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Marine Scotland Science (MSS) undertakes a wide range of monitoring covering many aspects of the Scottish marine ecosystem.

Monitoring is undertaken in Scottish Inshore Waters, using networks of volunteers and automatic recording equipment, as well as in Scottish Offshore Waters, using the MSS research vessels MRV Alba na Mara and MRV Scotia.

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UK Marine Monitoring and Assessment Strategy (UKMMAS)
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Scottish Coastal Observatory - Cromarty Site

The University of Aberdeen runs the Lighthouse Field Station in Cromarty as a base for mammal research. In December 2003, a temperature logger was set up near the lighthouse to measure sea surface temperature

doi:

10.7489/920-1

Citation:

Marine Scotland Science. 2019. Scottish Coastal Observatory - Cromarty site data. doi: 10.7489/920-1

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Scottish Coastal Observatory - Cromarty - Daily average temperaturecsv
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Scottish Coastal Observatory - Cromarty - Temperature logger recordings at 30 minute intervalscsv
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sea surface temperature

Field	Value
Publisher	Monitoring
Modified	2021-09-17
Release Date	2019-06-06
Frequency	Hourly
Identifier	8259bc78-d6b2-49d3-a73f-232d90ab5174
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Area	POINT (-4.03983 57.683)
Temporal Coverage	2004-02-28
Language	English (United Kingdom)
License	UK Open Government Licence (OGL)
Granularity	30 minute temperature recordings
Data Dictionary	Sea Surface temperature is measured every 30 minutes by minilogger, and from these records daily averages are calculated.
Contact Name	Marine Scotland
Contact Email	marinescotland@gov.scot
Public Access Level	Public