I. Data Set Descriptors A. Title: Daniela Di Iorio. 2015. Continuous salinity, temperature and depth measurements from moored hydrographic data loggers deployed at GCE2_Hydro (Four Mile Island, Georgia) from 01-Jan-2012 through 31-Dec-2012. Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER Data Catalog (data set PHY-GCEM-1301b; http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/public/app/dataset_details.asp?accession=PHY-GCEM-1301b) B. Accession Number: PHY-GCEM-1301b C. Description 1. Originator(s): Name: Daniela Di Iorio Address: Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Postal Code: 30602 Country: USA Email: daniela@uga.edu 2. Abstract: Conductivity, temperature and pressure were measured continuously at Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER sampling location GCE2_Hydro (Four Mile Island, Georgia) from 01-Jan-2012 through 31-Dec-2012. Observations were logged at 30 minute intervals by moored Sea-Bird Electronics MicroCAT 37-SM data loggers and downloaded approximately semi-monthly. Salinity, depth and sigma-t (density anomaly) 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. 3. Study Type: Monitoring 4. Study Themes: Physical Oceanography 5. LTER Core Areas: Inorganic Fluxes 6. Georeferences: geographic coordinates as data set columns 7. Submission Date: not submitted D. Keywords: conductivity, density, depth, Hydrographic Moorings, hydrography, Inorganic Nutrients, monitoring, mooring, pressure, salinity, sonde, temperature, water column, water quality II. Research Origin Descriptors A. Overall Project Description 1. Project Title: Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER III 2. Principal Investigators: Name: Merryl Alber Address: Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Postal Code: 30602-3636 Country: USA Email: malber@uga.edu Name: Steven C. Pennings Address: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas Postal Code: 77204-5513 Country: USA Email: scpennin@central.uh.edu 3. Funding Period: 27-Dec-2006 to 17-Sep-2012 4. Objectives: The research proposed for GCE-III is designed to address how variations in salinity and inundation, driven by climate change and anthropogenic factors, affect biotic and ecosystem responses at different spatial and temporal scales, and to predict the consequences of these changes for habitat provisioning and carbon (C) sequestration across the coastal landscape. 5. Abstract: The Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (GCE) LTER is located along three adjacent sounds on the Atlantic coast and includes both intertidal marshes and estuaries. Long-term drivers of climate change, sea level rise and human alterations of the landscape will cause transitions in dominant habitat types (state changes) within the GCE domain by changing the amounts and patterns of water delivery across the landscape. These changes in water delivery can be conceptualized as presses and pulses in river inflow, local runoff, groundwater input, and tidal inundation, which will in turn manifest themselves as changes in salinity and inundation patterns in the domain. The research proposed for GCE-III is designed to address how variations in salinity and inundation, driven by climate change and anthropogenic factors, affect biotic and ecosystem responses at different spatial and temporal scales, and to predict the consequences of these changes for habitat provisioning and carbon (C) sequestration across the coastal landscape. The goals are to: 1) Track long-term changes in climate and human actions in the watershed and adjacent uplands, and evaluate the effects of these drivers on domain boundary conditions. 2) Describe temporal and spatial variability in physical, chemical, geological and biological, and to evaluate how they are affected by variations in river inflow and other boundary conditions. 3) Characterize the responses of three dominant habitats in the domain to pulses and presses in salinity and inundation. 4) Describe patterns of habitat provisioning and C sequestration and export in the GCE domain, and to evaluate how these might be affected by changes in salinity and inundation. These efforts will be synthesized into a synoptic understanding of both biotic and ecosystem responses to variations in salinity and inundation driven by climate change and human activities, which will be used to assess thresholds between habitats and the potential for state changes in the domain. 6. Funding Source: NSF OCE-9982133 and OCE-0620959 B. Sub-project Description 1. Site Description a. Geographic Location: GCE-SP -- Sapelo River, Georgia, USA GCE2_Hydro -- Four Mile Island hydrographic datalogger deployment Coordinates: GCE-SP -- NW: 81 25 55.1 W, 31 33 34.7 N NE: 81 09 14.8 W, 31 33 34.7 N SE: 81 09 14.8 W, 31 30 59.9 N SW: 81 25 55.1 W, 31 30 59.9 N GCE2_Hydro -- 81 19 11.8 W, 31 32 41.8 N b. Physiographic Region: GCE-SP -- Estuary and tidal marsh GCE2_Hydro -- Estuary and tidal marsh c. Landform Components: GCE-SP -- Intertidal marsh bordering sounds, tidal channels and creeks GCE2_Hydro -- Intertidal marsh bordering sounds, tidal channels and creeks d. Hydrographic Characteristics: GCE-SP -- Site includes the Sapelo River and Sapelo Sound, and is subject to 2-3.4m semi-diurnal tides. Sapelo Sound is a lagunal estuary system, with minimal freshwater stream or river input. GCE2_Hydro -- Site includes the Sapelo River and Sapelo Sound, and is subject to 2-3.4m semi-diurnal tides. Sapelo Sound is a lagunal estuary system, with minimal freshwater stream or river input. e. Topographic Attributes: GCE-SP -- Flat, with elevations ranging from 0-3.4m above mean low tide GCE2_Hydro -- Flat, with elevations ranging from 0-3.4m above mean low tide f. Geology, Lithology and Soils: GCE-SP -- unspecified GCE2_Hydro -- unspecified g. Vegetation Communities: GCE-SP -- unspecified GCE2_Hydro -- unspecified h. History of Land Use and Disturbance: i. Climate: Climate summary for Sapelo Island, Georgia, based on NWS data from 1980-2001: Daily-aggregated Values: Mean (sample standard deviation) mean air temperature: 19.78°C (6.98°C) minimum air temperature: 14.64°C (7.54°C) maximum air temperature: 24.62°C (6.78°C) total precipitation: 3.58mm (11.35mm) Yearly-aggregated Values: Mean (sample standard deviation) total precipitation (1981-2000): 1302mm (250mm) 2. Experimental or Sampling Design a. Design Characteristics: Conductivity, temperature and pressure were continuously monitored using an autonomous data-logging sensor package (sonde) that was moored to a piling and submerged 1-1.5m below mean low water. b. Permanent Plots: none c. Data Collection Duration and Frequency: The MicroCAT was programmed to autonomously measure and log conductivity, temperature and pressure at a sampling rate of 30 minutes (based on its internal chronometer). Upon retrieval the data was downloaded from the instrument via RS-232 serial communications and processed using custom Matlab(r) procedures to calculate depth (i.e. from pressure and latitude), salinity and sigma-t (i.e. from conductivity and temperature), and date and time components from sample time stamps. Beginning of Observations: 01-Jan-2012 End of Observations: 31-Dec-2012 3. Research Methods a. Field and Laboratory Methods: Deployment -- The MicroCAT was mounted inside a protective PVC pipe enclosure and attached to a wooden piling (~12 inch diameter) that was driven firmly into the substrate. The enclosure was constructed from a 10-foot length of 6-inch (internal diameter) PVC pipe that was perforated all over by drilling 1.5-inch holes (at approximately 4-inch spacing); this permits proper water circulation within the enclosure. The bottom of the PVC pipe was submerged about 5 feet below the water surface at low tide and bolted (vertically) to the piling. The MicroCAT was deployed by lowering it into the enclosure on a 0.375-inch stainless steel cable, and bolting the cable to the piling, so that the bottom of the data logger was ~3 inches above the bottom of the PVC pipe. A weighted surveyor's tape was then used to measure the distance from the substrate to the pressure sensor on the MicroCAT for calculation of total water column depth from pressure readings. The mooring was inspected every 1-3 weeks, and any visible fouling of the enclosure or MicroCAT was removed with a brush or scaper. Retrieval and Calibration -- At the end of each measurement period (approximately 2 months), the MicroCAT was unshackled from the cable and returned to the laboratory. The stored data was uploaded to a computer using a RS-232 serial cable and Sea-Bird Electronics SEATERM software. The MicroCAT was then cleaned to remove encrusting material and calibrated with a reference instrument at 4 to 5 salinity levels, generally ranging from 30 to 5 PSU. Data Processing -- Data were processed after each retrieval using custom programs in the GCE Data Toolbox for MATLAB (parse_37sm and imp_gcesonde). Depth was calculated from recorded pressure and latitude values, and salinity and sigma-t were calculated from recorded conductivity and temperature values using standard UNESCO algorithms (reference: Unesco. 1983. Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater, 1983. Unesco Technical Papers in Marine Science No. 44, 53 pp.). Data were then plotted and visually inspected for evidence of biofouling of the conductivity sensor (i.e. prolonged periods of damped tidal oscillation in conductivity signal with no corresponding changes in temperature signal and no wind or rainfall events recorded at nearby monitoring stations, or periods of damped oscillation immediately followed by normal oscillation after instrument maintenance or replacement). Conductivity values recorded during periods of suspected biofouling were flagged as I (invalid) if visible fouling was noted in maintenance logs, and Q (questionable) if no visible fouling was noted. b. Instrumentation: Moored CTD datalogger (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc., model MicroCAT 37-SM S/N 1795, last factory calibration 11-Aug-2011) Moored CTD datalogger (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc., model MicroCAT 37-SM S/N 4961, last factory calibration 08-Nov-2011) Moored CTD datalogger (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc., model MicroCAT 37-SM S/N 1794, last factory calibration 28-Mar-2012) Moored CTD datalogger (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc., model MicroCAT 37-SM S/N 1793, last factory calibration 08-Jul-2010) c. Taxonomy and Systematics: not applicable d. Speclies List: e. Permit History: 4. Project Personnel a. Personnel: 1: Daniela Di Iorio 2: Wade M. Sheldon 3: Jacob Shalack 4: Daniel Saucedo b. Affiliations: 1: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 2: University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 3: University of Georgia Marine Inst., Sapelo Island, Georgia 4: University of Georgia Marine Inst., Sapelo Island, Georgia III. Data Set Status and Accessibility A. Status 1. Latest Update: 03-Jun-2015 2. Latest Archive Date: 3. Latest Metadata Update: 03-Jun-2015 4. Data Verification Status: new submission B. Accessibility 1. Storage Location and Medium: Stored at GCE-LTER Data Management Office Dept. of Marine Sciences Univ. of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-3636 USA on media: electronic data download (WWW) or compact disk 2. Contact Person: Name: Wade M. Sheldon, Jr. Position: GCE-LTER Information Manager Address: Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia Postal Code: 30602-3636 Country: USA Email: gcelter@uga.edu 3. Copyright Restrictions: not copyrighted 4. Restrictions: All publications based on this data set must cite the contributor and Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER project, and two copies of the manuscript must be submitted to the GCE-LTER Information Management Office. a. Release Date: Affiliates: 22-Jan-2013, Public: 22-Jan-2014 b. Citation: Data provided by the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research Project, supported by funds from National Science Foundation Grants OCE-9982133, OCE-0620959 and OCE-1237140 c. Disclaimer: The user assumes all responsibility for errors in judgement based on interpretation of data and analyses presented in this data set. 5. Costs: free electronic data download via WWW, distribution on CD may be subject to nominal processing and handling fee IV. Data Structural Descriptors A. Data Set File 1. File Name: PHY-GCEM-1301b_1_0.CSV 2. Size: 17568 records 3. File Format: ASCII text (comma-separated value format) 3a. Delimiters: single comma 4. Header Information: 5 lines of ASCII text 5. Alphanumeric Attributes: none 6. Quality Control Flag Codes: Q = questionable value, I = invalid value (out of range), S = spike/noise, X = excise row flag 7. Authentication Procedures: not specified 8. Calculations: Depth(m) = sw_dpth(Pressure(dbar),Latitude(deg)) -- sw_dpth (salt water depth from pressure) Matlab function, Revision: 1.3, Date: 10-Oct-1994 (C)1992 CSIRO, Phil Morgan (morgan@ml.csiro.au) [Salinity(psu),Sigma_t] = salsig2(Depth(m),Temperature(C),Conductivity(mmho/cm)) -- salsig2 (salinity and sigma-t from conductivity, temperature and depth) Matlab function Revision 06-May-1992 by V. Holliday, as modified by Tom Gross and Julie Amft (julie@skio.peachnet.edu) 9. Processing History: Software version: GCE Data Toolbox Version 3.9.3 (06-Apr-2015) Data structure version: GCE Data Structure 1.1 (29-Mar-2001) Original data files processed: 02120195.asc (6388 records) 02120661.asc (7486 records) 02120994.asc (4179 records) 02130193.asc (5171 records) Data processing history: 18-Jan-2012: data uploaded from SBE 37-SM MicroCAT using SEATERM software version 1.59 02-Feb-2012: new GCE Data Structure 1.1 created ('newstruct') 02-Feb-2012: data imported from processed SBE SM-37 sonde data file '02120195.asc' (6388 records) ('imp_gcesonde') 02-Feb-2012: deleted column Second from the structure ('deletecols') 02-Feb-2012: calculated calendar date in MATLAB serial day (base 1/1/0000) format from individual date component columns Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute, added 'Date' column at position 1 ('add_datecol') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Instrument' at position 1 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Pump' at position 2 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Pump, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Latitude' at position 1 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Latitude, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Longitude' at position 1 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Longitude, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Site' at position 1 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: matched 6388 out of 6388 geographic coordinates in columns Latitude and Longitude to coordinates for registered locations in the file 'geo_locations.mat' within a distance tolerance of 0.5km (add_locations) 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Station' at position 2 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Station, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: added geographic metadata based on matching values in column Station to location and station names registered in 'geo_locations.mat' ('add_sitemetadata') 02-Feb-2012: updated 9 metadata fields in the Site, Status sections ('add_sitemetadata') 02-Feb-2012: added column 'Calibration' at position 19 ('addcol') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Calibration, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: updated 14 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Status, Study, Supplement sections ('addmeta') 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: edited structure data ('ui_datagrid'): deleted record(s) 6382, 6383, 6384, 6385, 6386, 6387 and 6388 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: QA/QC flags assigned by visual inspection (ui_visualqc); flags set on Depth record(s): 6129, 6130 and 6131 02-Feb-2012: deleted the following rows with values in column(s) Depth assigned QA/QC flag(s) X (excise row flag): 6129, 6130 and 6131. ('cullflags') 02-Feb-2012: inserted 3 new records with date/time values and NaN/null data values (replicating common values in the non-data columns Site, Station, Longitude, Latitude, Instrument, Pump and Calibration) to fill in date/time interval gaps in the data series ('fill_date_gaps') 02-Feb-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 02-Feb-2012: deleted existing datetime columns Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute; updated Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute datetime columns added after column Date ('add_datepartcols') 02-Feb-2012: updated 2 metadata fields in the Data, Status sections ('ui_interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Temperature with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Temperature as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Temperature' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 13.776, changed record 6130 from NaN to 13.684, changed record 6131 from NaN to 13.580 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Temperature, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Conductivity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Conductivity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Conductivity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 4.014, changed record 6130 from NaN to 4.010, changed record 6131 from NaN to 4.005 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Conductivity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Pressure with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Pressure as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Pressure' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 0.234, changed record 6130 from NaN to 0.245, changed record 6131 from NaN to 0.265 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Pressure, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Depth with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Depth as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Depth' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 0.232, changed record 6130 from NaN to 0.243, changed record 6131 from NaN to 0.263 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Depth, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Salinity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Salinity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Salinity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 33.525, changed record 6130 from NaN to 33.582, changed record 6131 from NaN to 33.633 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Salinity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: replaced 3 missing values in column Sigma_t with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Sigma_t as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8.3 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 02-Feb-2012: 3 values in 'Sigma_t' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 6129 from NaN to 25.092, changed record 6130 from NaN to 25.150, changed record 6131 from NaN to 25.209 02-Feb-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Sigma_t, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 02-Feb-2012: documented flagged and missing values in columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 14-Apr-2012: query 'Year=2012' run, returned 849 of 6381 data rows ('querydata') 14-Apr-2012: automatically assigned study date metadata descriptors based on the range of date values in date/time columns (add_studydates) 14-Apr-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 14-Apr-2012: edited data set title in structure and metadata ('ui_editor') 14-Apr-2012: documented flagged and missing values in columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 14-Apr-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 14-Apr-2012: documented flagged and missing values in columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 14-Apr-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 26-Jun-2012: 7481 rows added at the bottom of the data set ('datamerge') 26-Jun-2012: updated 14 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Status, Study, Supplement sections ('addmeta') 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 26-Jun-2012: edited data set title in structure and metadata ('ui_editor') 26-Jun-2012: inserted 7 new records with date/time values and NaN/null data values (replicating common values in the non-data columns Site, Station, Longitude, Latitude, Instrument, Pump and Calibration) to fill in date/time interval gaps in the data series ('fill_date_gaps') 26-Jun-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 26-Jun-2012: deleted existing datetime columns Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute; updated Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute datetime columns added after column Date ('add_datepartcols') 26-Jun-2012: updated 2 metadata fields in the Data, Status sections ('ui_interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Temperature with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Temperature as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Temperature' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 12.551, changed record 851 from NaN to 12.566, changed record 852 from NaN to 12.578, changed record 853 from NaN to 12.587, changed record 854 from NaN to 12.594, changed record 855 from NaN to 12.601, changed record 856 from NaN to 12.607 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Temperature, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Conductivity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Conductivity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Conductivity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 3.917, changed record 851 from NaN to 3.924, changed record 852 from NaN to 3.932, changed record 853 from NaN to 3.940, changed record 854 from NaN to 3.948, changed record 855 from NaN to 3.954, changed record 856 from NaN to 3.958 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Conductivity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Pressure with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Pressure as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Pressure' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 0.715, changed record 851 from NaN to 0.953, changed record 852 from NaN to 1.227, changed record 853 from NaN to 1.516, changed record 854 from NaN to 1.796, changed record 855 from NaN to 2.044, changed record 856 from NaN to 2.237 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Pressure, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Depth with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Depth as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Depth' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 0.710, changed record 851 from NaN to 0.946, changed record 852 from NaN to 1.219, changed record 853 from NaN to 1.505, changed record 854 from NaN to 1.783, changed record 855 from NaN to 2.030, changed record 856 from NaN to 2.222 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Depth, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Salinity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Salinity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Salinity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 33.658, changed record 851 from NaN to 33.704, changed record 852 from NaN to 33.770, changed record 853 from NaN to 33.846, changed record 854 from NaN to 33.921, changed record 855 from NaN to 33.987, changed record 856 from NaN to 34.035 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Salinity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Sigma_t with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Sigma_t as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 26-Jun-2012: 7 values in 'Sigma_t' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 850 from NaN to 25.445, changed record 851 from NaN to 25.479, changed record 852 from NaN to 25.528, changed record 853 from NaN to 25.583, changed record 854 from NaN to 25.639, changed record 855 from NaN to 25.688, changed record 856 from NaN to 25.722 26-Jun-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Sigma_t, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 26-Jun-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 26-Jun-2012: documented flagged and missing values in columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 28-Sep-2012: 4175 rows added at the bottom of the data set ('datamerge') 28-Sep-2012: updated 14 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Status, Study, Supplement sections ('addmeta') 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 28-Sep-2012: edited data set title in structure and metadata ('ui_editor') 28-Sep-2012: inserted 7 new records with date/time values and NaN/null data values (replicating common values in the non-data columns Site, Station, Longitude, Latitude, Instrument, Pump and Calibration) to fill in date/time interval gaps in the data series ('fill_date_gaps') 28-Sep-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 28-Sep-2012: deleted existing datetime columns Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute; updated Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute datetime columns added after column Date ('add_datepartcols') 28-Sep-2012: updated 2 metadata fields in the Data, Status sections ('ui_interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Temperature with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Temperature as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Temperature' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 27.710, changed record 8339 from NaN to 27.788, changed record 8340 from NaN to 27.890, changed record 8341 from NaN to 28.008, changed record 8342 from NaN to 28.137, changed record 8343 from NaN to 28.269, changed record 8344 from NaN to 28.397 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Temperature, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Conductivity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Conductivity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Conductivity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 5.164, changed record 8339 from NaN to 5.169, changed record 8340 from NaN to 5.175, changed record 8341 from NaN to 5.182, changed record 8342 from NaN to 5.189, changed record 8343 from NaN to 5.194, changed record 8344 from NaN to 5.198 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Conductivity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Pressure with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Pressure as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Pressure' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 2.669, changed record 8339 from NaN to 2.512, changed record 8340 from NaN to 2.305, changed record 8341 from NaN to 2.063, changed record 8342 from NaN to 1.804, changed record 8343 from NaN to 1.543, changed record 8344 from NaN to 1.297 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Pressure, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Depth with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Depth as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Depth' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 2.651, changed record 8339 from NaN to 2.495, changed record 8340 from NaN to 2.289, changed record 8341 from NaN to 2.049, changed record 8342 from NaN to 1.791, changed record 8343 from NaN to 1.532, changed record 8344 from NaN to 1.288 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Depth, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Salinity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Salinity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Salinity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 32.002, changed record 8339 from NaN to 31.982, changed record 8340 from NaN to 31.957, changed record 8341 from NaN to 31.924, changed record 8342 from NaN to 31.884, changed record 8343 from NaN to 31.835, changed record 8344 from NaN to 31.777 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Salinity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: replaced 7 missing values in column Sigma_t with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Sigma_t as a function of Date using the MATLAB 7.13 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 10 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 28-Sep-2012: 7 values in 'Sigma_t' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 8338 from NaN to 20.236, changed record 8339 from NaN to 20.199, changed record 8340 from NaN to 20.151, changed record 8341 from NaN to 20.091, changed record 8342 from NaN to 20.021, changed record 8343 from NaN to 19.941, changed record 8344 from NaN to 19.852 28-Sep-2012: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Sigma_t, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 28-Sep-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 28-Sep-2012: documented flagged and missing values in columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t as data set anomalies in the metadata ('add_anomalies') 28-Sep-2012: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 12-Jun-2013: 5133 rows added at the bottom of the data set ('datamerge') 12-Jun-2013: updated 13 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Status, Study, Supplement sections ('addmeta') 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: automatically assigned study date metadata descriptors based on the range of date values in date/time columns (add_studydates) 12-Jun-2013: query 'Year==2012' run, returned 17563 of 17652 data rows ('querydata') 12-Jun-2013: automatically assigned study date metadata descriptors based on the range of date values in date/time columns (add_studydates) 12-Jun-2013: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 12-Jun-2013: edited data set title in structure and metadata ('ui_editor') 12-Jun-2013: inserted 5 new records with date/time values and NaN/null data values (replicating common values in the non-data columns Site, Station, Longitude, Latitude, Instrument, Pump and Calibration) to fill in date/time interval gaps in the data series ('pad_date_gaps') 12-Jun-2013: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 12-Jun-2013: deleted existing datetime columns Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute; updated Year, Month, Day, Hour and Minute datetime columns added after column Date ('add_datepartcols') 12-Jun-2013: updated 1 metadata fields in the Data sections ('addmeta') 12-Jun-2013: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Temperature with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Temperature as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Temperature' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 27.998, changed record 12521 from NaN to 28.103, changed record 12522 from NaN to 28.195, changed record 12523 from NaN to 28.268, changed record 12524 from NaN to 28.317 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Temperature, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Conductivity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Conductivity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Conductivity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 4.837, changed record 12521 from NaN to 4.812, changed record 12522 from NaN to 4.792, changed record 12523 from NaN to 4.777, changed record 12524 from NaN to 4.768 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Conductivity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Pressure with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Pressure as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Pressure' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 1.307, changed record 12521 from NaN to 1.198, changed record 12522 from NaN to 1.112, changed record 12523 from NaN to 1.048, changed record 12524 from NaN to 1.008 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Pressure, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Depth with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Depth as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Depth' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 1.298, changed record 12521 from NaN to 1.190, changed record 12522 from NaN to 1.104, changed record 12523 from NaN to 1.040, changed record 12524 from NaN to 1.001 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Depth, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Salinity with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Salinity as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Salinity' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 29.556, changed record 12521 from NaN to 29.320, changed record 12522 from NaN to 29.129, changed record 12523 from NaN to 28.985, changed record 12524 from NaN to 28.895 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Salinity, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: replaced 5 missing values in column Sigma_t with estimated values based on 1D interpolation of Sigma_t as a function of Date using the MATLAB 8 function 'interp1' with the 'pchip' (piecewise cubic Hermite interpolation) method option, excluding data gaps with more than 12 consecutive missing values, and flagging the estimated values as 'E' ('interp_missing') 12-Jun-2013: 5 values in 'Sigma_t' were updated with new values ('update_data'): changed record 12520 from NaN to 18.306, changed record 12521 from NaN to 18.096, changed record 12522 from NaN to 17.923, changed record 12523 from NaN to 17.792, changed record 12524 from NaN to 17.710 12-Jun-2013: Q/C flagging criteria applied for column(s) Sigma_t, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag') 12-Jun-2013: sorted by column Instrument(ascending) ('sortdata') 12-Jun-2013: QA/QC flags assigned by visual inspection (ui_visualqc); flags set on Conductivity record(s): 765, 766, 767, 768, 769, 770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 6244, 6245, 6246, 6247, 6248, 6249, 6250, 6251, 6252, 6253, 6254, 6255, 6256, 6257, 6258, 6259, 6260, 6261, 6262, 6263, 6264, 6265, 6266, 6267, 6268, 6269, 6270, 6271, 6272, 6273, 6274, 6275, 6276, 6277, 6278, 6279, 6280, 6281, 6282, 6283, 6284, 6285, 6286, 6287, 6288 and 6289 12-Jun-2013: manually updated data set anomalies metadata field (ui_visualqc) 12-Jun-2013: copied QA/QC flags from column(s) Conductivity to column(s) Salinity and Sigma_t, merging copied flags with any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 13-Jun-2013: sorted by column Date(ascending) ('sortdata') 13-Jun-2013: manually edited data set metadata ('ui_editmetadata') 13-Jun-2013: edited data set title in structure and metadata ('ui_editor') 13-Feb-2015: copied QA/QC flags for column(s) Depth to column(s) Pressure, overwriting any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 27-Feb-2015: copied QA/QC flags for column(s) Depth to column(s) Pressure, overwriting any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 03-Jun-2015: query 'Year=2012' run, returned 17568 of 17568 data rows ('querydata') 03-Jun-2015: copied QA/QC flags from column(s) Conductivity and Temperature to column(s) Salinity and Sigma_t, merging copied flags with any existing flags, and set QA/QC criteria for destination column(s) to 'manual' ('copyflags') 03-Jun-2015: imported all documentation metadata from the template 'GCE_Sonde_GCE2', retaining existing attribute descriptors for all columns ('meta_template') 03-Jun-2015: updated 40 metadata fields in the Data, Dataset, Project, Site, Status, Study, Supplement sections ('addmeta') 03-Jun-2015: updated title ('newtitle') 03-Jun-2015: added geographic metadata based on matching values in column Station to location and station names registered in 'geo_locations.mat' ('add_sitemetadata') 03-Jun-2015: updated 8 metadata fields in the Site sections ('addmeta') 03-Jun-2015: updated title ('newtitle') 03-Jun-2015: updated 1 metadata fields in the Dataset sections ('addmeta') 03-Jun-2015: deleted columns Calibration and Pump from the structure ('deletecols') 03-Jun-2015: converted dates in column(s) Date to format yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS 03-Jun-2015: flags for columns Temperature, Conductivity, Pressure, Depth, Salinity and Sigma_t converted to data columns, flag codes updated in metadata ('flags2cols') 03-Jun-2015: updated 6 metadata fields in the Data sections ('addmeta') 03-Jun-2015: updated 15 metadata fields in the Status, Data sections to reflect attribute metadata ('updatecols') 03-Jun-2015: parsed and formatted metadata ('listmeta') B. Variable Information 1. Variable Name: column 1. Site column 2. Station column 3. Longitude column 4. Latitude column 5. Instrument column 6. Date column 7. Year column 8. Month column 9. Day column 10. Hour column 11. Minute column 12. Temperature column 13. Flag_Temperature column 14. Conductivity column 15. Flag_Conductivity column 16. Pressure column 17. Flag_Pressure column 18. Depth column 19. Flag_Depth column 20. Salinity column 21. Flag_Salinity column 22. Sigma_t column 23. Flag_Sigma_t 2. Variable Definition: column 1. Nearest nominal GCE-LTER sampling site column 2. Station determined by geographic database lookup of coordinates in columns Latitude and Longitude using a distance tolerance of 0.5km from registered station location column 3. Geographic longitude in decimal degrees column 4. Geographic latitude in decimal degrees column 5. Serial number of the SBE 37-SM MicroCAT instrument used for the observations column 6. Calendar date and time of observation column 7. Calendar year column 8. Calendar month column 9. Calendar day column 10. Hours - GMT column 11. Minutes column 12. Water temperature column 13. 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) column 14. Conductivity column 15. 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) column 16. Water pressure at sensor (approximately equivalent to water depth within 3% error) column 17. 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) column 18. Water depth to the pressure sensor of the moored sonde column 19. 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) column 20. Salinity column 21. 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) column 22. Sigma-t (i.e. Density-1) column 23. 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) 3. Units of Measurement: column 1. none column 2. none column 3. degrees column 4. degrees column 5. none column 6. yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:SS - GMT column 7. YYYY column 8. MM column 9. DD column 10. hr column 11. min column 12. °C column 13. none column 14. S/m column 15. none column 16. dbar column 17. none column 18. m column 19. none column 20. PSU column 21. none column 22. kg/m^3 column 23. none 4. Data Type a. Storage Type: column 1. integer column 2. string column 3. floating-point column 4. floating-point column 5. integer column 6. string column 7. integer column 8. integer column 9. integer column 10. integer column 11. integer column 12. floating-point column 13. string column 14. floating-point column 15. string column 16. floating-point column 17. string column 18. floating-point column 19. string column 20. floating-point column 21. string column 22. floating-point column 23. string b. Variable Codes: Flag_Temperature: E = unspecified, Q = questionable value Flag_Conductivity: E = unspecified, Q = questionable value Flag_Pressure: E = unspecified Flag_Depth: E = unspecified Flag_Salinity: E = unspecified, Q = questionable value Flag_Sigma_t: E = unspecified, Q = questionable value c. Numeric Range: column 1. 2 to 2 column 2. (none) column 3. -81.32 to -81.32 column 4. 31.545 to 31.545 column 5. 1793 to 4961 column 6. (none) column 7. 2012 to 2012 column 8. 1 to 12 column 9. 1 to 31 column 10. 0 to 23 column 11. 0 to 30 column 12. 10.3243 to 32.2503 column 13. (none) column 14. 3.5563 to 5.5705 column 15. (none) column 16. 0.05 to 3.762 column 17. (none) column 18. 0.049653 to 3.7359 column 19. (none) column 20. 27.2032 to 34.6469 column 21. (none) column 22. 16.0522 to 26.3196 column 23. (none) d. Missing Value Code: 5. Data Format a. Column Type: column 1. numerical column 2. text column 3. numerical column 4. numerical column 5. numerical column 6. text column 7. numerical column 8. numerical column 9. numerical column 10. numerical column 11. numerical column 12. numerical column 13. text column 14. numerical column 15. text column 16. numerical column 17. text column 18. numerical column 19. text column 20. numerical column 21. text column 22. numerical column 23. text b. Number of Columns: 23 c. Decimal Places: column 1. 0 column 2. 0 column 3. 6 column 4. 6 column 5. 0 column 6. 0 column 7. 0 column 8. 0 column 9. 0 column 10. 0 column 11. 0 column 12. 3 column 13. 0 column 14. 3 column 15. 0 column 16. 3 column 17. 0 column 18. 3 column 19. 0 column 20. 3 column 21. 0 column 22. 3 column 23. 0 6. Logical Variable Type: column 1. nominal (discrete) column 2. nominal (none) column 3. geographic coordinate (continuous) column 4. geographic coordinate (continuous) column 5. nominal (discrete) column 6. datetime (none) column 7. datetime (discrete) column 8. datetime (discrete) column 9. datetime (discrete) column 10. datetime (discrete) column 11. datetime (discrete) column 12. data (continuous) column 13. coded value (none) column 14. data (continuous) column 15. coded value (none) column 16. data (continuous) column 17. coded value (none) column 18. calculation (continuous) column 19. coded value (none) column 20. calculation (continuous) column 21. coded value (none) column 22. calculation (continuous) column 23. coded value (none) 7. Flagging Criteria: column 1. none column 2. flag_locationcoords(x,col_Longitude,col_Latitude,0.25,"sensitive","geo_locations.mat")=" Q" column 3. x<-180="Q";x>180="Q" column 4. x<-90="Q";x>90="Q" column 5. none column 6. none column 7. none column 8. x<1="I";x>12="I" column 9. x<1="I";x>31="I" column 10. x<0="I";x>24="I" column 11. x<0="I";x>60="I" column 12. x<0="Q";x>35="Q";col_Depth<=0="I";col_Depth<0.15="Q";flag_valuechange(x,2,2,1,3)="Q";man ually-assigned flags column 13. none column 14. x<0="I";col_Depth<=0="I";col_Depth<0.15="Q";flag_valuechange(x,0.75,0.75,1,3)="Q";manual ly-assigned flags column 15. none column 16. x<0="I";x<0.05="X";x>10="Q";manually-assigned flags column 17. none column 18. x<0="I";x<0.05="X";x>10="Q";manually-assigned flags column 19. none column 20. x<0="I";col_Depth<=0="I";x>38="Q";col_Depth<0.15="Q";flag_valuechange(x,6,6,1,3)="Q";man ually-assigned flags column 21. none column 22. col_Depth<=0="I";col_Depth<0.15="Q";flag_valuechange(x,5,5,1,3)="Q";x<-5="Q";x>28="Q";ma nually-assigned flags column 23. none C. Data Anomalies: Values of 22 records in Temperature were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. Values of 7 records in Temperature were flagged as Q (questionable value) for dates: 01/22/2012, 02/11/2012, 03/09/2012, 05/05/2012, 05/22/2012. Values of 31 records in Conductivity were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/07/2012-02/08/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. Values of 7 records in Conductivity were flagged as Q (questionable value) for dates: 01/22/2012, 02/08/2012, 02/11/2012, 03/09/2012, 05/05/2012. Values of 22 records in Pressure were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. Values of 22 records in Depth were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. The value of one record in Depth was flagged as X (excise row flag) for date 02/11/2012. Values of 31 records in Salinity were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/07/2012-02/08/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. Values of 8 records in Salinity were flagged as Q (questionable value) for dates: 01/22/2012, 02/08/2012, 02/11/2012, 03/09/2012, 05/05/2012, 05/22/2012. Values of 31 records in Sigma_t were flagged as E (data value estimated by interpolation) for dates: 01/13/2012, 01/18/2012, 02/07/2012-02/08/2012, 02/27/2012, 04/13/2012, 05/22/2012, 06/22/2012, 07/31/2012, 08/29/2012. Values of 8 records in Sigma_t were flagged as Q (questionable value) for dates: 01/22/2012, 02/08/2012, 02/11/2012, 03/09/2012, 05/05/2012, 05/22/2012. Deleted the following rows with values in column(s) Pressure or Depth assigned QA/QC flag(s) X (excise row flag): 2351. Conductivity measurements appear to "flatline" prior to maintenance on 7/18/12. Several measurements prior to this have been flagged "Q", use with caution. Conductivity measurements show dampening of the tidal signal prior to the maintenance on 10/4/12. Several measurements prior to this have been flagged "Q", use with caution. V. Supplemental Descriptors A. Data Acquisition 1. Data Forms: Copies of CTD cast logs and raw data are maintained at the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems Information Management Office 2. Form Location: GCE-LTER Information Management Office, Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 3. Data Entry Validation: not specified B. Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures: QA/QC flags are generated automatically according to domain criteria specified for each data column, then subsequently reviewed and revised as appropriate. Coded flag columns are generated for each data column, listing qualifier flags assigned to the data value on the corresponding row. C. Supplemental Materials: not applicable D. Computer Programs: Sea-Bird Electronics Sea-Soft version 4.246, MATLAB version 2013B E. Archival Practices: Data sets and documentation are stored in structured binary (Matlab 5.x files) and delimited ASCII text formats, and archived on magnetic tape and CD at the GCE LTER Information Management Office at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA F. Publications: G. History of Data Set Usage 1. Data Request History: 2. Data Set Update History: 3. Review History: Instrument deployment, maintenance and retrieval observations: Sonde#1795 Site#2 Set up by J Shalack & C Reddy Date 9/7/11 Time on 1800 UTC Date 9/7/11 Time into water 1433 Date 1/18/12 Time out of water 1608 Date 1/18/12 Time off 2010 Sample interval 1800 Deployment information Date 9/7/11 Time 1433 ysi sal 37.4 ysi temp 27.7 water depth 2.2 m Retrieval information Date 1/18/12 Time 1608 ysi sal 34.5 ysi temp 12.6 water depth 1.9 m Instrument condition- conductivity tube Very clean Upload filename 02120195 Maintenance record Date 9/22/11 Time 1634 Sal 34.2 Temp 26.3 Depth 2.9 m Condition - conductivity tube Very clean Date 10/4/11 Time 1407 Sal 33.3 Temp 23.8 Depth 2.2 m Condition - conductivity tube Very clean Date 10/20/11 Time 1439 Sal 30.6 Temp 21.6 Depth n/a m Condition - conductivity tube Very clean Date 11/4/11 Time 1432 Sal 33.0 Temp 17.9 Depth n/a m Condition - conductivity tube Clean Date 11/17/11 Time 1438 Sal 34.0 Temp 18.2 Depth n/a m Condition - conductivity tube Very clean Date 12/9/11 Time 2041 Sal 35.0 Temp 15.2 Depth 2.6 m Condition - conductivity tube Clean Date 12/20/11 Time 1454 Sal 35.1 Temp 14.7 Depth n/a m Condition - conductivity tube Fouled internally with tunicates Date 1/6/12 Time 1540 Sal 35.7 Temp 10.9 Depth 2.7 m Condition - conductivity tube Very clean Instrument deployment, maintenance and retrieval observations: Sonde# 4961 Site# 2 Set up by J. Shalack Date 1/18/12 Time on 2000 UTC Date 1/18/12 Time into water 1608 Date 6/22/12 Time out of water 1615 Date 6/22/12 Time off 1908 Sample interval 1800 Deployment information Date 1/18/12 Time 1608 ysi sal 34.5 ysi temp 12.6 water depth 1.9 m Retrieval information Date 6/22/12 Time 1615 ysi sal 32.4 ysi temp 27.8 water depth 4.0m Instrument condition- conductivity tube clean Upload filename 02120661 Maintenance record Date 2/27/12 Time 2108 Sal 32.5 Temp 16.5 Depth 2.6 m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 2/27/12 Time 1451 Sal 31.8 Temp 15.8 Depth 3.6 m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 3/14/12 Time 1335 Sal 28.5 Temp 20.0 Depth 2.2 m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 4/2/12 Time 1534 Sal 28.2 Temp 23.4 Depth 2.1 m Condition - conductivity tube clogged Date 4/13/12 Time 1350 Sal 30.2 Temp 20.4 Depth 2.2m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 4/27/12 Time 1232 Sal 32.8 Temp 20.7 Depth 2.3 m Condition - conductivity tube dirty Date 5/11/12 Time 1202 Sal 33.7 Temp 26.4 Depth 2.1 m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 5/22/12 Time 1924 Sal 32.6 Temp 24.6 Depth 2.2 m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 6/8/12 Time 1136 Sal 31.7 Temp 24.8 Depth na Condition - conductivity tube very clean Instrument deployment, maintenance and retrieval observations: Sonde# 1794 Site# 2 Set up by J. Shalack Date 6/22/12 Time on 2000UTC Date 6/22/12 Time into water 1615 Date 9/17/12 Time out of water 1905 Date 9/17/12 Time off 2145 Sample interval 1800 Deployment information Date 6/22/12 Time 1615 ysi sal 32.4 ysi temp 27.8 water depth 4.0m Retrieval information Date 9/17/12 Time 1905 ysi sal 29.2 ysi temp 28.0 water depth 2.9m Instrument condition- conductivity tube very clean Upload filename 02120994 Maintenance record Date 7/5/12 Time 1845 Sal 30.8 Temp 30.4 Depth 2.5m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 7/18/12 Time 1955 Sal 31.5 Temp 30.0 Depth 1.7m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 7/31/12 Time 1717 Sal 30.4 Temp 29.6 Depth 1.9m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 8/15/12 Time 1720 Sal na Temp na Depth 2.0 m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 8/29/12 Time 1527 Sal 30.0 Temp 28.0 Depth 3.0m Condition - conductivity tube clean Date 9/14/12 Time 1810 Sal 27.5 Temp 26.1 Depth 2.1m Condition - conductivity tube dirty Instrument deployment, maintenance and retrieval observations: Sonde# 1793 Site# 2 Set up by J. Shalack Date 9/17/12 Time on 2200 UTC Date 9/17/12 Time into water 1905 Date 1/2/13 Time out of water 2019 Date 1/2/13 Time off 1558 Sample interval 1800 Deployment information Date 9/17/12 Time 1905 ysi sal 29.2 ysi temp 28.0 water depth 2.9m Retrieval information Date 1/2/13 Time 2019 ysi sal 33.0 ysi temp 12.4 water depth 2.8 m Instrument condition- conductivity tube clean Upload filename 02130193 Maintenance record Date 10/4/12 Time 1926 Sal 31.5 Temp 27.1 Depth 3.1m Condition - conductivity tube clogged Date 10/17/12 Time 2021 Sal 30.8 Temp 23.3 Depth 2.2m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 11/5/12 Time 2054 Sal 33.5 Temp 18.0 Depth 3.3m Condition - conductivity tube very clean Date 11/20/12 Time 1339 Sal 33.3 Temp 14.6 Depth 2.4 m Condition - conductivity tube clogged Date 12/11/12 Time 1611 Sal 34.3 Temp 17.9 Depth 2.3m Condition - conductivity tube clean 4. Questions and Comments from Users: none