Middle Tampa Bay
USF

Station IDMTB Latitude27° 39.708´ N
Station TypeShore based Longitude 82° 35.669´ W
Responsible AgencyUSF/ONR

Site notes The Middle Tampa Bay station is physically located in Tampa Bay at 27° 39.708' N (27.661 N) and 82° 35.669' W (82.594 W) on a platform. Mounted on the platform is an instrument tower which houses: Wind Speed/Direction and Barometric Pressure sensors. Marine instrumentation includes Water Temperature, Salinity and Wave gage sensors. Also deployed on the the platform is a Satlantic ISUS sensor to monitor the concentration of Nitrate. A particular attribute unique to this nitrate sensor is that no chemical manipulations are necessary. The nitrate concentration is determined by deconvoluting the ultraviolet absorption spectrum of the seawater. Data from the site is transmitted via the GOES satellite as well line-of-site radio. Site funding is via the Univeristy of South Florida Center for Excellence and Office of Naval Research. For more details on the ISUS sensor, please contact Kent A. Fanning (kaf@marine.usf.edu) and Rob Masserini (masserin@marine.usf.edu), Oceanic Nutrient Laboratory (http://www.marine.usf.edu/nutrients/), USF. The site became an operational coastal station on 04/09/2008.

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Latest Observations
Meteorological and Water Temperature Measurements are made every 6 minutes and are downloaded hourly via GOES satellite. The ISUS (Nitrate) data measurements are made every 30 minute and are downloaded hourly via GOES satellite. Time reported is UTC (Coordinated Universal Time): subtract 5 hours for EST, subtract 4 hours for EDT.
Provisional data - not quality-controlled - use at your own risk - see disclaimer.


Meteorological and Marine Data
Local system date : 07-04-08, Year-Day 186
Posted at time (UTC) : 12:42 (08:42 EDT)
Data timestamp (UTC): Fri 4-Jul-2008 1154
Barometric pressure 1019.3 mbar 30.10 in Hg
Wind speed 3.0 ms-1 ( 6.7 miles/hr) 5.8 knots
Wind Gusts 3.5 ms-1 ( 7.8 miles/hr) 6.8 knots
Wind direction 115°True (ESE)
Water temperature (from Sea Bird) 29.29 °C 84.7 °F
Water temperature (from Greenspan) 28.84 °C 83.9 °F
Salinity 28.8

Wind Direction is the compass angle from which the wind is
blowing, referenced in degrees clockwise from true N (0=North,
90=East, 180=South, and 270=West).

Nitrate Data (Satlantic ISUS)
Date Fri 4-Jul-2008 Fri 4-Jul-2008
Time (UTC) 11:45 11:15
Average Nitrate Concentration(MicroMol/L) 9.53 9.21
Standard Deviation(MicroMol/L) 2.09 2.20

Missing data represented by -99

Past 24-hours Observations
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Satlantic ISUS (Nitrate) Data
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Past 5-Day Observations
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Satlantic ISUS (Nitrate) Data
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