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• The Principal Investigator be sent a notice stating reasons for acquiring any data and a description of the publication intentions.
• The Principal Investigator of the data set be sent a copy of the report or manuscript prior to submission and be adequately cited in any resultant publications.
• A copy of any resultant publications should be sent to:

(Principal Investigator)
Ecosystems Center;
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA 02543

PLUM ISLAND ECOSYSTEM LTER DATABASE

DATA FILE: PHY-PR-Dimensions.txt

DOCUMENTATION FILE: PHY-PR-Dimensions.doc

YEAR: 1993-1996

PI: Joe Vallino

OTHERS: Charles Hopkinson, Robert Garritt, Anne Giblin, Jane Tucker

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE: High tide width, depth, distance (from the Parker River Dam), volume, and surface area data.

KEYWORDS: volume, area, width, depth, dimensions, physical, hydrology, geomorphology, bathymetry

SITE TYPE: Estuary

RESEARCH LOCATION:

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS:

Cross-sectional areas between bends of the Parker River Estuary were measured at high tide. Volume and surface area were then computed using the cross sectional areas and distance.

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

These values are for HIGH tide

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

STATION = station

DIST = distance from Parker Dam (m)

AREA = cross sectional area of estuary (m²)

WIDTH = width (m)

DEPTH = depth (m)

VOL SEG = volume of segment (m³)

VOL CUM = cumulative volume from Parker Dam (m³)

S AREA SEG = surface area of segment (m²)

S AREA CUM = cumulative surface area from Parker Dam (m²)

CALCULATIONS:

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Hap Garritt

OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:

REFERENCE CITATIONS:

DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS:

ARCHIVE INFORMATION:

Date of entry: July 21, 2000

Data entered by: N. Weston

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