Details of Water Temperature collected from Commercial Lobster Traps in Gulf of Maine and Southern New England Shelf
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Title of dataset | Water Temperature collected from Commercial Lobster Traps in Gulf of Maine and Southern New England Shelf |
Narrative summary of dataset | Dataset contains bottom temperature data from lobster traps sites in the Gulf of Maine and the South New England Bight. The hourly time series begins in 2001 at over 100 fixed locations where commercial lobstermen have placed their traps. The water depths range from 1- 405 meters. The variability associated with tidal, wind, seasonal, and inter-annual processes can be depicted at nearly all sites in this multi-year time series. This data was collected as part of the Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps (eMOLT) project - a non-profit collaboration of industry, science and academics devoted to the monitoring of the physical environment of the Gulf of Maine and the Southern New England Shelf. Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications. |
Summary of processing methodology | 1) The fishermen attach the sensor to the lobster trap for the entire duration of the fishing season. 2) The science party mails a self-addressed-stamped envelope to the fishermen near the end of the year asking for: a) probes to be returned, b) documentation on any changes in mooring location/depth, c) catch for traps with probes attached (optional) 3) The data is downloaded, cleaned, filtered (for occasional spikes associated with hauling), plotted, archived, and posted on the web 4) Probes are immersed in a controlled ice-bath to check on biases and calibrations 5) The science party reinitialises the temperature sensor at hourly sample rate and mails it back to participants along with hard copy plots ofthe data. |
Start date | 2000-01-01 |
End date | 2018-05-28 |
Frequency of observations | hour to sub-day |
Responsible organisations
Country | France |
Organisation name | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Role of organisation | Dataset Holding Organisation |
Country | France |
Organisation name | SEA scieNtific Open data Edition |
Role of organisation | Publisher |
How to cite | Manning James, Pelletier Erin (2020). Water Temperature collected from Commercial Lobster Traps in Gulf of Maine and Southern New England Shelf. SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/74389 In addition to properly cite this dataset, it would be appreciated that the following work(s) be cited too, when using this dataset in a publication : Manning J, Pelletier E (2014). Environmental monitors on lobster traps (eMOLT): long-term observations of New England’s bottom-water temperatures. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 2(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2009.11020106 |
Dataset availability
Original dataset download link | https://cloud.emodnet-ingestion.eu/index.php/s/oTVaM7UuZJCC83Z |
Date of original dataset publication | 2020-12-13 |
Dataset format | Delimited |
Public access | No limitations |
License for use | CC-BY 4.0 |
Type | Dataset |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.17882/74389 |
Locations
Map | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
Latitude north boundary | 45 |
Longitude east boundary | -60 |
Latitude south boundary | 39 |
Longitude west boundary | -73 |
Sea area | North Atlantic Ocean |
Atlantic Ocean | |
North America Mainland | |
Northwest Atlantic Ocean (40W) | |
Vertical extent maximum | 366 Metres |
Data types, collection and processing
Observation type | Water column temperature and salinity |
Parameter | Temperature of the water column |
Instrument type | water temperature sensor |
Instrument name | Unknown temperature and pressure sensor |
Instrument type | water temperature sensor |
Instrument name | Sea-Bird SBE 37 MicroCat CTP (submersible) CTD sensor series |
Platform type | mooring |
Platform name | Lobster traps |
Data quality processing information | Raw data |
Process information
Submitting organisation | NOAA, Northeast Fisheries Science Center |
Submission identifier (UUID) | a53ad03f-3734-7343-3433-000000074389 |
Date of dataset creation | 2020-06-01 |
Date of dataset revision | 2020-10-01 |
Date of metadata creation | 2020-10-3 |
Date of metadata latest revision | 2020-11-26 |
Date of publishing | 2020-12-14 |
Processing data centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea |
Summary record-ID | 722 |