Plum Island Ecosystem LTER Database

http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE

Acceptance and utilization of PIE-LTER data requires that:

· 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: MON-PR-MBWatLevel2002.txt

DOCUMENTATION FILE: MON-PR-MBWatLevel2002.doc

YEAR: 2002

PI: Charles Hopkinson

OTHERS: Hap Garritt

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DATA FILE:

15 minute readings of water column depth in the upper Parker River Estuary at Middle Bridge. Water depths are relative to the sonde pressure transducer and not associated with a datum.

KEYWORDS: tide, water, depth, Parker, monitoring

SITE TYPE: Monitoring

RESEARCH LOCATION: MON-PR-Middle Bridge YSI

Parker River, Middle Road Bridge (Thurlow’s Bridge, Byefield, Massachusetts)

Latitude 42^o 45’ 31.9”, Longitude 70^o 54’ 3.2”

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS:

Measurements are made using a YSI 6600 water quality sonde with internal datalogging capabilities. YSI Sonde water level sensor consists of a vented level depth sensor (stainless steel strain gauge).

NOTES AND COMMENTS:

VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

NAME	DESCRIPTION	UNIT	PRECISION
Date	Date of sampling	dd-mmm-yyyy	1
Time	Time of sampling (eastern standard time EST)	hh:mm:ss	1
Station	Name of sampling station
Depth	Water column depth above sonde pressure transducer	Meter	0.001
Comments	Comments about specific data

CALCULATIONS:

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Hap Garritt

OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:

REFERENCE CITATIONS:

DATA AVAILABILITY STATUS:

Type 2

ARCHIVE INFORMATION:

Date of entry: March 19, 2003

Data entered by: H. Garritt

Comments: