Dataset description: Time series data of oceanographic conditions from La Parguera, Puerto Rico, 2017-2018 Coral Reef Circulation and Sediment Dynamics Experiment

Time-series data of water surface elevation, waves, currents, temperature, and salinity collected between 17 May 2017 and 17 Jan 2018 off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico in support of a study on circulation and sediment transport dynamics over coral reefs. The data are available in NetCDF format, grouped together in zip files by instrument site location. A README.txt file details the files contained within each zip, including the file names, type of data collected, instrument that collected the data, depth, and start and end dates/times.
Version1
Keywordstime series datasets, water temperature, marine water quality, ocean currents, ocean salinity, ocean waves
Data typesMooring (physical oceanography)
FormatNetCDF
Amount345 MB

Contacts

Location of materials and files

Public files
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/ScienceBase/DR_P9IXOHID/PRI_timeseries_metadata.xml

Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2017-618-FAMoorings - Tripods
2017-673-FAinstrumentmooring
mooring recovery hardware