SBC LTER: Ocean: Ocean hourly temperature at nearshore locations along the Northern Channel Islands in the Santa Barbara Channel, ongoing since 2000

Ocean in-situ temperature data were collected at nearshore sites
along the Northern Channel Islands in the Santa Barbara Channel.
The earliest temperature records started in April 2000. The
temporal coverage varies at each site. At the start of the
temperature data collection, the tidbit or hobo sensors were
deployed on a mooring line at approximate 3 m, 9m, and 14 m
nominal depths, and the sampling interval is 2 minutes. In 2013,
the 3 m and 9 m temperature sensors were terminated and only 14 m
sensors continued. In addition, the sampling interval changed to
15 minutes. This data package presents hourly average in-situ
temperature data.

The original raw data (2-min interval) between 2000-2010 were
published on DataOne https://search.dataone.org/portals/PISCO.
Data can be viewed and accessed by zooming in the Northern Channel
Islands in the Santa Barbara Channel region and searching the
keyword "physical oceanography moored temperature data".
These datasets were funded and managed by The Partnership for
Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO).

In 2013, the maintenance of the sensor deployment was transferred
to NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, and Santa Barbara Coastal
LTER has been responsible for data download and processing.