CRRF Weather Station: Palau: Koror: Ngeanges Island


Since 2007, the Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF) has operated a Campbell Scientific automatic weather station (AWS) in Palau designed to measure meteorological/atmospheric conditions relevant to Koror State's Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, a World Heritage Site. With little flat land in the Rock Islands, the weather station is located on a 40-ft tower situated on a karst ridge on Ngeanges Island at 100 ft elevation, about 5.4 km (3.5 mi) from CRRF's study site at Jellyfish Lake. It measures a suite of atmospheric conditions for comparison with CRRF's temporary, floating weather station located on a tripod in Jellyfish Lake, and provides vital data for studying how local weather conditions and ENSO events affect the marine lake environment.

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Distributor Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF)
Point of Contact Sharon Patris
Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF)
crrfpalau@gmail.com
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Originator Sharon Patris
Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF)
crrfpalau@gmail.com
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Originator Coral Reef Research Foundation (CRRF)
crrfpalau@gmail.com
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2007-03-01
issued: 2015-08-13
revision: 2022-11-14
creation: 2007-03-01
issued: 2015-08-13
revision: 2022-11-14
creation: 2007-03-01
issued: 2015-08-13
revision: 2022-11-14
Purpose PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
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, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii 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 2007-03-01T06:00:00Z to 2015-02-28T14:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 7.20915° S: 7.20915° E: 132.371° W: 132.371°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Air Temperature
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Speed/Wind Direction
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
  • Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Shortwave Radiation

GCMD Platform Keywords
  • In Situ Land-based Platforms > Weather Stations/Networks > Weather Stations

GCMD Instrument Keywords
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Current/Wind Meters > > Anemometers
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Gauges > > Rain Gauges
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Radiation Sensors > > > Licor Quantum Sensor
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > > > Humidity Sensors
  • In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > > > Temperature Sensors
  • Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Thermal/Radiation Detectors > > Pyranometers

CF Standard Name Table v71
  • air_temperature
  • altitude
  • downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • latitude
  • longitude
  • rainfall_amount
  • relative_humidity
  • surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air
  • time
  • wind_from_direction
  • wind_speed
  • wind_speed_of_gust

Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Palau > Mecherchar
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Palau > Ngeanges
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Palau > Rock Islands
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Palau > Koror

Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

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, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii 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 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z CRRF (L. Colin) supplied 2007-2015 data to PacIOOS as Excel and PacIOOS converted to NetCDF. 2015-08-13T00:00:00Z NetCDF format converted to CF-1.6 discrete geometry (DSG). 2020-01-03T00:00:00Z NetCDF format modified to match NCEI_NetCDF_TimeSeries_Incomplete_Template_v2.0. 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z NetCDF variables station_name, platform1, instrument1, and crs converted from int to string and now contain respective data values. 2022-11-14T12:16:00Z Dataset identifier modified from "AWS-CRRF" to "aws_crrf" to satisfy future ERDDAP requirements.
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platform In Situ Land-based Platforms > Weather Stations/Networks > Weather Stations
platform_vocabulary GCMD Platform Keywords
Ingestion Attributes
gts_ingest false
ioos_ingest true
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Attribution Information
contributor_email crrfpalau@gmail.com
contributor_url https://coralreefpalau.org
creator_url https://coralreefpalau.org
infoUrl https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/weather/obs-koror/
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v71