Author(s)

James C. Hendee

Abstract

An Expert System for Marine Environmental Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and Florida Bay James C. Hendee Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway EMail: hendee@aomlnoaa.gov Abstract The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA, U.S. Depart- ment of Commerce) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) works cooperatively with the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) in the implementation of the SEAKEYS (Sustained Ecological Research Related to Management of the Florida Keys Seascape) network, which is situated along 220 miles of coral reef tract within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). This network is itself actually an enhanced framework of seven Coastal- Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) stations for long-term monitoring of me- teorological parameters (wind speed, wind gusts, air temperature, barometric pres- sure, relative

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