Dataset: Subtidal Temperatures
Deployment: RAPDGALPGS_Champion-15m

Subtidal Temperatures

Principal Investigator:

Jon D. Witman (Brown University)

Contact:

Franz Smith (Brown University)

Jon D. Witman (Brown University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Stephen R. Gegg (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Amber D. York (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

RAPID: Understanding Thresholds and regime shifts in marine ecosystems: effects of the 2014-2015 El Nino in the Galapagos rocky subtidal (RAPDGALPGS)

Deployment Synonyms:

Champion-15m

Coordinated Deployments:

RAPDGALPGS_Cuatro_Hermanos-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Daphne_Menor-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Guy_Fawkes-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Islote_Gardner-15m, RAPDGALPGS_La_Botella-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Las_Cuevas-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Pinzon-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Rocas_Beagle-15m, RAPDGALPGS_Daphne_Menor-6m, RAPDGALPGS_Champion-12m

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/628187/data

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Description

This dataset contains subtidal temperature data from 2015 to 2016 at sites in the central Galapagos Islands, Ecuador at depths of 6-15 m.

Approximate sampling location:
Eastern Tropical Pacific, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Temperature data collected by Onset Tidbit temperature loggers (http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/ data-loggers/utbi-001) at 10-minute intervals. Loggers were attached to subtidal rock walls at 6-15 m depth. The temperature loggers have an accuracy of 0.2 degrees C.

Data Processing Description

Dataset Processing Description

Data Processing:
Data are raw, with no processing.

BCO-DMO Processing Notes
- Generated from original .csv file: galapagos_temperatures_20150107-20150715.csv contributed by Franz Smith
- Parameter names edited to conform to BCO-DMO naming convention found at Choosing Parameter Name
- "time" header changed to "Date" since no times were included with the data
- Date reformatted to YYYYMMDD
- Added ISO Date format generated from Date and Time values
- Data version 10 Feb 2017 replaces version 03 Dec 2015 and includes more temperature deployments extending into 2016 and also includes data from additional sites.
- Data format updated to accommodate new data. Depth stripped from previous site names and added to new "depth" parameter to match new data.
- Data sorted so it can be viewed by site.
- Added two new deployments

More information about this dataset deployment

Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
OCE-1450214	NSF Division of Ocean Sciences

Instruments

Onset HOBO TidbiT v2 (UTBI-001) temperature logger

Supplied Name: Onset Tidbit temperature logger

Supplied Description:

Temperature data collected by Onset Tidbit temperature loggers
(http://www.onsetcomp.com/products/ data-loggers/utbi-001) at 10 minute intervals. Loggers were
attached to subtidal rock walls at 12-15 m depth. The temperature loggers have an accuracy of 0.2
degrees C.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Onset HOBO TidbiT v2 (UTBI-001) temperature logger

Acronym: HOBO TidBit v2

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/134/

Generic Description:

A temperature logger that measures temperatures over a wide temperature range. It is designed for outdoor and underwater environments and is waterproof to 300 m. A solar radiation shield is required to obtain accurate air temperature measurements in sunlight (RS1 or M-RSA Solar Radiation Shield). With an operational temperature range between -20 degrees Celsius and +70 degrees Celsius, the TidbiT v2 has an accuracy of +/-0.21 and a resolution of 0.02 degrees Celsius.

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
site	Site	text	site
date	Date of Measurement in format yyyy-mm-dd (UTC)	Date (UTC) in format yyyy-mm-dd	date
temp	Temperature	degrees Celsius	temp
time	Time of measurement in format HH:MM (UTC)	unitless	time
depth	Depth of temperature logger	meters	depth
deployment	Deployment name (made from date range)	unitless	sample_descrip
lat	Site Latitude (South is negative)	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Site Longitude (West is negative)	decimal degrees	lon
ISO_DateTime_UTC	ISO timestamp based on the ISO 8601:2004(E) standard in format YYYY-mm-ddTHH:MM:SS[.xx]Z (UTC)	unitless	ISO_DateTime_UTC

Database

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Dataset: Subtidal Temperatures
Deployment: RAPDGALPGS_Champion-15m

Dataset acquisition description

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Database

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Dataset: Subtidal Temperatures
Deployment: RAPDGALPGS_Champion-15m