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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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Regional HF Radar Surface Current Observations

Station DPHA1
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Ocean Conditions at DPHA1 as of
(1:30 am CDT)
0630 GMT on 08/21/2019:

These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times.

     

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): 6.6 ft
5-day plot - Ocean TemperatureOcean Temperature (OTMP):85.46 °F
5-day plot - SalinitySalinity (SAL):24.92 psu
5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT)Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT): 33.0%
5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM)Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM): 2.19 ppm
5-day plot - TurbidityTurbidity (TURB): 4 FTU
Previous observations
5-day plot - Ocean Temperature 5-day plot - Conductivity 5-day plot - Salinity 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT) 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM) 5-day plot - Chlorophyll 5-day plot - Turbidity 5-day plot - pH 5-day plot - Eh
MM   DD    TIME
(CDT)		 DEPTH
ft		        OTMP
°F		    COND
mS/cm		   SAL
psu		   O2%
%		    O2PPM
ppm		 CLCON
ug/l		 TURB
FTU		 PH EH
mv
08211:00 am 6.685.44-24.9838.30 2.54- 5--
082112:30 am 6.685.55-24.7633.70 2.23- 6--
082112:00 am 6.685.55-23.8039.40 2.62- 5--
082011:30 pm 6.285.64-24.0438.60 2.57- 5--
082011:00 pm 6.285.73-24.6232.80 2.17- 6--
082010:30 pm 6.285.73-23.9834.00 2.26- 5--
082010:00 pm 6.285.66-23.4042.80 2.86- 5--
08209:30 pm 6.285.75-23.5643.50 2.90- 9--
08209:00 pm 6.285.60-23.0559.40 3.97- 5--
08208:30 pm 6.285.42-22.6472.10 4.84- 5--
08208:00 pm 6.285.75-23.3855.10 3.67- 6--
08207:30 pm 6.285.71-23.0258.30 3.89- 7--
08207:00 pm 6.285.69-23.2357.90 3.87- 9--
08206:30 pm 6.285.69-23.0662.00 4.14- 7--
08206:00 pm 6.685.68-22.7471.00 4.75- 9--
08205:30 pm 6.685.64-21.5592.20 6.21- 10--
08205:00 pm 6.685.64-21.3796.00 6.47- 9--
08204:30 pm 6.685.51-21.9492.60 6.24- 9--
08204:00 pm 6.685.57-19.74102.20 6.96- 8--
08203:30 pm 6.285.12-19.7292.80 6.35- 7--
08203:00 pm 6.684.67-19.7888.40 6.07- 8--
08202:30 pm 6.684.61-21.5876.90 5.23- 18--
08202:00 pm 6.284.76-22.8965.30 4.40- 9--
08201:30 pm 6.284.76-23.2265.50 4.41- 13--
08201:00 pm 6.284.79-23.9160.00 4.02- 11--
082012:30 pm 6.284.78-23.9566.80 4.47- 13--
082012:00 pm 6.284.87-23.7360.40 4.05- 12--
082011:30 am 6.284.83-23.0762.10 4.18- 13--
082011:00 am 6.284.87-22.8557.50 3.87- 12--
082010:30 am 6.284.74-22.6761.20 4.13- 9--
082010:00 am 6.283.97-20.4670.90 4.88- 6--
08209:30 am 6.283.34-19.3971.70 5.00- 6--
08209:00 am 6.283.41-18.8873.70 5.14- 4--
08208:30 am 6.283.14-19.3470.90 4.95- 4--
08208:00 am 6.283.66-20.6667.70 4.67- 6--
08207:30 am 6.283.53-20.5664.40 4.45- 5--
08207:00 am 6.283.50-20.4372.00 4.98- 5--
08206:30 am 6.283.17-19.7073.50 5.12- 4--
08206:00 am 6.283.03-19.5780.10 5.59- 4--
08205:30 am 6.283.19-19.5380.50 5.61- 3--
08205:00 am 6.283.28-19.7083.30 5.80- 4--
08204:30 am 6.283.66-20.7175.30 5.19- 4--
08204:00 am 6.285.12-23.4456.70 3.80- 6--
08203:30 am 6.285.05-23.2057.00 3.82- 5--
08203:00 am 6.285.01-22.7065.90 4.44- 6--
08202:30 am 6.285.30-22.5769.10 4.64- 6--
08202:00 am 6.285.33-23.1564.80 4.34- 4--
Solar Radiation Conditions at DPHA1 as of
(1:30 am CDT)
0630 GMT on 08/21/2019:
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Short Wave Radiation 1Short Wave Radiation 1 (SRAD1): 0.0watts/meter2
Previous observations
5-day plot - Short Wave Radiation 1 5-day plot - Short Wave Radiation 2 5-day plot - Long Wave Radiation
MM   DD    TIME
(CDT)		   SRAD1
w/m2		    SWRAD
w/m2		     LWRAD
w/m2
08211:00 am 0.0--
082112:30 am 0.0--
082112:00 am 0.0--
082011:30 pm 0.0--
082011:00 pm 0.0--
082010:30 pm 0.0--
082010:00 pm 0.0--
08209:30 pm 0.0--
08209:00 pm 0.0--
08208:30 pm 0.0--
08208:00 pm 0.0--
08207:30 pm 2.0--
08207:00 pm 36.0--
08206:30 pm 174.0--
08206:00 pm 132.0--
08205:30 pm 124.0--
08205:00 pm 222.0--
08204:30 pm 232.0--
08204:00 pm 450.0--
08203:30 pm 392.0--
08203:00 pm 616.0--
08202:30 pm 325.0--
08202:00 pm 396.0--
08201:30 pm 505.0--
08201:00 pm 316.0--
082012:30 pm 337.0--
082012:00 pm 297.0--
082011:30 am 222.0--
082011:00 am 301.0--
082010:30 am 404.0--
082010:00 am 407.0--
08209:30 am 272.0--
08209:00 am 75.0--
08208:30 am 141.0--
08208:00 am 63.0--
08207:30 am 46.0--
08207:00 am 25.0--
08206:30 am 4.0--
08206:00 am 0.0--
08205:30 am 0.0--
08205:00 am 0.0--
08204:30 am 0.0--
08204:00 am 0.0--
08203:30 am 0.0--
08203:00 am 0.0--
08202:30 am 0.0--
08202:00 am 0.0--

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