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Alabama Near Coastal Meteorological & Hydrographic Continuous Data Sampling from 2003 to present
Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
| Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025
| Last Modified: 2021-03-05T00:00:00.000+00:00
The Alabama Real-time Coastal Observing System (ARCOS) with support of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is a network of continuously sampling observing stations that collect observations of meteorological and hydrographic data from fixed stations operating across coastal Alabama. Data were collected from 2003 through the present and include parameters such as air temperature, relative humidity, solar and quantum radiation, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation amounts, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, water height, and other water quality data. Stations, when possible, are designed to collect the same data in the same way, though there are exceptions given unique location needs (see individual accession abstracts for details). Stations are strategically placed to sample across salinity gradients, from delta to offshore, and the width of the coast.
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AIR TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
biological data
CHLOROPHYLL
CONDUCTIVITY
CURRENT DIRECTION
CURRENT SPEED
DEPTH - OBSERVATION
DEPTH - SENSOR
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
FLUORESCENCE
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
JULIAN YEAR - DAY
OPTICAL
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
OXYGEN - PERCENT SATURATION
PERCENT OXYGEN
pH
PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR)
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SALINITY
SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC
turbidity
WATER LEVEL
WATER TEMPERATURE
WAVE - PEAK PERIOD
WAVE DATA
WAVE DIRECTION
WAVE HEIGHT
WAVE PERIOD
WIND DIRECTION
WIND DIRECTION - AVERAGE
WIND SPEED
WIND SPEED - AVERAGE
ADCP
anemometer
barometer
barometric pressure sensor
bucket
conductivity sensor
fluorometer
humidity sensor
meteorological sensor
multi-parameter water quality sensor
oxygen sensor
PAR Sensor
pressure sensor
pyranometer
rain gauge
spectrophotometer
temperature probe
thermistor
thermometer
biological
chemical
continuous
current measurements
in situ
meteorological
moored buoy
optical
physical
profile
time series
water chemistry
moored buoys
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program (MBNEP)
Coastal Waters of Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
oceanography
Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring Programs
Alabama Real-time Coastal Observing System
Alabama Real-time Coastal Observing Systems
Alabama Real-time Coastal Observing Systems (ARCOS)
Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring Program
Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring Program, Alabama Real-Time Coastal Observing System
Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring Programs
Mobile Bay Environmental Monitoring Programs, Alabama Real-time Coastal Observing System
Alabama Department of Conservation
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Mobile County
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
ADCP
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Current Direction
Current Magnitude
Current Profile
Current Speed
Current Velocity
Estuarine
NEMO
Real Time
Surface Current
Vertical Profile
Water Height
Wave Direction
Wave Height
Wave Period
air temperature
barometric pressure
continuous monitoring
dissolved oxygen
dissolved oxygen mg/L
dissolved oxygen percent
hydrographic
meteorological
monitoring
near real-time
precipitation
quantum radiation
relative humidity
salinity
solar radiation
water depth
water level
water quality
water temperature
wind direction
wind speed
Dissolved Oxygen Percent
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Quantum Radiation
Solar Radiation
Water Height
Air temperature
Barometric pressure
Display Height
Dissolved Oxygen
Dissolved Oxygen Percent
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Julian Day
Julian date
Precipitation
Quantum Radiation
Relative humidity
Salinity
Solar Radiation
Water Height
Water temperature
Wind direction
Wind speed
ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
ANEMOMETERS > ANEMOMETERS
BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS
CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS
FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS
HUMIDITY SENSORS > HUMIDITY SENSORS
OPTSPEC > Optical Spectrometer
OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS
PAR SENSORS > Photosynthetically Active Radiation Sensors
PRESSURE SENSORS > PRESSURE SENSORS
PYRANOMETERS > PYRANOMETERS
PYROMETERS
RAIN GAUGES > RAIN GAUGES
SALINOMETERS
TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES
THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS
THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS
WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES
WIND MONITOR > WIND MONITOR
Campbell Sci. Temperature and RH Probe HMP45AC
Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-190SB
Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-200X-L
Optical Dissolved Oxygen sensor
R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Stainless Steel Gauge
Tipping Rain Bucket Gaage
Vaisala Barometer PTB101B
electrode cell with autoranging
thermistor
Barometer
Campbe Sci. Temperature and RH Probe HMP45AC
Campbell Scientific Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe HC2S3
Campbell Scientific Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe HMP45AC
Electrode cell with Autoranging
Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-190SB
Li-Cor Quantum Sensor LI-200X-L
Optical Dissolved Oxygen sensor
Pyronometer
Quantum Sensor
R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Stainless Steel Gauge
Stainless Steel Guage
Tipping Rain Bucket Gauge
Tipping Rain Bucket Guage
Vaisala Barometer PTB101B
Vaisala HMP 45C Humidity and temperature probe
Vaisala HMP45AC Humidity and temperature probe
Vaisala HMP45C Humidity and temperature probe
BUOYS
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA
OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO
Alabama
Baldwin County
Battleship Parkway
Bon Secour
Causeway
Cedar Point
DISL
Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Gulf of Mexico
Katrina Cut
Meaher State Park
Middle Bay Light
Middle Bay Lighthouse
Mississippi Sound
Mobile
Mobile Bay
Mobile Ship Channel
Orange Beach
Perdido Pass
Spanish Fort
Alabama
Coast Alabamaa
Dauphin Island
Dauphin Island, Alabama
Mississippi Sound
Mobile Bay
Mobile Bay, Alabama
Mobile Bay, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Bay
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Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:DISL_ARCOS |
| issued | 2018-08-22T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "http://www.mymobilebay.com/" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | -87.56,30.09,-88.21,30.67 |
| temporal | 2003-02-24T00:00:00+00:00/2003-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 |
