Temperature time series from permanent mooring at Cabrera National Park - Sa Foradada (Western Mediterranean Sea)

The Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) maintains a mooring to record temperature data along the coastal area of the Cabrera Archipelago Maritime-Terrestrial National Park (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean) at different depths. This timeseries was initiated in 2009 funded by the Autonomous Agency for National Parks (OAPN), associated with the project (EPIMHAR). The mooring is currently maintained by the institution under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive funds. The collected data provides high-resolution temporal data on seasonal temperatures, stratification dynamics and detection of extreme events. The data also contributes to the T-MED-NET network (http://www.t-mednet.org) for the monitoring of climate change effects in marine coastal ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea, such as mortality events related to heatwaves or distribution of endemic and non-native species.  Assessing the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems requires long-term monitoring of essential climate-related variables, including the oceanographic thermal regime. The temperature mooring system is located in Sa Foradada (39º12.37'N, 002º58.72'E) and, it uses in situ temperature sensors (HOBOS Pro v2) that record hourly data at 10, 20, 25, 30, 40 meters depth. Sensors are setup and recovered by scuba divers twice a year, generally in spring and autumn. The current length of the historical series has allowed for careful quality control to correct potential sensor failures and drifts, as well as the systematic assignment of quality flags that add value to the timeseries. Additionally, the adoption of standard formats and vocabularies recognized at the European and international level facilitates the reuse of these data in different contexts. Data are provided in SDN-Medar/Medatlas format monthly files.  Important Note: This submission has been initially submitted to SEA scieNtific Open data Edition (SEANOE) publication service and received the recorded DOI. The metadata elements have been further processed (refined) in EMODnet Ingestion Service in order to conform with the Data Submission Service specifications.