| meta key # | dock005 |
| dataset or series of data | Tide Gauge at SERC Dock, 1980 - 1990 |
| keywords | tide stage, water depth, Rhode River, Maryland, dock monitoring |
| originator | Weller, D., Jordan, T., Correll, D. |
| file format | Excel 2000 |
| platform | Windows |
| study site locale | SERC, Rhode River, Edgewater, Maryland |
| beginning date | 19801212 |
| ongoing? | no |
| ending date | 19900713 |
| meas. freq. | every 15 minutes |
| site size | point |
| # of stations | 1 |
| west longitude | -76.54 |
| east longitude | -76.54 |
| north latitude | 38.89 |
| south latitude | 38.89 |
| parameters | Key, year, month, day, jday (Julian day), time (hhmm), Depth (centifeet), Avg? (Y=yes, when tapes overlapped, the two data points for a given time slot were averaged together) |
| current sharing status | available by request |
| current advertising status | Intranet, SERC public site |
| abstract | Station 125, formerly known as station 124, was a tide gauge located near the end of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center dock. This gauge recorded the water depth in centifeet every 15 minutes from December 1980 to July 1990. The data were recorded onto paper tapes that were then digitized by a Steven's Translator. All of the original files were compiled into one Excel database: Station125.xls. To to this, the starting date and time for the samples in the file were obtained from the original file name. All times after the first one were calculated by adding 15 minutes to the preceding time. If the data from one file overlapped the data from the next file, the duplicate measurements were averaged. |
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