Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Set Details

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Accession:

PHY-GCES-1610

Research Theme:

Physical Oceanography (Synthesis)

Contributors:

Daniela Di Iorio, Wade Sheldon, Jacob Shalack, Adam Sapp

Title:

Long-term Hydrographic Mooring Data from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Salinity Monitoring Program - Primary 30 Minute Observational Data

Abstract:

Conductivity, temperature and sub-surface water pressure were measured continuously at fixed hydrographic moorings distributed across the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER study area to document spatial and temporal variability of salinity and its relationship to water level and river discharge. Mooring locations were chosen to span the salinity gradient as well as to take advantage of existing physical infrastructure (e.g. docks or pilings) for mounting instruments and proximity to marsh study sites. Eight moorings were established between 2001 and 2003 to characterize salinity patterns in the three primary sounds in the GCE domain (Sapelo, Doboy and Altamaha), and a ninth mooring was added near a freshwater tidal forest along the Altamaha River in 2014. Observations were logged at 30 minute intervals by Sea-Bird Electronics MicroCAT 37-SM data loggers and downloaded approximately quarterly. Salinity, depth and sigma-t (density anomaly) were calculated from the measured parameters using standard UNESCO algorithms, and short-duration gaps (<6 hours) due to instrument swaps, quality control analysis or brief data interruptions were filled by interpolation. Long-duration gaps due to instrument or mooring loss were filled with null values to produce a monotonic time series. This data set includes cumulative 30 minute observations at all 9 moorings through 31-Dec-2022, and will be updated annually to include observations from the prior year.

DOI:

10.6073/pasta/eea7c539a46e23b5a41c7898558eb7a4

Key Words:

conductivity, daily, density, depth, GCE1, GCE10, GCE11, GCE2, GCE3, GCE6, GCE7, GCE8, GCE9, Hydrographic Moorings, hydrography, inorganic nutrients, monitoring, mooring, pressure, salinity, Signature Data, 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:

08-Aug-2001 to 31-Dec-2022

Study Sites:

GCE1 -- Eulonia, Georgia, USA
GCE2 -- Four Mile Island, Georgia, USA
GCE6 -- Dean Creek, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE7 -- Carrs Island, Georgia, USA
GCE8 -- Alligator Creek, Georgia, USA
GCE9 -- Rockdedundy Island, Georgia, USA
GCE10 -- Hunt Camp, Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA
GCE11 -- Tidal Forest, Georgia, USA
GCE-SP -- Sapelo River, Georgia, USA
GCE-DB -- Doboy Sound, Georgia, USA
GCE-AL -- Altamaha River, Georgia, USA
GCE-DP -- Duplin River, Georgia, USA

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Data References:

PHY-GCEM-0303a1 (GCE1_Hydro 2001), PHY-GCEM-0303a2 (GCE1_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303b1 (GCE2_Hydro 2001), PHY-GCEM-0303b2 (GCE2_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303c1 (GCE3_Hydro 2001), PHY-GCEM-0303c2 (GCE3_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303d1 (GCE6_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303e1 (GCE7_Hydro 2001), PHY-GCEM-0303e2 (GCE7_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303f1 (GCE8_Hydro 2001), PHY-GCEM-0303f2 (GCE8_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0303g1 (GCE9_Hydro 2002), PHY-GCEM-0403a (GCE1_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403b (GCE2_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403c (GCE3_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403d (GCE6_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403e (GCE7_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403f (GCE8_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403g (GCE9_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0403h (GCE10_Hydro 2003), PHY-GCEM-0505a (GCE1_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505b (GCE2_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505c (GCE3_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505d (GCE6_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505e (GCE7_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505f (GCE8_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505g (GCE9_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0505h (GCE10_Hydro 2004), PHY-GCEM-0612a (GCE1_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612b (GCE2_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612c (GCE3_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612d (GCE6_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612e (GCE7_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612f (GCE8_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612g (GCE9_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0612h (GCE10_Hydro 2005), PHY-GCEM-0701a (GCE1_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701b (GCE2_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701c (GCE3_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701d (GCE6_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701e (GCE7_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701f (GCE8_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701g (GCE9_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0701h (GCE10_Hydro 2006), PHY-GCEM-0801a (GCE1_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801b (GCE2_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801c (GCE3_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801d (GCE6_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801e (GCE7_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801f (GCE8_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801g (GCE9_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0801h (GCE10_Hydro 2007), PHY-GCEM-0901a (GCE1_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901b (GCE2_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901c (GCE3_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901d (GCE6_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901e (GCE7_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901f (GCE8_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901g (GCE9_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-0901h (GCE10_Hydro 2008), PHY-GCEM-1001a (GCE1_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001b (GCE2_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001c (GCE3_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001d (GCE6_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001e (GCE7_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001f (GCE8_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001g (GCE9_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1001h (GCE10_Hydro 2009), PHY-GCEM-1101a (GCE1_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101b (GCE2_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101c (GCE3_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101d (GCE6_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101e (GCE7_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101f (GCE8_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101g (GCE9_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1101h (GCE10_Hydro 2010), PHY-GCEM-1201a (GCE1_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201b (GCE2_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201c (GCE3_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201d (GCE6_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201e (GCE7_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201f (GCE8_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201g (GCE9_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1201h (GCE10_Hydro 2011), PHY-GCEM-1301a (GCE1_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301b (GCE2_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301c (GCE3_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301d (GCE6_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301e (GCE7_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301f (GCE8_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301g (GCE9_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1301h (GCE10_Hydro 2012), PHY-GCEM-1401a (GCE1_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401b (GCE2_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401c (GCE3_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401d (GCE6_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401e (GCE7_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401f (GCE8_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401g (GCE9_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1401h (GCE10_Hydro 2013), PHY-GCEM-1501a (GCE1_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501b (GCE2_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501c (GCE3_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501d (GCE6_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501e (GCE7_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501f (GCE8_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501g (GCE9_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501h (GCE10_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1501i (GCE11_Hydro 2014), PHY-GCEM-1607a (GCE1_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607b (GCE2_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607c (GCE3_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607d (GCE6_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607e (GCE7_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607f (GCE8_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607g (GCE9_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607h (GCE10_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1607i (GCE11_Hydro 2015), PHY-GCEM-1706a (GCE1_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706b (GCE2_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706c (GCE3_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706d (GCE6_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706e (GCE7_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706f (GCE8_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706g (GCE9_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706h (GCE10_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1706i (GCE11_Hydro 2016), PHY-GCEM-1810a (GCE1_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810b (GCE2_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810c (GCE3_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810d (GCE6_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810e (GCE7_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810f (GCE8_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810g (GCE9_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810h (GCE10_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1810i (GCE11_Hydro 2017), PHY-GCEM-1907a (GCE1_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907b (GCE2_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907c (GCE3_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907d (GCE6_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907e (GCE7_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907f (GCE8_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907g (GCE9_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907h (GCE10_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-1907i (GCE11_Hydro 2018), PHY-GCEM-2008a (GCE1_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008b (GCE2_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008c (GCE3_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008d (GCE6_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008e (GCE7_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008f (GCE8_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008g (GCE9_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008h (GCE10_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2008i (GCE11_Hydro 2019), PHY-GCEM-2111a (GCE1_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111b (GCE2_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111c (GCE3_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111d (GCE6_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111e (GCE7_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111f (GCE8_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111g (GCE9_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111h (GCE10_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2111i (GCE11_Hydro 2020), PHY-GCEM-2211a (GCE1_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211b (GCE2_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211c (GCE3_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211d (GCE6_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211e (GCE7_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211f (GCE8_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211g (GCE9_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211h (GCE10_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2211i (GCE11_Hydro 2021), PHY-GCEM-2311a (GCE1_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311b (GCE2_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311c (GCE3_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311d (GCE6_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311e (GCE7_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311f (GCE8_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311h (GCE10_Hydro 2022), PHY-GCEM-2311i (GCE11_Hydro 2022)

Project References:

GCE Hydrographic Monitoring, Salinity variations across the GCE domain

Publications:

Wang, Y., Castelao, R. and Di Iorio, D. 2017. Salinity Variability and Water Exchange in Interconnected Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts. (DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0195-9)

Downloads:

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE1 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE1_Hydro (Sapelo River near Eulonia) for 2001-2022, 373408 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [49345.70kb], Text File [46049.45kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12442.70kb], MATLAB (Variables) [12398.92kb], Text Report [48620.71kb]

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)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE10 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE10_Hydro (Duplin River) for 2003-2022, 341150 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [45741.74kb], Text File [42791.03kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12214.92kb], MATLAB (Variables) [12174.19kb], Text Report [45130.05kb]

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<0.1="Q", manual)
14	Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Conductivity
15	Flag_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Conductivity: x<0="I", Depth<0.1="Q", 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<0.05="X", 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<0.05="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<0.1="Q", 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", x>28="Q", Depth<0.1="Q", manual)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE11 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE11_Hydro (Altamaha River near Lewis Creek) for 2014-2022, 144341 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [19403.50kb], Text File [17820.06kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [4937.98kb], MATLAB (Variables) [4912.16kb], Text Report [18795.13kb]

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 database lookup of coordinates in columns Latitude and Longitude using a distance tolerance of 0.5km from registered station location
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="I", Depth<0.15="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 2, 2, 1, 3)="Q", manual)
14	Conductivity	S/m	floating-point	Conductivity
15	Flag_Conductivity	none	string	QA/QC flags for Conductivity (flagging criteria, where "x" is Conductivity: x<0="I", Depth<=0="I", Depth<0.15="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 0.75, 0.75, 1, 3)="Q", 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="I", x<0.05="X", 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="I", x<0.05="X", 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", Depth<=0="I", x>38="Q", Depth<0.15="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 6, 6, 1, 3)="Q", 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: Depth<=0="I", Depth<0.15="Q", flag_valuechange(x, 5, 5, 1, 3)="Q", x<-5="Q", x>28="Q", manual)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE2 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE2_Hydro (Sapelo River near Four Mile Island) for 2001-2022, 371344 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [49113.69kb], Text File [45887.73kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [13468.92kb], MATLAB (Variables) [13425.31kb], Text Report [48457.18kb]

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)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE3 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE3_Hydro (Sapelo River North of Sapelo Island) for 2001-2022, 375127 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [49427.57kb], Text File [46327.72kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [13414.70kb], MATLAB (Variables) [13381.04kb], Text Report [48905.67kb]

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)
24	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)
25	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE6 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE6_Hydro (Doboy Sound) for 2001-2022, 365481 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [47895.46kb], Text File [45124.45kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12787.25kb], MATLAB (Variables) [12749.96kb], Text Report [47636.94kb]

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)
24	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)
25	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE7 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE7_Hydro (Altamaha River near Carrs Island) for 2001-2022, 375044 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [49166.96kb], Text File [45951.39kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12609.50kb], MATLAB (Variables) [12576.28kb], Text Report [48535.02kb]

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)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE8 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE8_Hydro (Altamaha River near Alligator Creek) for 2001-2022, 371344 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [48878.23kb], Text File [45599.45kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [13582.32kb], MATLAB (Variables) [13542.75kb], Text Report [48157.80kb]

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)
24	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)
25	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)

Data Table: PHY-GCES-1610_GCE9 (Primary 30 Minute Observational Data for GCE9_Hydro (Altamaha River near Rockdedundy Island) for 2002-2022, 345792 records)

Access: Public (released 30-Sep-2016)

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

Data Formats: Spreadsheet (CSV) [45627.01kb], Text File [42628.65kb], MATLAB (GCE Toolbox) [12901.35kb], MATLAB (Variables) [12866.07kb], Text Report [45016.82kb]

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", Depth<0.2="Q", x>36="Q", 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)
24	Calibration	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether data represents a calibration check (0 = false, 1 = true)
25	Pump	none	integer	Boolean value indicating whether conductivity was measured using a pumped cell (1=true/0=false)

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Citation:

Di Iorio, Daniela. 2016. Long-term Hydrographic Mooring Data from the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Salinity Monitoring Program - Primary 30 Minute Observational Data. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Project, University of Georgia, Long Term Ecological Research Network. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/eea7c539a46e23b5a41c7898558eb7a4

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