gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:78409 eng UTF8 dataset Database Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services resourceProvider Stakeholder Services Branch 301-713-2815 tide.predictions@noaa.gov Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 Phone: (301) 713-2815 Fax: (301) 713-4500 E-mail: Stakeholder Services Branch (Tide.Predictions@noaa.gov) pointOfContact 2026-04-15T16:38:00 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Physical Oceanographic (Water Temperature and Conductivity) Data 1990-01-01 creation 2025 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 78409 NOAA NCEI doi:10.25921/yv7y-m956 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78409 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link CO-OPS Home page An interactive map where users can zoom in/out and pan around as desired. Stations are identified by color-coded push-pins. Click on a push-pin to access information and data from that station. download https://github.com/NOAA-CO-OPS/coastal-water-temperature WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link GitHub Notebooks Coastal Water Temperature visualization notebooks that support CO-OPS notebook. download https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NDBC website Data access from NDBC download https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/33370 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NCEI Technical Report Data stewardship maturity report for Coastal meteorological and water temperature data from National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) and Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS) stations of the NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) download https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/70917 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link CO-OPS Technical Report Evaluation and quality control of CO-OPS coastal water temperature data. download https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/web_services_info.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link CO-OPS Web Services This page directs users to our web services and GIS Portal. download tableDigital NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is the authoritative source for accurate, reliable, and timely data on tides, water levels, currents, as well as other coastal oceanographic and meteorological information. The center maintains and operates the National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON), a national network of Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems (PORTS) in major U. S. harbors, and the National Current Observation Program consisting of current surveys in near shore and coastal areas utilizing bottom mounted platforms, subsurface buoys, horizontal sensors and quick response real time buoys. Among the collection are real-time and historic water temperature and conductivity observations across U.S. coastlines. These Physical Oceanographic data are crucial for safe navigation, as it impacts ocean density and circulation patterns, and for assessing the health of coastal flora and fauna, as many species are sensitive to rapid changes in temperature and salinity. The integration of continuously-recording water temperature thermistors into the NWLON and PORTS since the 1990s. The standard reporting time for collecting data are in 6-minute intervals. The mission of NOS/CO-OPS is to provide the national infrastructure, and the scientific and technical expertise to monitor, assess, and distribute tide, water level, tidal current, meteorological and other coastal oceanographic products and services necessary to support NOAA's mission. 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GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian CO-OPS Metadata Library project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, [Date of Access]: Physical Oceanographic (Water Temperature and Conductivity) Data [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/78409. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. license These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0). SPDX License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0) otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Preliminary Data Preliminary data have not been subjected to the National Ocean Service's quality control or quality assurance procedures and do not meet the criteria and standards of official National Ocean Service data. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. otherRestrictions Distribution Liability: The CORMS (Continuous Operational Real-Time Monitoring System), a team of analysts available 24-7 to monitor the system with a set of automated tools, provides quality control and assurance for all of CO-OPS's real-time data, systems, and web products including the physical oceanographic data. There are maximum, minimum, and rate of change (RoC) limits that serve as coarse thresholds to flag egregious outliers in the data. These values are primarily used for an initial real-time quality control (QC) process and are not typically fine-tuned. When CORMS detects erroneous data indicative of sensor problems or failure, they flag data from that sensor, sometimes removing it from the real time data availability, and notify other responsible parties within CO-OPS for further investigation. In some cases, CORMS may switch to an alternative (for water temperature sensors collecting data on a secondary Data Collection Platform, if available. Preliminary data have not been subjected to the National Ocean Service's quality control or quality assurance procedures and do not meet the criteria and standards of official National Ocean Service data. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. unclassified Meteorological Data (including visibility) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 67953 partOfSeamlessDatabase NOAA Water Levels for Coastal, Estuaries and Great Lakes regions NOAA/NMFS/EDM 64567 partOfSeamlessDatabase NOS Hydrodynamic Model Outputs of Operational Forecast System (OFS) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 69283 partOfSeamlessDatabase Coastal meteorological and water temperature data from the NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) Water Temperature Observations NCEI Landing Page NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian crossReference CO-OPS Conductivity Observations from Coastal Stations within the United States and Its Territories Conductivity Observations NCEI Landing Page doi:10.25921/yv7y-m956 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian crossReference NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 78409 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/co-ops/dmp/pdf/78409.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US geoscientificInformation 144.6 -61.8 -14.3 71.4 | Currentness: Ground Condition 1990 0 10 Many water level stations are equipped with physical Oceanographic sensors to collect water temperature and conductivity observations and derive salinity data, and can be retrieved from the CO-OPS website, web services, APIs and NCEI. false eng false Entity Attribute Detail Citation https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/publications/CO-OPS_Measurement_Spec.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Entity Attribute Detail URL Entity Attribute Detail URL information ESRI REST Service ESRI REST Service Text (Structured) XML (Structured Text) Text (Structured) Text (Structured) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Tides and Currents Website listed for Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services information Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) 1315 East-West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910-3281 Phone: (301) 713-2815 Fax: (301) 713-4500 E-mail: Stakeholder Services Branch (Tide.Predictions@noaa.gov) distributor https://mapservices.weather.noaa.gov/static/rest/services/NOS_Observations/CO_OPS_Stations/MapServer/5 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Water Conductivity GIS Data Access for GIS layer that represent the geographic locations at which water conductivity observations are being collected. download https://mapservices.weather.noaa.gov/static/rest/services/NOS_Observations/CO_OPS_Stations/MapServer/6 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Water Temperature GIS data Access for GIS layer that represent the geographic locations at which water temperature observations are being collected. download https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/stations.html?type=Physical%20Oceanography WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Station Listing page A list for the stations equipped with physical oceanographic sensors. download https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api-helper/url-generator.html WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link API Builder This page helps users to generate api urls to access data or station metadata (information about CO-OPS stations) download https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/api/prod/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data API Information Page Learn about API url input parameters and output variables via the data api information page. download https://api.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/mdapi/prod/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Metadata API Information Page Access station metadata information about stations. download dataset Completeness Report Raw data have not been subjected to the National Ocean Service's quality control or quality assurance procedures and do not meet the criteria and standards of official National Ocean Service data. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. Conceptual Consistency Raw data have not been subjected to the National Ocean Service's quality control or quality assurance procedures and do not meet the criteria and standards of official National Ocean Service data. They are released for limited public use as preliminary data to be used only with appropriate caution. Data are recorded and transmitted, stored into a cloud based database and then go through a quality control procedure and disseminated to the public in real-time. Observations by the respective sensors are collected via data loggers in the Data Collection Platform/s (DCP) Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services processor Communication capabilities are leveraged to transmit data in real-time via satellite, radio, or cellular networks. Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services processor Preliminary data is ingested and stored in CO-OPS managed cloud storage (AWS). Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services processor Initial QC limits for maximum, minimum, and rate of change (RoC) are applied and real-time data disseminations are monitored and controlled by the CORMS team. Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services processor Parallelly, CO-OPS shares the data with the National Data Buoy Center to store and disseminate data on their end. Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services processor Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link CO-OPS Organization home page information originator YSI 44032 Thermistor Thermistor with Carol Brand C1202 Cable Falmouth Scientific, Inc. (FSI) NXIC CTD Conductivity Greenspan MP47-3000 Conductivity Formerly EC3000. Electrical Conductivity and Temperature Sensors, part number 50091 SeaBird SBE 37SMP MicroCAT C & T Recorder Conductivity Conductivity and temperature (pressure optional) recorder with RS-232 or RS-485 interface, internal batteries, data storage, optional pump, and optional optical dissolved oxygen sensor. The MicroCAT is designed for moorings or other long-duration, fixed-site deployments for fully autonomous applications. Aqua TROLL 200 Conductivity Records water level and pressure, conductivity and temperature.