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NOAA Monthly Mean Sea Level Summary Data for the Key West, Florida, Water Level Station (FCE) (NOAA/NOS Co-OPS ID 8724580) from 01-Jan-1913 to Present

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:knb-lter-fce.1059.14
Title:NOAA Monthly Mean Sea Level Summary Data for the Key West, Florida, Water Level Station (FCE) (NOAA/NOS Co-OPS ID 8724580) from 01-Jan-1913 to Present
Alternate Identifier:DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:

Monthly Mean Sea Level Summary Data for the Key West, Florida, Water Level Station (NOAA/NOS CO-OPS ID 8724580). Data is in meters relative to the STND-Key West Station Datum.

Publication Date:2022-04-18
For more information:
Visit: DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period
Begin:
1913-01-01
End:
2022-02-01

People and Organizations
Contact:Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) 
Contact:Information Manager (Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program) [  email ]
Organization:NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Associate:Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Data Contributor)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:
FCE_KeyWestStation_MeanSeaLevels.txt
Description:
NOAA Monthly Mean Sea Level Data at Key West Florida, water level station (NOAA/NOS CO_OPS ID 8724580).
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table

Data:https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/knb-lter-fce/1059/14/5193d2a85d0ee44df05c1ede304bcd24
Name:FCE_KeyWestStation_MeanSeaLevels.txt
Description:NOAA Monthly Mean Sea Level Data at Key West Florida, water level station (NOAA/NOS CO_OPS ID 8724580).
Number of Records:1299
Number of Columns:4

Table Structure
Object Name:FCE_KeyWestStation_MeanSeaLevels.csv
Size:40484 byte
Authentication:833698dc6adf51c406cc2c62d8f7bf4e Calculated By MD5
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Record Delimiter:\r\n
Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimiter:,
Quote Character:"

Table Column Descriptions
 NOAA Water Level Station IDYearMonthMean Monthly Sea Level
Column Name:Station_ID  
Year  
Month  
MSL  
Definition:NOAA Water Level Station IDYear measurement was collectedMonth measurement was collectedMean Monthly Sea Level
Storage Type:text  
ordinal  
ordinal  
data  
Measurement Type:ordinalordinalordinalratio
Measurement Values Domain:
DefinitionNOAA Water Level Station ID
DefinitionYear measurement was collected
DefinitionMonth measurement was collected
Unitmeter
Precision0.01
Typereal
Missing Value Code:      
Code-9999.00
ExplValue will never be recorded
Accuracy Report:        
Accuracy Assessment:        
Coverage:        
Methods:        

Data Package Usage Rights

These data are harvested from the website https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/. That website states the following about use of these data: The information on government servers are in the public domain, unless specifically annotated otherwise, and may be used freely by the public. Before using information obtained from this server, special attention should be given to the date and time of the data and products being displayed. This information shall not be modified in content and then presented as official government material. The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of these data. NOS is providing these data "as is," and NOS disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will NOS be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. NOS requests that attribution be given whenever NOS material is reproduced and re-disseminated. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 403, third parties producing copyrighted (compilation) works consisting predominantly of material created by Federal Government employees are encouraged to provide notice with such work(s) identifying the U.S. Government material incorporated and stating that such material is not subject to copyright protection.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabularydisturbance, sea level
FCE Keyword ListFCE, FCE LTER, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER, ecological research, long-term monitoring, South Florida, Key West, Mean Sea Level, sea level rise, global warming

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

Sea Level data are downloaded from the NOAA Tides and Currents Web site and reformatted for use in the FCE LTER database. Any Methods information can be found through the NOAA Tides and Currents we site at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml.

Instrument(s):Sea Level data are downloaded from the NOAA Tides and Currents Web site and reformatted for use in the FCE LTER database. Any Methods information can be found through the NOAA Tides and Currents we site at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml.
Sampling Area and Study Extent
Sampling Description:

Sea Level data are downloaded from the NOAA Tides and Currents Web site and reformatted for use in the FCE LTER database. Any Methods information can be found through the NOAA Tides and Currents we site at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml.

Sampling Area And Frequency:

The Study Extent of this dataset includes mean sea level data from Key West Florida, water level station (NOAA/NOS CO_OPS ID 8724580).

Quality Control
Quality Control Step 1: 
Description:

Sea Level data are downloaded from the NOAA Tides and Currents Web site and reformatted for use in the FCE LTER database. Any Quality Control information can be found through the NOAA Tides and Currents web site at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml. The FCE LTER Information Manager reviews data for conversion accuracies.

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:Environmental Data Initiative
Email Address:
info@environmentaldatainitiative.org
Web Address:
https://environmentaldatainitiative.org
Id:https://ror.org/0330j0z60
Creators:
Organization:NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Address:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS),
1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 USA
Phone:
301-713-2815 (voice)
Phone:
301-713-4500 (fax)
Web Address:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Contacts:
Organization:Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Address:
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS),
1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 USA
Phone:
301-713-2815 (voice)
Phone:
301-713-4500 (fax)
Web Address:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov
Organization:Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
Position:Information Manager
Address:
Florida International University,
University Park,
OE 148,
Miami, FL 33199 USA
Phone:
305-348-6054 (voice)
Phone:
305-348-4096 (fax)
Email Address:
fcelter@fiu.edu
Web Address:
http://fcelter.fiu.edu
Associated Parties:
Individual: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Organization:Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)
Address:
1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 USA
Phone:
301-713-2815 (voice)
Phone:
301-713-4500 (fax)
Email Address:
User Sevices online form at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/contact.html
Web Address:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/index.shtml
Role:Data Contributor
Metadata Providers:
Organization:Florida Coastal Everglades LTER Program
Address:
Florida International University,
University Park,
OE 148,
Miami, FL 33199 USA
Phone:
305-348-6054 (voice)
Email Address:
fcelter@fiu.edu
Web Address:
http://fcelter.fiu.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Begin:
1913-01-01
End:
2022-02-01
Sampling Site: 
Description:Data were collected at the Key West, Florida, NOAA/NOS CO_OPS ID 87224580
Site Coordinates:
Longitude (degree): -81.808Latitude (degree): 24.553

Project

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:This is a long-term sea level dataset and subsequent data will be appended.

This is a long-term sea level dataset and subsequent data will be appended.

Frequency:annually
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