CeNCOOS in situ water quality monitoring at Morro bay

The Morro Bay shore station is maintained by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The station has been operational since 2007 and consists of four sensors. This station is fixed to the North T-pier approximately one meter below the surface and located near the mouth of Morro Bay. These sensors provide near-real time observations of ocean water conductivity, salinity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll fluorescence, turbidity and nitrate. 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

2025-03-21

Metadata Tags

GCMD Keywords

CF Standard Names

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Distributor California Polytechnic State Univeristy, San Luis Obispo
Point of Contact Ryan Walter
California Polytechnic State Univeristy, San Luis Obispo
rkwalter@calpoly.edu
Background Information (Background information from the source)
Originator Ryan Walter
California Polytechnic State Univeristy, San Luis Obispo
rkwalter@calpoly.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),Axiom Data Science
cencoos_communications@mbari.org,webmaster.ndbc@noaa.gov,,feedback@axiomdatascience.com
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: 2025-03-21
creation: 2025-03-21
creation: 2025-03-21
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, 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 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z to 2025-03-21T12:10:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 35.37085° S: 35.37085° E: -120.8589° W: -120.8589°
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 v72
  • 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
  • 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
  • sea_water_ph_reported_on_total_scale
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • quality_flag
Project keywords Uncategorized
  • CeNCOOS
Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, 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 California Polytechnic State University, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences at http://cpool1.marine.calpoly.edu/cpool/CCMS_MorroBay/
Platforms
platform Morro Bay Shore Station
platform_name Morro Bay Pier (NDBC: MBXC1)
platform_vocabulary http://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/platform
wmo_platform_code MBXC1
Ingestion Attributes
gts_ingest true
Instrument Attributes
Attribution Information
contributor_email cencoos_communications@mbari.org,webmaster.ndbc@noaa.gov,,feedback@axiomdatascience.com
contributor_name Central & Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS),NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC),World Meteorological Organization (WMO),Axiom Data Science
contributor_url http://cencoos.org/,https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/,https://wmo.int/,https://www.axiomdatascience.com
creator_country USA
creator_sector academic
publisher_country USA
infoUrl https://sensors.ioos.us/#metadata/20679/station
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v72