| meta key # | phyt014 |
| dataset or series of data | Dock water quality, Hydrolab, Hourly |
| keywords | water quality, hydrolab, temperature, conductance, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pressure, pH |
| originator | Gallegos C. |
| file format | Excel 97 |
| platform | Windows NT |
| study site locale | Rhode River Edgewater, Anne Arundel County, MD, USA |
| beginning date | 19900531 |
| 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), HOUR (Eastern Standard Time at which the data were recorded (HHMMSS)), DKTEMP (Temperature, degrees centigrade), DKCOND (Specific Conductance, mS/cm), DKSAL (Salinity, practical salinity scale), DKDO (Dissolved Oxygen, mg/l), DKDO_SAT (Dissolved Oxygen, % saturation), DK_pH (pH, units), DK_MBAR (Barometric pressure, mbar, started 1998). |
| current sharing status | Available by request |
| current advertising status | SERC public site |
| abstract | This dataset tracks temporal changes in water quality using hourly measurements taken at a single point in the Rhode River, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. |
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