Data Release
Time Series of Autonomous Carbonate System Parameter Measurements in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
By Kimberly K. Yates, Christopher S. Moore, and Mitchell K. Lemon
USGS, St. Petersburg, Florida
Summary
This data set contains time series measurements of carbonate system parameters including water temperature (°C), pressure (dbars), salinity, pHT (pH on the total scale), carbon dioxide (ppm), dissolved oxygen (milligrams/L), and photosynthetically active radiation (microEinsteins). These data were collected in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, at the University of South Florida Coastal Ocean and Monitoring Prediction System (COMPS) Buoy C12 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center using an autonomous instrument package called the Ocean Carbon System version 3 (OCSv3). The OCSv3 consists of four sensors integrated using a Sea-Bird Stor-X data logger including a Sea-Bird SeapHOx pH sensor, a Sea-Bird SBE 37-SMP-ODO MicroCAT C-T-ODO (P) Recorder, a Pro-Oceanus CO2-Pro CV sensor, and a Wetlabs Eco-PAR sensor. Each parameter was measured hourly over multiple twenty-four hour time periods, ranging from weeks to months.
Note: This data release was versioned on March 12, 2021. Please see the Suggested Citation section for details.
Data
| File Name and Description | Metadata (XML format) | Metadata (text format) | Download File |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-Data-10252018-to-01292020.zip Contains measured parameters from an autonomous ocean carbon system (.csv) from Oct. 25th, 2018 to Jan. 29th, 2020 |
Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-metadata.xml | Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-metadata.txt | Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-Data-10252018-to-01292020.zip (1.2 MB) |
| Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-Data-10252018-to-05212020.zip Contains measured parameters from an autonomous ocean carbon system (.csv, .xlsx) from Oct. 25th, 2018 to May 21st, 2020 |
Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-metadata_v2.xml | Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-metadata_v2.txt | Gulf-of-Mexico-C12-OCSv3-Data-10252018-to-05212020.zip (1.4 MB) |
Figure 1. Location of OCSv3 data collection in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (red circle) at the Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System Buoy C12 located at 27.49953° N 83.74239° W.
Suggested Citation
Yates, K.K., Moore, C.S., and Lemon, M.K., 2020, Time series of carbonate system parameters in Eastern Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay, Florida, USA (ver. 2.0, March 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P91T185R.
First posted April 23, 2020
Revised March 12, 2021, ver. 2.0