Dataset: Weather
Deployment: MBL_Dock_0812

Weather conditions recorded near the MBL Dock, Woods Hole on August 14, 2012.

Principal Investigator:

John H. Costello (Providence College)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Sean Colin (Roger Williams University, RWU)

John O. Dabiri (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)

Contact:

John H. Costello (Providence College)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

Turbulence and Suspension Feeding - a New Approach using the Lobate Ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi (Mnemiopsis feeding in turbulence)

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Version:

27 March 2015

Version Date:

2015-03-27

Data URL:

https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/554525/data

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Description

Weather conditions recorded near the MBL Dock, Woods Hole on August 14, 2012.

Reference:
Sutherland, K.R., Costello, J.H., Colin, S.P., and Dabiri, J.O. 2014. Ambient fluid motions influence swimming and feeding by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. J. Plankton Res. 36(5): 1310–1322. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu051

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Wind data originated from a local weather station located at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (within 150 m of the sampling location).

Methods and precision described in:
Sutherland, K.R., Costello, J.H., Colin, S.P., and Dabiri, J.O. 2014. Ambient fluid motions influence swimming and feeding by the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi. J. Plankton Res. 36(5): 1310–1322. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu051

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

BCO-DMO edits:
- Modified parameter names to conform with BCO-DMO naming conventions.
- Modified formatting of date and time.
- Replaced blanks with 'nd' to indicate 'no data'.
- Added lat and lon of the dock using values provided on the metadata form), and location name.

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1061182	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1061268	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences
OCE-1061353	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Automated Weather Station

Supplied Name: Weather Station

Supplied Description:

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Automated Weather Station

Acronym: AWS

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/102/

Generic Description:

Land-based AWS systems are designed to record meteorological information.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
location	Description of sampling location.	text	no_bcodmo_term
lat_dock	Latitude of the MBL Dock. The weather station was located within 150 m of the dock.	decimal degrees	no_bcodmo_term
lon_dock	Longitude of the MBL Dock. The weather station was located within 150 m of the dock.	decimal degrees	no_bcodmo_term
date_local	Month, day, and year of sampling. (Local time zone, EST)	mmddyyyy	date_local
time_local	Time (hours, minutes, seconds). (Local time zone, EST)	HHMMSS	time_local
temp_air	Air temperature.	degrees Fahrenheit (F)	temp_air
dewpoint	Dewpoint temperature.	degrees Fahrenheit (F)	no_bcodmo_term
press_air	Air pressure.	inches (in)	no_bcodmo_term
wind_dir	Wind direction.	nominal/text	wind_dir
wind_dir_degrees	Wind direction.	degrees	no_bcodmo_term
wind_speed_mph	Wind speed in mph.	miles per hour (mph)	no_bcodmo_term
wind_speed_gust_mph	Gusting wind speed = maximum wind speed during time interval.	miles per hour (mph)	no_bcodmo_term
wind_speed_m	Wind speed in m/s.	meters per second (m/s)	no_bcodmo_term
humidity	Humidity.	percent (%)	humidity
precip	Precipitation.	inches (in)	no_bcodmo_term
ISO_DateTime_Local	Date and time formatted to ISO 8601 standard. This standard is based on ISO 8601:2004(E) and takes on any of the following forms: YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx] (local time) e.g.: 2009-08-30T09:05:00[.xx] (local time) 2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]Z (UTC time) 2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]-05:00 (local time with time zone).	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx]	ISO_DateTime_Local

Database

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Dataset: Weather
Deployment: MBL_Dock_0812

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Dataset: Weather
Deployment: MBL_Dock_0812