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    • MAPCO2 Buoy: Ala Wai, Oahu, Hawaii

    Metadata Updated: October 7, 2023

    This buoy operated between June 5, 2008 and February 17, 2021 and was located approximately 300 m (1000 ft) offshore of Magic Island near the mouth of the Ala Wai Canal between Ala Moana Beach Park and Waikiki on the South Shore of Oahu in the State of Hawaii. It was moored in waters 7.5 m (25 ft) deep. Data were recorded every 3 hours and transmitted daily. This Moored Autonomous Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide (MAPCO2) buoy was primarily established to monitor ocean acidification, complementing a national array of moored carbon dioxide buoys across the Pacific, Atlantic, and Caribbean. Other important physical parameters were also monitored, including water temperature, salinity, turbidity, chlorophyll, and air pressure. Water quality measurements help provide early indications of potentially polluted run-off from storm drainage, sewage spills, and soil erosion from land-based waterways such as streams and other outflows that lead directly into the ocean. The buoy was primarily funded by NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program and supported by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). The University of Hawaii at Manoa supported the maintenance of the buoy and instrumentation. Data are managed by PMEL at the NOAA Western Regional Center in Seattle, Washington. PMEL enables data streaming into the PacIOOS website for visualization purposes only: the near real-time data have not been post-calibrated or quality controlled and are therefore not of the climate quality that PMEL is required to achieve. Only post-calibrated and quality-controlled data should be used for scientific publications and are available for download separately at the NOAA Ocean Carbon Data System (OCADS) website in a delayed-mode capacity.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date November 16, 2022
    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 6, 2008 (creation), May 24, 2019 (issued), June 6, 2008 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update

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    Harvested from ioos

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date November 16, 2022
    Metadata Created Date October 7, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date October 7, 2023
    Reference Date(s) June 6, 2008 (creation), May 24, 2019 (issued), June 6, 2008 (revision)
    Responsible Party NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid mapco2_alawai
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long -157.84800
    Bbox North Lat 21.27989
    Bbox South Lat 21.27989
    Bbox West Long -157.84800
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update
    Graphic Preview Description Sample image.
    Graphic Preview File http://pacioos.org/metadata/browse/mapco2_alawai.png
    Harvest Object Id caa6c5be-81cf-471f-8f2d-3de3ec0ab226
    Harvest Source Id 54e15a6e-6dde-4c9c-a8f0-345cc0dfccfb
    Harvest Source Title ioos
    Licence
    Lineage 2008-06-06T05:58:00Z UH/SOEST (E.H. De Carlo) and NOAA/PMEL asset, initial deployment. 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z C. Sabine (UH/SOEST) assumes buoy oversight. 2021-02-17T18:17:00Z Decommissioned. 2022-11-16T21:03:00Z Dataset identifier modified from "MAPCO2-AlaWai" to "mapco2_alawai" to match PacIOOS naming conventions.
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [-157.848, 21.27989]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 2008-06-06T05:58:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2021-02-17T18:17:00Z

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