Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE) from July 1998 to May 2004
At a Glance
Smith, N.. 2005. Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE) from July 1998 to May 2004. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/. Dataset accessed 2025-02-18.
Geographic Coverage
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Dataset Creator(s)
- Name: Dr. Ned Smith
- Position: Principal Investigator
- Organization: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Address: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Physical Oceanography Department
5600 US 1 North
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946 USA - Phone: 1-772-465-2400 ext. 441
- Fax: 1-772-468-0757
- Email: nsmith@hboi.edu
- URL: http://www.hboi.edu/marinesci/oceano.html
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Dataset AbstractThis file contains data from the National Data Buoy Office Coastal-Meteorological Automated Network (C-MAN) weather station near Long Key, in Florida Bay (LONF1, 24deg 50min 36sec N, 80deg 51min 42sec W). The time period is 1600 EST February 6, 2004 through 0700 EST May 28, 2004. The record is a combination of NDBO data (wind speed, air pressure, air temperature water temperature) and Harbor Branch data (relative humidity) needed to calculate evaporative water loss. The file is one of several from this location. Together, they can be used to estimate of hourly, daily, monthly, seasonal and annual evaporation rates. Calculations include hourly water loss and cumulative water loss. Times are Eastern Standard.
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Geographic CoverageStudy Extent Description
The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Long Key C-MAN Station in Florida Bay, South Florida
Bounding Coordinates
Data were collected near Long Key, in Florida Bay, South Florida
N: 24.843, S: 24.843, E: -80.862, W: -80.862
Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay
N: 25.761, S: 24.913, E: -80.490, W: -81.078
Geographic DescriptionBounding CoordinatesLong Key C-MAN StationN: 24.843, S: 24.843, E: -80.862, W: -80.862
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Temporal CoverageStart Date: 1998-07-28
End Date: 2004-05-28
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Attributes
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Data Table: Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE)Attribute Name:SITENAMEAttribute Label:sitenameAttribute Definition:Name of C-Man Weather StationStorage Type:textMeasurement Scale:Name of C-Man Weather StationMissing Value Code:Attribute Name:DateAttribute Label:dateAttribute Definition:Collection dateStorage Type:datetimeMeasurement Scale:Missing Value Code:Attribute Name:HourAttribute Label:timeAttribute Definition:Sample Collection Hour- Eastern Standard TimeStorage Type:datetimeMeasurement Scale:Missing Value Code:Attribute Name:WindSpeedAttribute Label:speedAttribute Definition:wind speedStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: metersPerSecondPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:AirPressureAttribute Label:pressureAttribute Definition:air pressureStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: millibarPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:AirTempAttribute Label:temperatureAttribute Definition:air temperatureStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: celsiusPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:WaterTempAttribute Label:temperatureAttribute Definition:sea surface water temperatureStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: celsiusPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:RelHumidityAttribute Label:relative humidityAttribute Definition:relative humidityStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: percentPrecision: 0.1
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:EvapoRateAttribute Label:rateAttribute Definition:rate of evaporationStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: centimetersPerHourPrecision: 0.0001
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.0000 (Value will never be recorded )Attribute Name:CumWaterLossAttribute Label:evaporationAttribute Definition:cumulative water lossStorage Type:dataMeasurement Scale:Units: centimeterPrecision: 0.01
Number Type: realMissing Value Code:-9999.00 (Value will never be recorded )
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Data Table: Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE)
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MethodsSampling Description
Hourly observations of wind speed, air pressure, air temperature, water temperature and relative humidity.
Method Step
Description
Calculations of hourly evaporative water loss using bulk aerodynamic coefficients, as described in Smith, S.D. 1981. Coefficients for sea-surface wind stress and heat exchange. Bedford Institute Rept. Series BI-R-81-19, December 1981.
Instrumentation
National Data Buoy Office weather station (MARS Payload) Telog Instruments R-2126 Temperature and Humidity sensor
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Distribution and Intellectual RightsOnline distribution
http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_Smith_001.txt
Data Submission Date: 2005-01-28
Intellectual Rights
These data are classified as 'Type II' whereby original FCE LTER experimental data collected by individual FCE researchers to be released to restricted audiences according to terms specified by the owners of the data. Type II data are considered to be exceptional and should be rare in occurrence. The justification for exceptions must be well documented and approved by the lead PI and Site Data Manager. Some examples of Type II data restrictions may include: locations of rare or endangered species, data that are covered under prior licensing or copyright (e.g., SPOT satellite data), or covered by the Human Subjects Act, Student Dissertation data and those data related to the FCE LTER Program but not funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under LTER grant #DEB-9910514. Researchers that make use of Type II Data may be subject to additional restrictions to protect any applicable commercial or confidentiality interests. All publications based on this dataset must cite the data Contributor, the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program and that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation through the Florida Coastal Everglades Long-Term Ecological Research program under Cooperative Agreements #DEB-1237517, #DBI-0620409, and #DEB-9910514. Additionally, two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program Office, LTER Program Manager, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, OE 148, University Park, Miami, Florida 33199. For a complete description of the FCE LTER Data Access Policy and Data User Agreement, please go to FCE Data Management Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/DataMgmt.pdf and LTER Network Data Access Policy at http://fcelter.fiu.edu/data/core/data_user_agreement/distribution_policy.html.
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KeywordsFCE, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, Florida Bay, C-MAN weather Station, Long Key, evaporation rate, wind speed, air pressure, air temperature, water temperature, relative humidity, evaporative water loss
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Dataset Contact
- Position: Information Manager
- Organization: LTER Network Office
- Address: UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA - Phone: 505 277-2535
- Fax: 505 277-2541
- Email: tech-support@lternet.edu
- URL: http://www.lternet.edu
- Name: Ned Smith
- Position: Principal Investigator
- Organization: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Address: Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Physical Oceanography Department
5600 US 1 North
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946 USA - Phone: 1-772-465-2400 ext. 441
- Fax: 1-772-468-0757
- Email: nsmith@hboi.edu
- URL: http://www.hboi.edu/marinesci/oceano.html
- Position: Information Manager
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
- Address: Florida International University
University Park
OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA - Phone: 305-348-6054
- Fax: 305-348-4096
- Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
- URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu
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Data Table and FormatData Table: Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE)Entity Name:PHY_Smith_001Entity Description:Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE)Object Name:PHY_Smith_001Number of Header Lines:1Attribute Orientation:columnField Delimiter:,Number of Records:36467
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Metadata Provider
- Organization: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
- Address: Florida International University
University Park
OE 148
Miami, FL 33199 USA - Phone: 305-348-6054
- Email: fcelter@fiu.edu
- URL: http://fcelter.fiu.edu