Dataset title: Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE) from July 1998 to May 2004 Dataset ID: PHY_Smith_001 Research type: Physical Dataset Creator 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 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 Dataset Abstract This 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. Geographic Coverage Study Extent Description The Study Extent of this dataset includes the Long Key C-MAN Station in Florida Bay, South Florida Bounding Coordinates Geographic description: Data were collected near Long Key, in Florida Bay, South Florida West bounding coordinate: -80.862 East bounding coordinate: -80.862 North bounding coordinate: 24.843 South bounding coordinate: 24.843 Geographic description: Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Study Area: South Florida, Everglades National Park, and Florida Bay West bounding coordinate: -81.078 East bounding coordinate: -80.490 North bounding coordinate: 25.761 South bounding coordinate: 24.913 All Sites Geographic Description:Long Key C-MAN Station Longitude:-80.862 Latitude:24.843 Temporal Coverage Start Date: 1998-07-28 End Date: 2004-05-28 Data Table Entity Name: PHY_Smith_001 Entity Description: Evaporation Estimates for Long Key C-MAN Weather Station, Florida Bay (FCE) Object Name: PHY_Smith_001 Data Format Number of Header Lines: 1 Attribute Orientation: column Field Delimiter: , Number of Records: Attributes Attribute Name: SITENAME Attribute Label: sitename Attribute Definition: Name of C-Man Weather Station Storage Type: text Measurement Scale: Name of C-Man Weather Station Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Date Attribute Label: date Attribute Definition: Collection date Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: Hour Attribute Label: time Attribute Definition: Sample Collection Hour- Eastern Standard Time Storage Type: datetime Measurement Scale: Missing Value Code: Attribute Name: WindSpeed Attribute Label: speed Attribute Definition: wind speed Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: metersPerSecond Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AirPressure Attribute Label: pressure Attribute Definition: air pressure Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: millibar Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: AirTemp Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: air temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: WaterTemp Attribute Label: temperature Attribute Definition: sea surface water temperature Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: celsius Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: RelHumidity Attribute Label: relative humidity Attribute Definition: relative humidity Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: percent Precision: 0.1 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: EvapoRate Attribute Label: rate Attribute Definition: rate of evaporation Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimetersPerHour Precision: 0.0001 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.0000 (Value will never be recorded ) Attribute Name: CumWaterLoss Attribute Label: evaporation Attribute Definition: cumulative water loss Storage Type: data Measurement Scale: Units: centimeter Precision: 0.01 Number Type: real Missing Value Code: -9999.00 (Value will never be recorded ) Methods Sampling 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 Distribution Online distribution: http://fcelter.fiu.edu/perl/public_data_download.pl?datasetid=PHY_Smith_001.txt 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. Dataset Keywords FCE 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 Data Submission Date: 2005-01-28 Maintenance This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Smith_001 thru PHY_Smith_007 as these files where combined into the new PHY_Smith_001. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013. 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 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 Dataset Submission Date 2005-01-28 Information Management Notes Information Manager (May 3, 2005) 1) Changed column names to SITENAME,Date,Hour,WindSpeed,AirPressure,AirTemp,WaterTemp,RelHumidity,EvapoRate and CumWaterLoss. This is a short-term physical dataset. This dataset replaces all previous versions of PHY_Smith_001 thru PHY_Smith_007 as these files where combined into the new PHY_Smith_001. The FCE program is discontinuing its practice of versioning data as of March 2013.