D.Rogers measuring temp Historic Seawater Temperatures from the WHOI Pier


Surface Water Temperature Data Recorded from Woods Hole, Mass.
Data set compiled by Scott Nixon and Stephen Granger of the University of Rhode Island

Data presented in this Excel spreadsheet workbook include measurements of seasurface temperature taken at Great Harbor, Woods Hole, Mass. from 1886 to present. Details of sample location, collection protocol, and temperature trends are discussed in "A One Hundred and Seventeen Year Coastal Water Temperature Record From Woods Hole, Massachusetts" (Estuaries, 27(3), 397-404)*. The first worksheet of the workbook, labeled "Read me" describes the sources and nature of the data.

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