Water temperature data from Subsurface Temperature Recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in Batangas, Philippines from 2012-03-13 to 2015-05-28 (NCEI Accession 0163746)

Water temperature data were collected by the NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) using subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at fixed climate survey sites located on hard bottom shallow water (< 15 m) habitats in the Philippines. Climate sites were established by CREP to assess multiple features of the coral reef environment (in addition to the data described herein) over time. These STRs or high-accuracy temperature loggers made by SeaBird Electronics (SBE) were deployed on the reef for a period of 3 years from March 2012 to May 2015, and the sample interval was set to one hour. STRs aid in the monitoring of seawater temperature variability. These water temperature time series data for the Philippines, along with other data collected at the climate survey sites (archived separately), can be used to help scientists assess and understand how coral reefs are responding to thermal stress that can lead to coral bleaching.本数据集的海水温度数据由美国国家海洋和大气管理局珊瑚礁生态系统项目（NOAA Coral Reef Ecosystem Program, CREP）采集，该项目将水下温度记录仪（subsurface temperature recorders, STRs）部署于菲律宾硬质底质浅水生境（水深<15米）的固定气候调查站点。CREP设立此类气候站点的目的是长期评估珊瑚礁环境的多项特征，涵盖本数据集描述内容之外的其他观测项。本次使用的STRs为海鸟电子（SeaBird Electronics, SBE）生产的高精度温度记录器，于2012年3月至2015年5月期间在珊瑚礁上部署时长3年，采样间隔设定为1小时。STRs主要用于监测海水温度的动态变化。这套菲律宾海域海水温度时间序列数据，连同在同一气候调查站点采集的其他独立归档数据，可协助科学家评估并解析珊瑚礁对可能引发珊瑚白化的热胁迫的响应机制。