ERDDAP > info > bcodmo_dataset_776478

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data			files	public	Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018		I   M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_776478

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
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	acquisition_description	String	In-situ sea surface temperature was measured in the Pacific Panama Gulf and Chiriqui Gulf using a HOBO data logger until March 2016 through March 2018
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_nid	String	655898
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_award_number	String	OCE-1535007
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_data_url	String	http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1535007
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	Michael E. Sieracki
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	awards_0_program_manager_nid	String	50446
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	comment	String	Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018 PI: Aronson, R.B. (FIT), L. Toth (USGS) Version: 2019-09-09
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/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_source	String	extract_data_as_tsv version 2.3 19 Dec 2019
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_created	String	2019-09-11T15:00:56Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	date_modified	String	2019-09-12T13:24:09Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.776478.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/776478
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_description	String	Used to measure in-situ sea surface temperature (3 meters).
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_dataset_instrument_nid	String	776486
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_description	String	Electronic devices that record data over time or in relation to location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_name	String	Data Logger
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_instrument_nid	String	731353
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	instruments_0_supplied_name	String	HOBO data logger
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	bco, bco-dmo, biological, chemical, data, dataset, date, dmo, erddap, gulf, local, Local_Time, management, oceanography, office, preliminary, site, temperature, time
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/776478/license
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	metadata_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/api/dataset/776478
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	param_mapping	String	{'776478': {}}
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	parameter_source	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/mapserver/dataset/776478/parameters
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation	String	Florida Institute of Technology
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_affiliation_acronym	String	FIT
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_name	String	Dr Richard B. Aronson
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_0_person_nid	String	655902
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	United States Geological Survey
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_affiliation_acronym	String	USGS
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_name	String	Dr Lauren T. Toth
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_1_person_nid	String	655904
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	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_affiliation_acronym	String	WHOI BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_name	String	Nancy Copley
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_person_nid	String	50396
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role	String	BCO-DMO Data Manager
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	people_2_role_type	String	related
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	project	String	Coral Climate ETP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_acronym	String	Coral Climate ETP
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_description	String	Coral reefs are under threat around the world, and climate change is the main reason they are declining. Knowing how local conditions on a reef exaggerate or mask the impacts of climate change make it possible to predict which reefs are most likely to survive longer and, therefore, which reefs deserve the greatest effort and funding for conservation. Reefs off the Pacific coast of Panama are vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change but are also strongly influenced by small-scale currents and other local conditions. The goal of this study is to see how those local differences affect coral growth and the ability of the corals to build reefs. Climate change appears poised to shut down reef growth off Pacific Panama within the next century. Considering that sea-level rise is accelerating at the same time, if coral reefs shut down they will not be able to protect populated shorelines from storm damage and erosion. In addition to its scientific insights, this project will provide undergraduate and graduate training, provide research training for underrepresented groups, advance women in scientific careers, and contribute important information for management and policy. The results will be incorporated into innovative curricular materials for K through 12 classes in Title-I schools in Florida aligned with Next Generation (Common Core) standards, and standards for Climate and Ocean Literacy. An annual film festival will be organized for K through 12 students to explore themes in marine science through videography. Global climate change is now the leading cause of coral-reef degradation, but the extent to which mesoscale oceanography overprints climatic forcing is poorly understood. Previous studies in Pacific Panama showed that reef ecosystems collapsed from 4100 to 1600 years ago. The 2500-yr hiatus in reef-building occurred at locations throughout the Pacific, and the primary cause was increased variability of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. This study will determine the influence of contemporary variability in mesoscale oceanography in the eastern tropical Pacific (ETP) on variability in the condition of local coral populations. Insights from the living populations will be combined with paleoecological and geochemical studies of reef frameworks to infer past conditions that were inimical or beneficial to coral growth and reef accretion. Three primary hypotheses will be tested in Pacific Panama: H1. Mesoscale oceanography is manifested in gradients of reef condition, coral growth, and coral physiological condition. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling confers positive effects on coral growth rate and physiology. H2. The impacts of mesoscale oceanographic regimes on the growth and condition of reef-corals were felt at least as far back as the mid- to late Holocene. H3. Physiographic protection from upwelling currents and thermocline shoaling conferred positive effects on vertical reef accretion in the past and shortened the late-Holocene hiatus. Specific research approaches to test these hypotheses will include collecting high-resolution, oceanographic time series to characterize contemporary environments along gradients of physical conditions; collecting ecological and geochemical data on the condition of living coral populations; and extracting cores from the reef frameworks and analyzing the coral assemblages taxonomically, taphonomically, and geochemically to assess patterns of biotic and paleoenvironmental variability. Strong spatial and temporal variability in the physical drivers of reef development make the ETP an excellent model system in which to examine the response of coral reefs to climate change over a range of physical regimes. This research will provide a unique opportunity to tease apart the controls on reef development across multiple spatial and temporal scales. The climatology underlying the late-Holocene hiatus was similar to probable scenarios for the next century, implying that climate change could be driving reef ecosystems of the ETP (and elsewhere) toward another collapse. Understanding how the hiatus unfolded along oceanographic gradients will increase our power to predict the future responses of reefs to a rapidly changing climate.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_end_date	String	2019-03
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_geolocation	String	Pacific Panamá
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_name	String	Collaborative Research: Climate Change, Mesoscale Oceanography, and the Dynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_nid	String	655899
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_project_website	String	http://www.fit.edu/research/portal/project/420/climate-change-mesoscale-oceanography-and-the-dynamics-of-eastern-pacific-coral-reefs
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	projects_0_start_date	String	2015-09
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	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v55
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	Sea surface temperature in Pacific Panama, 2016-2018
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	xml_source	String	osprey2erddap.update_xml() v1.3
variable	Gulf		String
attribute	Gulf	bcodmo_name	String	region
attribute	Gulf	description	String	Chiriqui and Panama
attribute	Gulf	long_name	String	Gulf
attribute	Gulf	units	String	unitless
variable	Site		String
attribute	Site	bcodmo_name	String	site
attribute	Site	description	String	experimental site: PedroG is Pedro Gonzalez; Canales is Canales de Tierra
attribute	Site	long_name	String	Site
attribute	Site	units	String	unitless
variable	Date		String
attribute	Date	bcodmo_name	String	date_local
attribute	Date	description	String	temperature collection local date; formatted as yyyy-mm-dd
attribute	Date	long_name	String	Date
attribute	Date	units	String	unitless
variable	Local_Time		String
attribute	Local_Time	bcodmo_name	String	time_local
attribute	Local_Time	description	String	time the reading was taken; GMT – 04:00
attribute	Local_Time	long_name	String	Local Time
attribute	Local_Time	units	String	unitless
variable	Temperature		float
attribute	Temperature	_FillValue	float	NaN
attribute	Temperature	actual_range	float	15.652, 31.944
attribute	Temperature	bcodmo_name	String	temp_ss
attribute	Temperature	description	String	sea surface temperature (SST)
attribute	Temperature	long_name	String	Temperature
attribute	Temperature	units	String	degrees Celsius

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.