Nutrients, temperature and salinity data for Honokohau Harbor, Kealakekua Bay, and Kailua Bay Big Island, Hawaii 2005-2007 (NCEI Accession 0059191)

This data set was used as groundtruthing for low-altitude thermal infrared imagery of surface nearshore coastal waters of west Hawaii (the Big Island). Data are primarily temperature and salinity data taken in Honokohau Harbor and the adjacent oceanic waters from the surface to 5 m depth during August 2006. Additional T and S data plus nutrients (phosphates, nitrate, and silica) from fresh and brackish wells/ponds, harbors, and coastal waters were measured from August 2005 through May 2007.