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Station DPHA1 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL

Station operated by Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Coastal Marine Station
30.251 N 88.078 W (30°15'5" N 88°4'40" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 5.32 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 9.68 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 3.34 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 2.1 m below MLLW

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Ocean Conditions at DPHA1 as of
(1:00 am CDT)
0600 GMT on 08/14/2018:
These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Depth (DEPTH):	6.2 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	85.60 °F
	Salinity (SAL):	20.66 psu
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT):	83.1%
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM):	5.63 ppm

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (CDT)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv
08	14	12:30 am	6.2	85.66	-	20.58	88.40	5.99	-	-	-	-
08	14	12:00 am	6.2	85.98	-	19.87	93.10	6.31	-	-	-	-
08	13	11:30 pm	6.2	86.54	-	19.03	105.20	7.13	-	-	-	-
08	13	11:00 pm	6.6	86.59	-	18.66	111.00	7.54	-	-	-	-
08	13	10:30 pm	6.6	86.34	-	19.73	105.30	7.12	-	-	-	-
08	13	10:00 pm	6.6	85.53	-	21.32	90.30	6.10	-	-	-	-
08	13	9:30 pm	6.6	85.33	-	20.85	89.00	6.04	-	-	-	-
08	13	9:00 pm	6.6	85.33	-	20.60	91.90	6.24	-	-	-	-
08	13	8:30 pm	6.6	85.60	-	19.80	94.30	6.42	-	-	-	-
08	13	8:00 pm	6.6	85.95	-	19.63	97.10	6.59	-	-	-	-
08	13	7:30 pm	6.9	87.46	-	18.99	101.80	6.84	-	-	-	-
08	13	7:00 pm	6.6	88.54	-	18.91	118.40	7.88	-	-	-	-
08	13	6:30 pm	6.9	88.43	-	18.85	119.20	7.94	-	-	-	-
08	13	6:00 pm	6.9	88.38	-	18.80	124.30	8.29	-	-	-	-
08	13	5:30 pm	6.9	88.16	-	18.54	124.60	8.34	-	-	-	-
08	13	5:00 pm	6.9	87.98	-	18.43	123.70	8.30	-	-	-	-
08	13	4:30 pm	7.2	87.78	-	18.87	115.80	7.76	-	-	-	-
08	13	4:00 pm	7.2	87.67	-	18.96	117.60	7.89	-	-	-	-
08	13	3:30 pm	7.2	87.26	-	19.05	110.60	7.44	-	-	-	-
08	13	3:00 pm	7.2	86.77	-	19.26	103.80	7.01	-	-	-	-
08	13	2:30 pm	7.2	86.09	-	20.51	96.20	6.49	-	-	-	-
08	13	2:00 pm	7.2	85.69	-	21.63	95.70	6.44	-	-	-	-
08	13	1:30 pm	7.2	85.82	-	20.44	95.90	6.49	-	-	-	-
08	13	1:00 pm	7.2	85.19	-	21.55	87.70	5.93	-	-	-	-
08	13	12:30 pm	7.2	84.60	-	25.78	75.50	5.02	-	-	-	-
08	13	12:00 pm	7.2	84.61	-	26.95	68.20	4.50	-	-	-	-
08	13	11:30 am	7.2	84.78	-	26.66	64.90	4.28	-	-	-	-
08	13	11:00 am	7.2	84.74	-	25.78	62.00	4.11	-	-	-	-
08	13	10:30 am	7.2	84.63	-	25.66	63.30	4.21	-	-	-	-
08	13	10:00 am	7.2	84.34	-	23.30	70.60	4.77	-	-	-	-
08	13	9:30 am	6.9	84.81	-	25.96	60.80	4.03	-	-	-	-
08	13	9:00 am	6.9	84.96	-	25.73	56.40	3.74	-	-	-	-
08	13	8:30 am	6.9	85.03	-	25.93	57.50	3.80	-	-	-	-
08	13	8:00 am	6.9	85.03	-	25.65	63.70	4.22	-	-	-	-
08	13	7:30 am	6.9	85.12	-	25.00	66.60	4.42	-	-	-	-
08	13	7:00 am	6.6	85.01	-	23.27	63.70	4.28	-	-	-	-
08	13	6:30 am	6.6	85.17	-	23.34	64.50	4.32	-	-	-	-
08	13	6:00 am	6.6	85.26	-	23.28	68.90	4.61	-	-	-	-
08	13	5:30 am	6.6	85.33	-	23.44	69.30	4.64	-	-	-	-
08	13	5:00 am	6.2	84.54	-	20.85	77.30	5.28	-	-	-	-
08	13	4:30 am	6.2	84.72	-	20.90	81.70	5.57	-	-	-	-
08	13	4:00 am	6.2	84.94	-	20.82	82.20	5.60	-	-	-	-
08	13	3:30 am	6.2	85.21	-	21.33	82.40	5.58	-	-	-	-
08	13	3:00 am	6.2	85.32	-	21.53	82.80	5.59	-	-	-	-
08	13	2:30 am	6.2	85.41	-	21.63	82.90	5.60	-	-	-	-
08	13	2:00 am	6.2	85.44	-	22.00	83.90	5.65	-	-	-	-
08	13	1:30 am	6.2	85.51	-	22.14	90.40	6.08	-	-	-	-
08	13	1:00 am	6.2	85.39	-	21.65	88.00	5.94	-	-	-	-

Solar Radiation Conditions at DPHA1 as of
(1:00 am CDT)
0600 GMT on 08/14/2018:
Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Short Wave Radiation 1 (SRAD1):	0.0	watts/meter²

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (CDT)	SRAD1 w/m²	SWRAD w/m²	LWRAD w/m²
08	14	12:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	14	12:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	11:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	11:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	10:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	10:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	9:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	9:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	8:30 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	8:00 pm	0.0	-	-
08	13	7:30 pm	5.0	-	-
08	13	7:00 pm	27.0	-	-
08	13	6:30 pm	61.0	-	-
08	13	6:00 pm	86.0	-	-
08	13	5:30 pm	180.0	-	-
08	13	5:00 pm	347.0	-	-
08	13	4:30 pm	320.0	-	-
08	13	4:00 pm	587.0	-	-
08	13	3:30 pm	717.0	-	-
08	13	3:00 pm	756.0	-	-
08	13	2:30 pm	826.0	-	-
08	13	2:00 pm	890.0	-	-
08	13	1:30 pm	690.0	-	-
08	13	1:00 pm	785.0	-	-
08	13	12:30 pm	948.0	-	-
08	13	12:00 pm	483.0	-	-
08	13	11:30 am	598.0	-	-
08	13	11:00 am	797.0	-	-
08	13	10:30 am	838.0	-	-
08	13	10:00 am	552.0	-	-
08	13	9:30 am	318.0	-	-
08	13	9:00 am	205.0	-	-
08	13	8:30 am	364.0	-	-
08	13	8:00 am	271.0	-	-
08	13	7:30 am	172.0	-	-
08	13	7:00 am	83.0	-	-
08	13	6:30 am	9.0	-	-
08	13	6:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	5:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	5:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	4:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	4:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	3:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	3:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	2:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	2:00 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	1:30 am	0.0	-	-
08	13	1:00 am	0.0	-	-

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