Site notes The Hillsborough River station is physically located on the University of Tampa's floating dock at 27° 56.934' N (27.949 N) and 82° 27.840' W (82.464 W). There is a rain guage mounted on top of the aluminum electronics enclosure. Marine instrumentation includes water temperature, salinity and nitrate. A Satlantic ISUS sensor is used 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. Site funding is via the University 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 12/19/2008.

ISUS Instrument Details
Station Photos

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.