| meta key # | dock004 |
| dataset or series of data | Robert Cory's USGS Dock Monitoring Station, 1970 - 1978 |
| keywords | temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, pH, tide, Rhode River, Maryland |
| originator | Robert Cory, J. Michael Redding, Martha M. McCullough, Paul Dresler |
| file format | Excel 2000 |
| platform | Windows |
| study site locale | SERC, Rhode River, Edgewater, Maryland |
| beginning date | 19700402 |
| ongoing? | no |
| ending date | 19781231 |
| meas. freq. | daily |
| site size | point |
| # of stations | 1 |
| west longitude | -76.54166 |
| east longitude | -76.54166 |
| north latitude | 38.88611 |
| south latitude | 38.88611 |
| parameters | week, month, day, year, maximum temperature (deg C), minimum temperature (deg C), maximum pH, minimum pH, maximum dissolved oxygen (ppm), max percent saturation DO, minimum dissolved oxygen (ppm), min percent saturation DO, maximum turbidity (JTU), minimum turbidity (JTU), maximum salinity (ppt), minimum salinity (ppt), maximum tide height (ft), minimum tide height (ft) |
| current sharing status | available by download |
| current advertising status | publications, SERC web site |
| abstract | In April 1970, the U.S. Geological Survey began a program of continuously recording water temperature, specific conductance, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, tide stage, solar radiation, wind direction, and wind velocity. These analog data were recorded by a water-quality monitor approximately 3.6 km inside the 4.8 km long Rhode River at the end of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center dock. This Excel file contains daily data from 1970 - 1978 that were originally published in 3 publications. The raw hourly data can be found on strip charts. |
| additional documentation / reference article |
Data taken from 3 publications:
1. Cory, R.L., Redding, J.M., and McCullough, M.M. 1975. Water quality in Rhode River at Smithsonian Institution pier near Annapolis, Maryland, April 1970 through December 1973. U.S. Geological Survey water - Resources Investigations 10 - 74. 2. Cory, R.L. 1977. Water quality in Rhode River at Smithsonian Institution pier near Annapolis, Maryland, January 1974 through December 1975. U.S. Geological Survey Water - Resources Investigations 77-20. 3. Cory, R.L. and Dresler, P.V. 1980. Water quality in Rhode River at Smithsonian Institution pier near Annapolis, Maryland, January 1976 through December 1978. U.S. Geological Survey Water - Resources Investigations 79-109. |