Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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GCE-LTER Data Set Summary

Accession:

PHY-GCEM-0403e

Research Theme:

Physical Oceanography (Monitoring)

Contributors:

Jackson O. Blanton, Julie Amft, Ken Helm, Wade Sheldon

Title:

Continuous salinity, temperature and depth measurements from moored hydrographic data loggers deployed at GCE7_Hydro (Altamaha River near Carrs Island, Georgia) from 01-Jan-2003 through 31-Dec-2003

Abstract:

Conductivity, temperature and pressure were measured continuously at Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER sampling location GCE7_Hydro (Altamaha River near Carrs Island, Georgia) from 01-Jan-2003 through 31-Dec-2003. Observations were logged at 30 minute intervals by moored Sea-Bird Electronics MicroCAT 37-SM data loggers and downloaded approximately bimonthly. Salinity, depth and sigma-t were calculated from the measured parameters using standard UNESCO algorithms. This data set was collected as part of the GCE-LTER Project continuous salinity, temperature and water level monitoring program.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/6d71e7e7337b6b1b9993435b31fe3fa7

Key Words:

conductivity, daily, density, depth, GCE7, Hydrographic Moorings, hydrography, monitoring, moorings, pressure, salinity, sonde, temperature, water column, water quality

LTER Core Area:

Inorganic Matter

Research Themes:

GCE2 Q2 - Domain Patterns, GCE3 Area2 - Patterns within the Domain, Physical Oceanography

Study Period:

01-Jan-2003 to 31-Dec-2003

Study Sites:

GCE-AL -- Altamaha River, Georgia, USA

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Project References:

GCE Hydrographic Monitoring, Salinity variations across the GCE domain

Publications:

Li, F. 2017. Response and recovery of low-salinity marsh plant communities to constant and pulsed saline intrusion. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

Li, S., Hopkinson, C.S., Schubauer-Berigan, J.P. and Pennings, S.C. 2018. Climate drivers of Zizaniopsis miliacea biomass in a Georgia, U.S.A. tidal fresh marsh. Limnology and Oceanography. 63:2266-2276. (DOI: 10.1002/lno.10937)

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Data Table: PHY-GCEM-0403e (Main data table for data set PHY-GCEM-0403e, 17520 records)

Access: Public (released 01-May-2004)

Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language)

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [2276.78kb], Text File [2037.09kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [3259.21kb], MATLAB (Variables) [3059.66kb], Text Report [2185.06kb]

Column List:(display)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Site	none	integer	Nearest nominal GCE-LTER sampling site
2	Station	none	string	Station determined by geographic lookup of coordinates in reference file 'geo_locations.mat' using a distance tolerance of 0.5km
3	Longitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic longitude in decimal degrees
4	Latitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic latitude in decimal degrees
5	Instrument	none	integer	Serial number of the SBE 37-SM MicroCAT instrument used for the observations
6	Date	yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS - GMT	string	Calendar date and time of observation
7	Year	YYYY	integer	Calendar year
8	Month	MM	integer	Calendar month
9	Day	DD	integer	Calendar day
10	Hour	hr	integer	Hours - GMT
11	Minute	min	integer	Minutes
12	Temperature	°C	floating-point	Water temperature
13	Flag_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Temperature: x<0="Q", x>35="Q", Depth<0.2="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 5, 5, 3)="S", manual)
14	Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Conductivity
15	Flag_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Conductivity: manual)
16	Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
17	Flag_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Pressure: x<0.2="Q", x>10="Q", manual)
18	Depth	m	floating-point	Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
19	Flag_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Depth: x<0.2="Q", x>10="Q", manual)
20	Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Salinity
21	Flag_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Salinity: x<0="I", x>36="Q", Depth<0.2="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 10, 0, 3)="S", manual)
22	Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
23	Flag_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Sigma_t: x<-5="Q", Depth<0.2="Q", x>28="Q", manual)

Data Table: PHY-GCEM-0403e_Daily (Derived data table for data set PHY-GCEM-0403e containing daily-aggregated statistical summary data, 366 records)

Access: Public (released 01-May-2004)

Metadata: Text (ESA FLED), XML (Ecological Metadata Language)

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [164.38kb], Text File [140.50kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [697.35kb], MATLAB (Variables) [523.48kb], Text Report [236.58kb]

Column List:(display)

Column	Name	Units	Type	Description
1	Site	none	integer	Nearest nominal GCE-LTER sampling site
2	Longitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic longitude in decimal degrees
3	Latitude	degrees	floating-point	Geographic latitude in decimal degrees
4	Date	yyyy-mm-dd	string	Fractional MATLAB serial day (based on 1 = January 1, 0000)
5	Year	YYYY	integer	Calendar year
6	Month	MM	integer	Calendar month
7	Day	DD	integer	Calendar day
8	Missing_Temperature	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Water temperature
9	Percent_Missing_Temperature	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Water temperature
10	Flagged_Temperature	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Water temperature
11	Percent_Flagged_Temperature	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Water temperature
12	Daily_Num_Temperature	count	integer	Daily Observations of Water temperature
13	Daily_Min_Temperature	°C	floating-point	Daily Minimum Water temperature
14	Flag_Daily_Min_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Temperature: Percent_Missing_Temperature>35="I", Percent_Missing_Temperature>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Temperature>35="Q")
15	Daily_Max_Temperature	°C	floating-point	Daily Maximum Water temperature
16	Flag_Daily_Max_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Temperature: Percent_Missing_Temperature>35="I", Percent_Missing_Temperature>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Temperature>35="Q")
17	Daily_Mean_Temperature	°C	floating-point	Daily Mean Water temperature
18	Flag_Daily_Mean_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Temperature: Percent_Missing_Temperature>35="I", Percent_Missing_Temperature>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Temperature>35="Q")
19	Daily_StdDev_Temperature	°C	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water temperature
20	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Temperature: Percent_Missing_Temperature>35="I", Percent_Missing_Temperature>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Temperature>35="Q")
21	Daily_SE_Temperature	°C	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Water temperature
22	Flag_Daily_SE_Temperature	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Water temperature (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Temperature: Percent_Missing_Temperature>35="I", Percent_Missing_Temperature>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Temperature>35="Q")
23	Missing_Conductivity	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Conductivity
24	Percent_Missing_Conductivity	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Conductivity
25	Flagged_Conductivity	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Conductivity
26	Percent_Flagged_Conductivity	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Conductivity
27	Daily_Num_Conductivity	count	integer	Daily Observations of Conductivity
28	Daily_Min_Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Daily Minimum Conductivity
29	Flag_Daily_Min_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Conductivity: Percent_Missing_Conductivity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Conductivity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Conductivity>35="Q")
30	Daily_Max_Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Daily Maximum Conductivity
31	Flag_Daily_Max_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Conductivity: Percent_Missing_Conductivity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Conductivity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Conductivity>35="Q")
32	Daily_Mean_Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Daily Mean Conductivity
33	Flag_Daily_Mean_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Conductivity: Percent_Missing_Conductivity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Conductivity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Conductivity>35="Q")
34	Daily_StdDev_Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Conductivity
35	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Conductivity: Percent_Missing_Conductivity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Conductivity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Conductivity>35="Q")
36	Daily_SE_Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Conductivity
37	Flag_Daily_SE_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Conductivity: Percent_Missing_Conductivity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Conductivity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Conductivity>35="Q")
38	Missing_Pressure	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
39	Percent_Missing_Pressure	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
40	Flagged_Pressure	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
41	Percent_Flagged_Pressure	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
42	Daily_Num_Pressure	count	integer	Daily Observations of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
43	Daily_Min_Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Daily Minimum Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
44	Flag_Daily_Min_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Pressure: Percent_Missing_Pressure>35="I", Percent_Missing_Pressure>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Pressure>35="Q")
45	Daily_Max_Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Daily Maximum Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
46	Flag_Daily_Max_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Pressure: Percent_Missing_Pressure>35="I", Percent_Missing_Pressure>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Pressure>35="Q")
47	Daily_Mean_Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Daily Mean Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
48	Flag_Daily_Mean_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Pressure: Percent_Missing_Pressure>35="I", Percent_Missing_Pressure>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Pressure>35="Q")
49	Daily_StdDev_Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
50	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Pressure: Percent_Missing_Pressure>35="I", Percent_Missing_Pressure>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Pressure>35="Q")
51	Daily_SE_Pressure	dbar	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error)
52	Flag_Daily_SE_Pressure	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Pressure: Percent_Missing_Pressure>35="I", Percent_Missing_Pressure>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Pressure>35="Q")
53	Missing_Depth	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
54	Percent_Missing_Depth	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
55	Flagged_Depth	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
56	Percent_Flagged_Depth	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
57	Daily_Num_Depth	count	integer	Daily Observations of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
58	Daily_Min_Depth	m	floating-point	Daily Minimum Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
59	Flag_Daily_Min_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Depth: Percent_Missing_Depth>35="I", Percent_Missing_Depth>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Depth>35="Q")
60	Daily_Max_Depth	m	floating-point	Daily Maximum Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
61	Flag_Daily_Max_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Depth: Percent_Missing_Depth>35="I", Percent_Missing_Depth>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Depth>35="Q")
62	Daily_Mean_Depth	m	floating-point	Daily Mean Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
63	Flag_Daily_Mean_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Depth: Percent_Missing_Depth>35="I", Percent_Missing_Depth>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Depth>35="Q")
64	Daily_StdDev_Depth	m	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
65	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Depth: Percent_Missing_Depth>35="I", Percent_Missing_Depth>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Depth>35="Q")
66	Daily_SE_Depth	m	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde
67	Flag_Daily_SE_Depth	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Depth: Percent_Missing_Depth>35="I", Percent_Missing_Depth>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Depth>35="Q")
68	Missing_Salinity	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Salinity
69	Percent_Missing_Salinity	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Salinity
70	Flagged_Salinity	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Salinity
71	Percent_Flagged_Salinity	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Salinity
72	Daily_Num_Salinity	count	integer	Daily Observations of Salinity
73	Daily_Min_Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Daily Minimum Salinity
74	Flag_Daily_Min_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Salinity: Percent_Missing_Salinity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Salinity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Salinity>35="Q")
75	Daily_Max_Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Daily Maximum Salinity
76	Flag_Daily_Max_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Salinity: Percent_Missing_Salinity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Salinity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Salinity>35="Q")
77	Daily_Mean_Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Daily Mean Salinity
78	Flag_Daily_Mean_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Salinity: Percent_Missing_Salinity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Salinity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Salinity>35="Q")
79	Daily_StdDev_Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Salinity
80	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Salinity: Percent_Missing_Salinity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Salinity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Salinity>35="Q")
81	Daily_SE_Salinity	PSU	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Salinity
82	Flag_Daily_SE_Salinity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Salinity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Salinity: Percent_Missing_Salinity>35="I", Percent_Missing_Salinity>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Salinity>35="Q")
83	Missing_Sigma_t	count	integer	Number of missing observations of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
84	Percent_Missing_Sigma_t	%	floating-point	Percent missing observations of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
85	Flagged_Sigma_t	count	integer	Number of QC/QA-flagged observations of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
86	Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t	%	floating-point	Percent QC/QA-flagged observations of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
87	Daily_Num_Sigma_t	count	integer	Daily Observations of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
88	Daily_Min_Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Daily Minimum Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
89	Flag_Daily_Min_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Minimum Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Min_Sigma_t: Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>35="I", Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t>35="Q")
90	Daily_Max_Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Daily Maximum Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
91	Flag_Daily_Max_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Maximum Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Max_Sigma_t: Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>35="I", Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t>35="Q")
92	Daily_Mean_Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Daily Mean Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
93	Flag_Daily_Mean_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Mean Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_Mean_Sigma_t: Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>35="I", Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t>35="Q")
94	Daily_StdDev_Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
95	Flag_Daily_StdDev_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Sample Standard Deviation of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_StdDev_Sigma_t: Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>35="I", Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t>35="Q")
96	Daily_SE_Sigma_t	kg/m^3	floating-point	Daily Standard Error of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1)
97	Flag_Daily_SE_Sigma_t	none	string	QA/QC flags for Daily Standard Error of Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) (flagging criteria, where "x" is Daily_SE_Sigma_t: Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>35="I", Percent_Missing_Sigma_t>15="Q", Percent_Flagged_Sigma_t>35="Q")

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Citation:

Blanton, Jackson O. 2004. Continuous salinity, temperature and depth measurements from moored hydrographic data loggers deployed at GCE7_Hydro (Altamaha River near Carrs Island, Georgia) from 01-Jan-2003 through 31-Dec-2003. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/6d71e7e7337b6b1b9993435b31fe3fa7

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