Continuous bottom temperature measurements in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract at 9-Ft Shoal, 2007-2010 (NODC Accession 0092549)

The purpose of this project is to document bottom seawater temperature in strategic areas of the Florida Reef Tract on a continuing basis and make that information available to management and research user groups. This ongoing project began in 1988. A total of 38 subsurface recording thermographs have been deployed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and at other selected locations on the Florida Reef Tract and associated hydrologic ecosystems. These instruments have been programmed to record at 2 hour intervals and are placed in permanent housings attached to suitable substrate. Data retrieval, servicing and reprogramming for continuous deployment have occurred, on average, annually. Initially, the collected data are made available to FKNMS Managers and others who monitor and assess environmental conditions that influence FKNMS areas of the Florida Reef Tract. An archival copy of these data is maintained and available from the U.S. U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center.

本项目旨在持续记录佛罗里达礁带（Florida Reef Tract）重点战略区域的海底海水温度，并将相关数据向管理及科研用户群体开放共享。本持续性项目始于1988年。项目共计在佛罗里达礁岛群国家海洋保护区（Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, FKNMS）以及佛罗里达礁带及相关水文生态系统的其他选定点位，部署了38台水下自记温度记录仪。这些仪器均预设为每2小时记录一次数据，并安装于固定于合适基底的永久防护装置中。为保障持续部署，数据回收、设备维护与程序重设工作平均每年开展一次。项目初期，所采集的数据会向佛罗里达礁岛群国家海洋保护区管理人员，以及其他监测、评估影响佛罗里达礁带相关区域环境状况的人员开放。该数据集的存档副本由美国国家海洋学数据中心（U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center）留存并对外提供。