National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Water temperature data from subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) deployed at coral reef sites in American Samoa

This dataset comprises water temperature data collected through subsurface temperature recorders (STRs) for monitoring seawater temperature variability at permanent coral reef sites in American Samoa. Deployed as part of the NOAA National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP), these high-accuracy temperature loggers, manufactured by SeaBird Electronics (SBE), operate at depths of 0 to 30 meters along depth transects at Ocean and Climate Change monitoring survey sites for 3 years. Recovered STRs are replaced with new deployments in the same location. Raw data, with intervals ranging from 1 to 20 minutes, are averaged hourly, and gaps exceeding one hour in the time-series are filled with null values. Temperature data are collected during NCRMP missions led by the NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center's Coral Reef Ecosystem Program (CREP) at existing, long-term monitoring sites.