Dataset: SAB CTD Profiles for STP, DO, pH

Name: Vertical profiles of water quality parameters at sampling stations in the South Atlantic Bight from 2015-2020 (SAB BMA project)
Published: 2022-10-24
Keywords: water quality, salinity, temperature, depth, South Atlantic Bight, oceans

Cite This Dataset

DOI:10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.882177.1

Spatial Extent: N:32 E:-79 S:32 W:-79

Temporal Extent: 2018-06-07 - 2021-08-10

Project:

Groundwater sources of "new" N for benthic microalgal production in the South Atlantic bight (SAB BMA)

Principal Investigator:

James L. Pinckney (University of South Carolina at Columbia)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Sawyer Newman (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

Version Date:

2022-10-24

Restricted:

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final no updates expected

Vertical profiles of water quality parameters at sampling stations in the South Atlantic Bight from 2015-2020 (SAB BMA project)

Abstract:

Vertical profiles of depth, conductivity, salinity, temperature, pH, and dissolved O2 were measured on selected dates from 7 June 2018 to 10 August 2021 in nearshore shelf waters off Charleston, SC. The survey area was located in the region of 32° 42’ N, 79° 50’ W and 32° 51’ N, 79° 09’W. Profiles were obtained using a YSI 6820 sonde deployed by hand. These data were used to map the physical structure of the water column and assess inputs of groundwater effects on phytoplankton and benthic microalgae. Results may be of interest to others conducting research projects off Charleston, SC. Data were collected and interpreted by Jay Pinckney at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

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Archival Copy

Version Date	Archive	Persistent Identifier	Date Assigned
2022-10-24	Marine Biological Laboratory/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library (MBLWHOI DLA)	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.882177.1	2022-11-02

Methods & Sampling

Methods & Sampling

Hand deployment of YSI 6810 sonde with measurements of water quality parameters at 1 m depth intervals to a maximum depth of 15 m.

Samples were taken from R/V Trinity, owned by a private charter company called Charleston SCUBA. This company is no longer in operation.

Data Processing Description

BCO-DMO Processing Notes:

Reformatted the data table so that the there is one header row, and this row is the first row in the table
Replaced column name spaces with underscores "_"
Replaced special character "δ" with "Sigma"
Rounded lat and long fields to 6 decimal places
Rounded all depth values to 3 decimal places
Standardized date time format to %Y-%m-%d %H:%M

Data Files

File
bco-dmo_vertical_profiles_database-1.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 54.91 KB) MD5:3626b9d28dae77b777be366e3a8f935f Primary data file for dataset ID 882177

More Information about this dataset

Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-1736557

Deployments

None available yet

Instruments

YSI Sonde 6-Series

Supplied Name: YSI 6810 Multi-parameter Sonde

Supplied Description:

Hand deployment of YSI 6810 sonde with measurements of water quality parameters at 1 m depth intervals to a maximum depth of 15 m.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: YSI Sonde 6-Series

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL0737/

Generic Description:

YSI 6-Series water quality sondes and sensors are instruments for environmental monitoring and long-term deployments. YSI datasondes accept multiple water quality sensors (i.e., they are multiparameter sondes). Sondes can measure temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, depth, turbidity, and other water quality parameters. The 6-Series includes several models. More from YSI.

Parameters

Date and time formats are described in python strftime() syntax.

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
Location	Sample location identifier	unitless	Site_ID
Cruise	Cruise identifier	unitless	cruise_id
Latitude	Latitude; positive values indicate a Northern coordinate	degrees North	lat
Longitude	Longitude; negative values indicate a Western coordinate	degrees West	lon
Date_Time	Date and time of location (Eastern Standard Time) Format: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M	unitless	DateTime
Temp	Water temperature	degrees C	temp
Sal	Salinity	ppt	sal
DO	Dissolved oxygen	mg/L	O2
Depth	Sampling depth	mg/L	depth
pH	Water pH	pH units	pH
Sigma_t	Specific density	Relative units	sigma_t

Database

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Dataset: SAB CTD Profiles for STP, DO, pH