 SF-ROS Monitoring Station: Conch Reef, Florida
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Current Conditions
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CAUTION! Data are more than 3 hours old! |
WATER QUALITY recorded at:
0802 est 10/23/2008 (1302 gmt 10/23/2008) |
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TEMPERATURE |
27.73°C (81.92°F) |
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SALINITY |
36.08 psu |
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FLUORESCENCE |
0.07 volts (0-5 vdc) |
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TRANSMITTANCE |
82.02 % |
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O2 CONCENTRATION |
174.51 μmol / l |
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O2 SATURATION |
92.63 % |
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CAUTION! Data are more than 3 hours old! |
WAVES AND CURRENTS recorded at:
1100 est 09/20/2008 (1600 gmt 09/20/2008) |
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SIG. WAVE HEIGHT |
0.2 m (0.6 ft) |
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MAX WAVE HEIGHT |
0.2 m (0.8 ft) |
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PEAK WAVE PERIOD |
3.8 seconds |
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PEAK DIRECTION |
119°T (from) |
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MEAN WAVE PERIOD |
3.9 seconds |
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SURFACE MAGNITUDE |
7.6 cm/s (0.15 KT) |
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SURFACE DIRECTION |
208°T (towards) |
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BOTTOM MAGNITUDE |
3.4 cm/s (0.07 KT) |
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BOTTOM DIRECTION |
199°T (towards) |
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NOTE: The oceanographic parameters shown above are recorded
hourly via Conch Reef Station's
Real-Time Currents plus
underwater sensor module. This sensor
module rests on the sea floor near the Aquarius habitat at an average depth
of 22.8 meters (75 feet) and is located at approximately 24°57.0'N, 80°27.2'W.
These data are transmitted back to shore in real-time through the Aquarius
habitat's wireless communications link.
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Real-Time Collaboration...
As part of
NOAA's South Florida Program, the
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric
Science (RSMAS) in collaboration with
NOAA’s Undersea Research Program (NURP) and the
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) are providing real-time data
gathered from Conch Reef Oceanographic Monitoring Station to all interested
parties. Presently, Conch Reef hourly measurements include water velocity
and directional waves data, along with water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll
fluorescence, light transmittance (turbidity), and dissolved oxygen.
Conch Reef Oceanographic Monitoring Station is located at NOAA’s undersea
research laboratory, Aquarius.
The Aquarius habitat is deployed offshore Key Largo, Florida
in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary (FKNMS). Aquarius is operated by
NOAA/NURP’s Undersea Research Center (NURC) based at
UNCW in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The time-series data collected at Conch Reef, along with other
mooring and ship track data,
contribute to the South Florida Regional Observing System (SF-ROS) being
implemented by NOAA/AOML in support of
South Florida Everglades Restoration and
NOAA legislative regional mandates with regard to living marine resource
protection and the FKNMS.
The integrated SF-ROS system consists of these observations and a
regional hydrodynamic
model (SoFla HYCOM) which will assimilate these data.
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CONCH REEF HOURLY WATER VELOCITY PROFILES
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VELOCITY MAGNITUDE
cm/s
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VELOCITY DIRECTION
degrees
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VELOCITY COMPONENTS
cm/s
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1100 est 09/20/2008
1600 gmt 09/20/2008
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flowing towards the
direction indicated...
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U = east (+), west (-)
V = north (+), south (-)
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CONCH REEF TIME-SERIES DATA
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Coming Soon...
• printer-friendly, hourly data reports
• velocity mag/dir stick plots
• composite time-series plots
• ASCII data
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