HIMB Weather Station: Moku o Loe (Coconut Island), Oahu, Hawaii


The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) automatic weather station (AWS) records hourly measurements of precipitation, air temperature, wind speed and direction, and irradiance. Sensors include an Eppley 295-385 nm ultraviolet (UV) radiometer, a LiCor 200SZ Pyranometer, and a LiCor Quantameter (400-700 nm). The sensors are located on the roof of HIMB's Coral Reef Ecology Laboratory (Point Lab) on Moku o Loe (Coconut Island) in Kaneohe Bay on the windward (eastern) coast of Oahu in Hawaii. An accompanying sea water temperature sensor is located less than 10 m offshore of the weather station at a shallow depth of approximately 1 m.

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Distributor Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
Point of Contact Ku'ulei S. Rodgers
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
kuuleir@hawaii.edu
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Originator Ku'ulei S. Rodgers
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
kuuleir@hawaii.edu
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Originator Paul L. Jokiel
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB)
Resource Provider Western Weather Group, Inc. (WWG)
info@westernwx.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)
Resource Provider Western Weather Group, Inc. (WWG)
Date(s) creation: 2005-01-01
issued: 2016-12-16
revision: 2022-11-14
creation: 2005-01-01
issued: 2016-12-16
revision: 2022-11-14
creation: 2005-01-01
issued: 2016-12-16
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 2005-01-01T10:00:00Z to 2024-03-18T11:00:00Z
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 21.433° S: 21.433° E: -157.7863° W: -157.7863°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Ultraviolet Radiation
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Air Temperature
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Speed/Wind Direction
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation
  • Earth Science > Biosphere > Vegetation > Photosynthetically Active Radiation
  • Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
  • Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Shortwave Radiation

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

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

CF Standard Name Table v71
  • aggregate_quality_flag
  • air_temperature
  • air_temperature status_flag
  • altitude
  • attenuated_signal_test_quality_flag
  • climatology_test_quality_flag
  • density_inversion_test_quality_flag
  • downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air status_flag
  • flat_line_test_quality_flag
  • gap_test_quality_flag
  • gross_range_test_quality_flag
  • latitude
  • location_test_quality_flag
  • longitude
  • multi_variate_test_quality_flag
  • neighbor_test_quality_flag
  • rainfall_amount
  • rainfall_amount status_flag
  • rate_of_change_test_quality_flag
  • sea_water_temperature
  • sea_water_temperature status_flag
  • spike_test_quality_flag
  • surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air
  • surface_downwelling_photosynthetic_photon_flux_in_air status_flag
  • syntax_test_quality_flag
  • time
  • ts_curve_space_test_quality_flag
  • wind_from_direction
  • wind_from_direction status_flag
  • wind_speed
  • wind_speed status_flag
  • wind_speed_of_gust
  • wind_speed_of_gust status_flag

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

Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu > Coconut Island
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu > Kaneohe
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Oahu > Moku o Loe
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii

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 2016-12-19T00:00:00Z FTP feed from Western Weather Group, Inc. 2018-08-23T00:00:00Z WWG site visit and station re-calibration. 2018-08-30T16:00:00Z New HTTP API from WWG. 2019-06-07T00:00:00Z QARTOD implemented. 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z NetCDF variables station_name, platform1, instrument1, and crs converted from int to string and now contain respective data values. 2021-07-23T19:11:00Z Change QARTOD variables "units" attribute from "0" (invalid) to "1", per CF conventions for unitless variables. 2022-11-14T23:25:00Z Dataset identifier modified from "AWS-HIMB" to "aws_himb" to satisfy future ERDDAP requirements.
Platforms
platform In Situ Land-based Platforms > Weather Stations/Networks > Weather Stations
platform_vocabulary GCMD Platform Keywords
wmo_platform_code HMBH1
Ingestion Attributes
gts_ingest true
ioos_ingest true
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Attribution Information
contributor_name Paul L. Jokiel
creator_url https://coralreefecologylab.com
infoUrl https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/weather/obs-mokuoloe/
CF related
standard_name_vocabulary CF Standard Name Table v71