| meta key # | phyt011 |
| dataset or series of data | Dock water quality, YSI, Daily Average |
| keywords | water quality, YSI, temperature, conductance, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pressure, pH, turbidity, chlorophyll |
| originator | Gallegos C. |
| file format | Excel 97 |
| platform | Windows NT |
| study site locale | Rhode River Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA |
| beginning date | 200004 |
| ongoing? | Yes |
| ending date | |
| meas. freq. | Daily |
| site size | Small |
| # of stations | 1 |
| west longitude | -76.35 |
| east longitude | -76.25 |
| north latitude | 38.55 |
| south latitude | 38.5 |
| parameters | CALKEY (Date formula derived by formula from columns B through D), YRDAY (Julian date), Note: For the following fields AV= Average, MX= Maximum, and MN= Minimum. TEMP (Temperature, degrees centigrade), COND (Specific Conductance, mS/cm), SAL (Salinity, practical salinity scale), DO (Dissolved Oxygen, mg/l), DO SAT (Dissolved Oxygen, % saturation), PH (pH, units), PRESS (Barometric pressure, psia, ), TURBID (Turbidity, NTU), CHL (Relative Chlorophyll, ug/l). |
| current sharing status | Available by request |
| current advertising status | SERC public site |
| abstract | This dataset tracks temporal changes in water quality by taking the daily average of hourly measurements taken at a single point in the Rhode River, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. |
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