CeNCOOS in situ water quality monitoring at Humboldt Bay Pier

The Humboldt shore station is located on the Chevron dock and is maintained by Humboldt State University. This station has been active since November 2012 and is the replacement system of the previous water quality station at Dock B. In August 2015 PAR and Solar Radiation sensors were added to the instrumentation suite. These nearshore sensors are part of the Central and Norther California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS). They measure various water quality parameters at fixed points along the California coast.

Data and Resources

Metadata Date

2026-07-09

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

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Distribution Formats
  • OPeNDAP (Version: DAP/2.0 )
Distributor Humboldt State University
Point of Contact Frank Shaughnessy
Humboldt State University
fjs3@humboldt.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Frank Shaughnessy
Humboldt State University
fjs3@humboldt.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
contributor Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS),NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC),World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
cencoos_communications@mbari.org,webmaster.ndbc@noaa.gov,
Dataset Point of Contact Data Engineer
Axiom Data Science
907-555-5555
dataservices+cencoos-erddap@axiomdatascience.com
General Documentation
Associated Documentation CeNCOOS
Date(s) creation: 2026-07-09
creation: 2026-07-09
creation: 2026-07-09
Use Limitations These data may be used and redistributed for free but they are not intended for legal use since they may contain inaccuracies. For use for publications please reference the regional ocean observing system and/or NOAA. Neither the data provider, regional association, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information.
Time Period 2013-02-14T17:15:00Z to 2026-07-09T20:30:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 40.7775° S: 40.7775° E: -124.19652° W: -124.19652°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Water Quality
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Conductivity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Optics > Turbidity
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Chemistry > Chlorophyll

CF Standard Name Table v93
  • time
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • altitude
  • mass_concentration_of_chlorophyll_in_sea_water
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_electrical_conductivity
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • mass_concentration_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • fractional_saturation_of_oxygen_in_sea_water
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_practical_salinity
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_pressure
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_temperature
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_turbidity
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
  • sea_water_ph_reported_on_total_scale
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • CeNCOOS
Use Constraints These data may be used and redistributed for free but they are not intended for legal use since they may contain inaccuracies. For use for publications please reference the regional ocean observing system and/or NOAA. Neither the data provider, regional association, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information.
Lineage Statement Downloaded from Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS) at https://www.cencoos.org/data/shore/humboldt
Platforms
platform Humboldt Bay Shore Station
platform_name Humboldt Bay Pier (NDBC: HBXC1)
platform_vocabulary https://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
wmo_platform_code HBXC1
Ingestion Attributes
gts_ingest true
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
contributor_email cencoos_communications@mbari.org,webmaster.ndbc@noaa.gov,
contributor_name Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS),NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC),World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
contributor_url https://www.cencoos.org/,https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/,https://wmo.int/
creator_country USA
creator_sector academic
publisher_country USA
infoUrl https://data.cencoos.org/#metadata/20363/station
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v93