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New Publications

The shore stations team has recently published two papers in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. One is the first publication of the complete Scripps Pier temperature time series, and adjusts for the time of day of sample collection, while the second uses the adjusted time series to look at the record breaking marine heatwave of 2018.

A century of Southern California coastal ocean temperature measurements

Contextualizing marine heatwaves in the Southern California Bight under anthropogenic climate change

Current Shore Station Temperatures

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The Scripps Pier Temperature Time Series

The Shore Stations Program

Initiated at Scripps in 1916, the Shore Stations program began expanding with new sampling locations in 1919. The program now collects data for oceanographic and climate research from nine sites along the California coast.

Scripps Pier: Then & Now

The original pier was a 1000-foot-long wooden structure used for manual observations. Rebuilt in 1987-88, it is now one of the most active research piers in the world.

Explore the Data

Temperature and salinity data from Scripps and other stations can be viewed online or downloaded. Present-day observations include surface and bottom samples collected once per day. Temperature is measured with an electronic thermometer on the pier, while water samples are collected for salinity analysis in the lab.

Annual Reports 2014 - 2018

Annual Reports of temperature and salinity for each year collected at shoreline stations along the California coast from La Jolla to Trinidad. Monthly means and extreme values are tabulated for each month and station. The data are also shown in plots alongside a climatological mean using all data for each station.