SST_Coiba, Isla Jicarita

Sea Surface temperature monitoring at Isla Jicarita
Locations -site, depth (m), coordinates:
Isla Jicarita Sur 7.21364 -81.79917
Isla Jicarita Este 7.20347 -81.80064
Status: Inactive
Electronic Sea Surface Temperature recorded using Onset Hobo temperature loggers
Data represent spot readings at the time stamp.
File Structure:
Datetime (yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM), Raw Values (C), Curated Values (C), Notes1, Notes2
Notes1 and Notes2 provide Quality Assurance information.
Notes1 indicates quality of record. Possible values are:
"adjusted" -> Value of datum adjusted or gap filled
"bad" -> Datum failed one or more test and should not be used
"doubtful" -> Datum suspect and should be used with caution
"good" -> Datum accetible
"missing" -> Datum missing
"nc" -> Datum not yet checked
Notes2 indicates the reason that a datum failed or was adjusted. Possible values are:
"Calibration" -> Sensor calibration corrected
"Persistence" -> Variation of data below expected range
"Range" -> Datum outside of 99.9 percentile
"Spike" -> Short-term increase or decrease of data significantly outside normal variance range
"Gap Fill" -> Data supplied from another source
Quality Assurance Procedures:
- Data are loaded into a custom-built program which permits easy visual examination of the data (including simultaneous viewing of rainfall data)
- A gap-filling procedure is carried out to fill small (<= 3 consecutive records) gaps with a simple straight line
- Larger gaps (< 24 hours) are filled manually by drawing a curve that best approximates the missing data based on complete, nearby data, as well as precipitation during the gap period. This is obviously subjective, but is believed to provide quite reasonable results.
- Data are visually examined for anomalies and are flagged, and adjusted when necessary, as required.
Historical datasets can be located here: https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/dataset/SST_Coiba_Isla_Jicarita/10068086