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Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
7 MBL St.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
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| Dataset ID: | MON-PR-MBYSI2000.01 |
| Dataset Title: | Year 2000, 15 minute interval, water quality measurements of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, depth, and turbidity in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Road Bridge |
| Investigator 1: | |
| First Name: | Charles |
| Last Name: | Hopkinson |
| Address line 1: | Ecosystems Center |
| Address line 2: | MBL |
| Address line 3: | 7 MBL St |
| City: | Woods Hole |
| State: | MA |
| Zip Code: | 02543 |
| Country: | USA |
| Associate Investigators: | Hap Garritt |
| Keywords: | temperature, oxygen, conductivity, salinity, turbidity, depth, saturation, gas, Parker River, monitoring, PIE, LTER |
| Abstract: | 15 minute readings of water column temperature, salinity, oxygen, depth, and turbidity in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Road Bridge |
| Contact: | Plum Island Ecosystems LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7485 Email: pie_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/ |
| DATA FILE INFORMATION: | |
| Data File URL | http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/data/MON/data/MON-PR-MBYSI2000.dat |
| Data File Name | MON-PR-MBYSI2000 |
| Beginning Date | 4/24/2000 |
| End Date | 12/6/2000 |
| Number of Data Records | 10855 |
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| Availability Status | Type 1 |
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| RESEARCH LOCATION: | Site 1 |
| Geographic Description | Middle Road Bridge (Thurlow’s Bridge, Byfield, Massachusetts) |
| Location Bounding Box | |
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| OR if single point location | |
| Latitude | 42.75089 |
| Longitude | -70.90089 |
| Methods: | Measurements are made using a YSI 6600 water quality sonde with internal datalogging capabilities. YSI Sonde sensors consist of 6562 dissolved oxygen probe (rapid pulse – Clark type, polarographic), 6560 conductivity/temperature probe (thermistor), vented level depth sensor (stainless steel strain gauge) and 6026 wiping turbidity probe(optical, 90o scatter). |
| Variable Name | Variable Description | Units | Measurement Scale | Code Infomation | Number Type | DateTime Format | Missing Value Code | Missing Value Code Explanation |
| Date | Date of sampling | datetime | dd-mmm-yyyy | blank cell | ||||
| Time | Time of sampling (eastern standard time EST), 24 hr | datetime | hh:mm:ss | blank cell | ||||
| Station | Name of sampling station | nominal | blank cell | |||||
| Temp | Temperature of water | celsius | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| SpCond | Specific conductivity of water | millisiemensPerCentimeter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Salinity | Salinity of water | partsPerThousand | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| DO% | Percent dissolved oxygen saturation of water | percent | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| DO Conc | Dissolved oxygen concentration of water | milligramsPerLiter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| DO Charge | Dissolved oxygen sensor charge | dimensionless | interval | real | blank cell | |||
| Depth | Water column depth above sonde pressure transducer | meter | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Turbidity | Turbidity of water as nephelometric turbidity, NTU | nephelometricTurbidityUnit | ratio | real | blank cell | |||
| Comments | Comments about specific data | nominal | blank cell |