| meta key # | phyt013 |
| dataset or series of data | Dock weather station, Hourly |
| keywords | water quality data, weather data, light, temperature, wind speed, wind direction |
| originator | Gallegos C. |
| file format | Excel 97 |
| platform | Windows NT |
| study site locale | Rhode River Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA |
| beginning date | 19900228 |
| ongoing? | Yes |
| ending date | |
| meas. freq. | Hourly |
| 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, MN= Minimum, and SD=Standard Deviation. RAD (sunlight (cal/cm2/min (1/90-3/99), umol/m2/sec (9/99-present)), TEMP (water temperature, degrees C), DPTHFT (Average water depth, feet), WINDSPEED (Average wind speed, km/hr), WINDVECT (Average wind vector, km/hr), DIRECT (Average wind direction) |
| current sharing status | Available by request |
| current advertising status | SERC public site |
| abstract | This dataset tracks temporal changes in weather using hourly measurements taken at a single point in the Rhode River, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. |
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