Parameter: specific conductance

Short Description:

specific conductance

Short Name:

specc

Official Name:

specific conductance

Units:

uS/cm

Graphable:

Yes

No Data Value:

Description

Electrical conductivity is a measure of a water’s ability to conduct electricity, and therefore a measure of the water’s ionic activity and content. The higher the concentration of ionic (dissolved) constituents, the higher the conductivity. Conductivity of the same water changes substantially as its temperature changes. This can have a confounding effect on attempts to compare this feature across different waters, or seasonal changes in this parameter for a particular body of water. The use of specific conductance [SC; units of microSiemens per centimeter (µS·cm-1) or miliSiemens per centimeter (mS·cm-1], the conductivity normalized to temperature of 25 ºC, eliminates this complication and allows valuable comparisons to be made.

Datasets associated with this parameter

Dataset Name	Brief Description	Project	PI-Supplied Parameter Name
BH15-11 CTD	Processed CTD data from BH15-11	Early Career Great Lakes research, Novel Nutrient Paleoproxy	Specc
CARGO CTD Profiles	CTD profile data from lake superior	CARGO	specc
CLASiC CTD		CLASiC	Specific_Conductance
CTD	CTD	Filter Feeders Physics and Phosphorus	SpCond
CTD - Downcasts	CTD - Downcasts	MuLTI-2	Specific_Conductance
CTD data for mussel study		GOMEPRO	Specific_conductance
CTD data from sediment coring events	CTD data September 2018	Thin_Disc_Project	specc
CTD Profiles	CTD Profiles - Down/Up Casts - Binned	Lake Superior Radiocarbon	Specc
CTD Profiles	CTD Profile Data	Foram Dispersal	specc
Datasonde in light chamber	O2, pH, temperature, and salinity in a light chamber	ECHOES	SpCond
Datasonde in water column	O2, pH, temperature, and salinity in the water column	ECHOES	SpCond
GOMEPRO: CTD - Profiles	CTD profiles	GOMEPRO	Specific_conductance
Hurricane Matthew Geochemical Data	Water geochemistry from surface samples collected along the Neuse River, Neuse River Estuary, and Pamlico Sound in North Carolina between October and December 2016, following the passage of Hurricane Matthew	HMATT	Spec_Con
HydroCAT data from oyster reciprocal transplant experiment		Predatory NCEs and Scale	SpCond
Lake Erie Winter Surveys 2018-2020	Winter survey data from Lake Erie	Great Lakes Center	Sp_Cond
SERC 2019 viral dilution incubations	Gene copy number counts and 16S analyses of July 2019 Rhode River surface water incubated with or without viral dilution	identify cyano infections	Specific_Conductivity
SERC time series	Water quality data, gene copy number counts, and 16S analyses from Rhode River samples collected at SERC	identify cyano infections	Specific_Conductivity
SINC CTD Profiles	CTD Profile Data from the Great Lakes	SINC	cond_spec
Tomales_Line_Time_Series	Water quality time series in Tomales Bay	BOAR	sp_cond
Water Quality	Water Quality	Oyster Reef Reversal	sp_cond_us_cm

Programs associated with this parameter

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Parameter: specific conductance