Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) Unknown none Cocodrie, LA LUMCON http://weather.lumcon.edu LUMCON has five monitoring stations which collect both meteorological and hydrographical data. The instruments that are used to measure and collect the data are calibrated and maintained on a regular basis. Parameters such as the year, Julian date, time, stationid, signature, latitude, longitude, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, quantum solar radiation, barometric pressure, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, precipitation, water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, depth and the number of scans in a given time frame are collected. These parameters are collected and saved in a .dat file. The goals of LUMCON's Environmental Monitoring System (LEMS) are: (1) to provide Internet access to basic data about Louisiana’s coastal environment for the general public, and for students and scientists in Louisiana’s university community for educational and research activities; (2) to provide a monitoring system accessible to all university scientists for developing their own research or educational programs requiring coastal data; and (3) to provide open and easy access to coastal environmental data to the general public or any interested persons. 1998 Present observed In work Continually -90.665 -90.281 30.315 29.187 The monitoring stations are located in five distinct locations in southeastern Louisiana. None monitoring station weather environmental monitoring meteorologic hydrographic air temperature water temperature wind speed wind direction precipitation conductivity wind velocity barometric pressure relative humidity salinity dissolved oxygen quantum radiation solar radiation None Louisiana coastal USA southern coast sun belt state Gulf of Mexico None 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 None USE AT YOUR OWN RISK The authorized use of these data is limited to academic and educational purposes only, and NOT for operational or commercial purposes. THESE DATA ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, THE COSTS OF RECOVERING SUCH DATA, THE COSTS OF SUBSTITUTE DATA, CLAIMS BY THIRD PARTIES OR FOR OTHER SIMILAR COSTS, OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE DATA. The accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in any way and the Providers disclaim liability of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for quality, performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose arising out of the use, or inability to use the data. LUMCON Database Specialist Mailing and Physical Address

8124 Highway 56

Chauvin LA 70344 USA 9858512800 9858512874 infotech@lumcon.edu 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST The data quality plan is still a work in process. Water height has been addressed which can be found by viewing the website www.weather.lumcon.edu. Review the following webpage for routine maintenance that was completed: http://weather.lumcon.edu not applicable In order to view more details about missing or suspicious data visit http://weather.lumcon.edu/ and click on the StationInfo link. Raw data is stored on the server. Raw data is also backed up periodically throughout the year. Raw data files can be downloaded directly from the web site. Click on the archive data link which can be found from the weather.lumcon.edu page. Unknown 20040614 LUMCON Database Specialist mailing and physical

8124 Highway 56

Chauvin LA 70344 USA 9858512800 9858512874 infotech@lumcon.edu 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM CST Content Standard for National Biological Information Infrastructure Metadata. FGDC-STD-001-1998 universal time