Identification_Information: 
  Citation: 
    Citation_Information: 
      Originator: Kenneth Banks  
      Publication_Date: Unpublished material
      Title: Broward County Florida Thermographic Data Collected at Twelve Locations along Four Eastward Lines that Cross Three Offshore Reef Tracks during the Time Period July 2000 to the Present using Self-Recording Temperature Gauges 
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet   
      Online_Linkage: none
  Description:
    Abstract: Broward County Florida has responsibility for the resource management of coral reefs in marine waters adjacent to Broward County.  The Department of Planning and Environmental Protection is assigned the duties of monitoring the health of the coral reefs. Environmental stresses are a limiting factor in the biomass and diversity, and maintaining these populations of coral species requires an understanding of the environmental factors.  One of these factors is the water temperature.  Visual surveys are conducted by divers, and the staff has implemented an environmental monitoring program with  water temperature as the first measured parameter. The monitoring program is on a "not to interfere basis" using self-recording thermographs for data acquisition.  The thermographs are placed along coral reef tracks located in three separate bands  near the northern most extent of the natural range for corals. The raw data are captured from the recorder by means of a laptop computer using transfer and conversion software provided by the instrument's vendor.  Upon return to the office, the raw data are transferred to separate files that are then loaded into spreadsheet files.  Each spreadsheet file corresponds to a single location and only one instrument.  Twelve spreadsheet files are updated every sixty days for the dynamic raw data; the static geographical information is stored in a separate spreadsheet file.  
    Purpose: These data collection efforts support the management and monitoring of coral reefs resources in marine waters adjacent to Broward County, Florida.      
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 20000701   
        Ending_Date: Present
    Currentness_Reference: ground condition  
  Status:
    Progress: In Work
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Every Sixty Days 
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.112007 W
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.077343 W
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.159952 N
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.020458 N
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Theme_Keyword: Coral Reef
      Theme_Keyword: Temperature
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Place_Keyword: Hollywood
      Place_Keyword: Ft. Lauderdale
      Place_Keyword: Fort Lauderdale 
      Place_Keyword: John U Lloyd Beach State Park
      Place_Keyword: Broward County
      Place_Keyword: Florida 
    Stratum:
      Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus:  none 
      Stratum_Keyword: ocean bottom
      Stratum_Keyword: sea floor
    Temporal:
      Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
      Temporal_Keyword: hourly
      Temporal_Keyword: historical data
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: None
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Kenneth Banks
        Contact_Organization: Broward County Department Of Planning and Environmental Protection
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 218 S.W. 1st Avenue
        City: Fort Lauderdale
        State_or_Province: FL
        Postal_Code: 33301
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954-519-1207
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 954-519-1412
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbanks@broward.org
  Security_Information:
    Security_Classification_System: none
    Security_Classification: Unclassified
    Security_Handling_Description: none
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Overview_Description:
    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Data are in twelve spreadsheet files formatted in rows and columns.  Each spreadsheet contains three worksheets; (1) Headers, (2) Stats and (3) Data.  On the Headers worksheet, data columns are in the following order: LocationID, Start, Recover, Data Source, Recorder ID, Deploy No, State, Span, Interval, Samples, Delay, Trip Average, Trip Std Dev, Window, and Extremes. LocationID = The code that identifies the location of the instrument.  Start = The date and time a series of observations began (i.e. dd/mmm/yyyy hh:mm:ss).  Recover = The ending date and time for a series of observations (i.e. dd/mmm/yyyy hh:mm:ss).  Data Source = The file containing the original data.  Recorder ID = serial number of the recorder unit.  Deploy No = sequential number indicating the number of times deployed.  State = upon recovery of the unit, the status of the recorder at the time of recovery.  Span = The range of days and hours of observations.  Interval = recorder setting for the sampling rate.  Samples = The number of samples obtained during the observation period. Delay = user setting at time of deployment for the delay requested before the recording begins.  Trip Average = two entries for the mean value in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit. Trip Std Dev =  the computed value for the standard deviation in degree Celsius and degree Fahrenheit.  Window = the dynamic range of the thermometer in degree Fahrenheit and degree Celsius.  Extremes = minimum and maximum values measured during the deployment.  
On the Stats worksheet, the computed values from the next Data worksheet are displayed.  The data columns are presented in the following order: LocationID = the code that identifies the location of the instrument, Month/Year = identifies the month and year, TF Avg = average temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, TF Stdev = the computed value of the standard deviation in degrees Fahrenheit, TF Min = minimum temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, TF Max = the maximum temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, TC Avg = average temperature in degrees Celsius, TC Stdev = computed standard deviation in degrees Celsius, TC min = minimum temperature in degrees Celsius, TC max = maximum temperature in degrees Celsius, and N = number of observations used to compute the mean and stadard deviation. 
On the Data worksheet, data columns are in the following order: LocationID, Date/Time (loc), Temperature (F), Temperature (C).  LocationID = The code that identifies the location of the instrument.  Date/Time (loc) = The local date and time of the temperature mesurement (i.e. dd/mmm/yyyy hh:mm:ss).  Tfarenheit = The temperature of the sea water in degrees Fahrenheit.  Tcelsius = The temperature of the sea water in degrees Celsius.  
A companion spreadsheet file contains the geographic location of each recorder.  The fields in the file are in the following order:  Name = the code of the location,  Description = provides common names by municipality and reef track,  Latitude = the decimal degree value of the location,  Longitude =  the decimal degree value of the location,  X = the state plane coordinate in the horizontal orientation, and  Y = the state plane coordinate in the vertical orientation.  
    Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None
Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Date: 20021127
  Metadata_Review_Date: 20021128 
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: NOAA/NESDIS/NODC/NCDDC -- National Coastal Data Development Center
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
        City: Miami
        State_or_Province: FL
        Postal_Code: 33149
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305-361-4305
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: none
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: michael.crane@noaa.gov
      Hours_of_Service: 8am - 5pm, Monday through Friday
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Access_Constraints: none
  Metadata_Use_Constraints: none
  Metadata_Security_Information:
    Metadata_Security_Classification_System: none
    Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
    Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: none
 