attribute year_season long_name String Year Season
attribute year_season nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/ (external link)
attribute year_season units String unitless
variable direction   String  
attribute direction bcodmo_name String unknown
attribute direction description String direction of current vector: northward or eastward
attribute direction long_name String Direction
attribute direction units String unitless
variable depth_sta   byte  
attribute depth_sta _FillValue byte 127
attribute depth_sta actual_range byte 5, 8
attribute depth_sta bcodmo_name String depth
attribute depth_sta colorBarMaximum double 8000.0
attribute depth_sta colorBarMinimum double -8000.0
attribute depth_sta colorBarPalette String TopographyDepth
attribute depth_sta description String depth of current profiler
attribute depth_sta long_name String Depth
attribute depth_sta nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/DEPH/ (external link)
attribute depth_sta standard_name String depth
attribute depth_sta units String meters
variable latitude   double  
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude _FillValue double NaN
attribute latitude actual_range double 32.81, 32.8689
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude bcodmo_name String latitude
attribute latitude colorBarMaximum double 90.0
attribute latitude colorBarMinimum double -90.0
attribute latitude description String latitude; north is positive
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LATX/ (external link)
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
variable longitude   double  
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude _FillValue double NaN
attribute longitude actual_range double -117.281, -117.2578
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude bcodmo_name String longitude
attribute longitude colorBarMaximum double 180.0
attribute longitude colorBarMinimum double -180.0
attribute longitude description String longitude; east is positive
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/LONX/ (external link)
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
variable year   short  
attribute year _FillValue short 32767
attribute year actual_range short 2014, 2016
attribute year bcodmo_name String year
attribute year description String year of data record
attribute year long_name String Year
attribute year nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/YEARXXXX/ (external link)
attribute year units String years
variable month   byte  
attribute month _FillValue byte 127
attribute month actual_range byte 1, 12
attribute month bcodmo_name String month
attribute month description String month of data record
attribute month long_name String Month
attribute month nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/MNTHXXXX/ (external link)
attribute month units String months
variable day   byte  
attribute day _FillValue byte 127
attribute day actual_range byte 1, 31
attribute day bcodmo_name String day
attribute day description String day of data record
attribute day long_name String Day
attribute day nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DAYXXXXX/ (external link)
attribute day units String days
variable hour   byte  
attribute hour _FillValue byte 127
attribute hour actual_range byte 0, 23
attribute hour bcodmo_name String hour_gmt
attribute hour description String hour of data record
attribute hour long_name String Hour
attribute hour units String hours
variable min   byte  
attribute min _FillValue byte 127
attribute min actual_range byte 0, 0
attribute min bcodmo_name String minute_gmt
attribute min description String minute of data record
attribute min long_name String Min
attribute min units String minutes
variable sec   byte  
attribute sec _FillValue byte 127
attribute sec actual_range byte 0, 0
attribute sec bcodmo_name String seconds_gmt
attribute sec description String second of data record
attribute sec long_name String Sec
attribute sec units String seconds
variable time   double  
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.3885344E9, 1.4796E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time bcodmo_name String ISO_DateTime_UTC
attribute time description String date and time formatted based on ISO 8601:2004E; formatted as YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.xxZ
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String ISO Date Time UTC
attribute time nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/DTUT8601/ (external link)
attribute time source_name String ISO_DateTime_UTC
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time time_precision String 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable yrday_utc   double  
attribute yrday_utc _FillValue double NaN
attribute yrday_utc actual_range double 1.0, 365.95833
attribute yrday_utc bcodmo_name String yrday_utc
attribute yrday_utc description String UTC day and decimal time; eg. 326.5 for the 326th day of the year or November 22 at 1200 hours (noon)
attribute yrday_utc long_name String Yrday Utc
attribute yrday_utc units String days
variable depth   double  
attribute depth _CoordinateAxisType String Height
attribute depth _CoordinateZisPositive String down
attribute depth _FillValue double NaN
attribute depth actual_range double 1.21, 8.56
attribute depth axis String Z
attribute depth bcodmo_name String depth
attribute depth colorBarMaximum double 8000.0
attribute depth colorBarMinimum double -8000.0
attribute depth colorBarPalette String TopographyDepth
attribute depth description String current meter depth
attribute depth ioos_category String Location
attribute depth long_name String Depth
attribute depth nerc_identifier String https://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P09/current/DEPH/ (external link)
attribute depth positive String down
attribute depth standard_name String depth
attribute depth units String m
variable current   float  
attribute current _FillValue float NaN
attribute current actual_range float -57.77, 40.13
attribute current bcodmo_name String curr_speed_abs
attribute current description String current speed
attribute current long_name String Current
attribute current units String centimeters per second (cm/s)

The information in the table above is also available in other file formats (.csv, .htmlTable, .itx, .json, .jsonlCSV1, .jsonlCSV, .jsonlKVP, .mat, .nc, .nccsv, .tsv, .xhtml) via a RESTful web service.


 
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