Dataset: Tomales_Line_Time_Series

Name: Water quality (including salinity, temperature, pH, O2, chl, DIC, DOC) time series from a mooring and time-series transect in Tomales Bay, Central California Coast from 2008-2011 (BOAR project)
Published: 2012-10-12
Keywords: oceans

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Spatial Extent: N:38.243 E:-122.806 S:38.064 W:-122.988

Project:

Bodega Ocean Acidification Research (BOAR)

Principal Investigator:

Tessa M. Hill (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Ann D. Russell (University of California-Davis, UC Davis)

Co-Principal Investigator:

Brian Gaylord (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Eric Sanford (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Contact:

Tessa M. Hill (University of California-Davis, UC Davis-BML)

Ann D. Russell (University of California-Davis, UC Davis)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Version:

12 Oct 2012

Version Date:

2012-10-12

Validated:

Yes

Current State:

Final with updates expected

Water quality (including salinity, temperature, pH, O2, chl, DIC, DOC) time series from a mooring and time-series transect in Tomales Bay, Central California Coast from 2008-2011 (BOAR project)

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Description

Oceanographic sampling for water quality parameters in Tomales Bay, CA (38.148N, 122.898W). Tomales Line is a ~monthly time series through Tomales Bay, California, sampling every 2 km.

This study reoccupies the stations studied in the LMER BRIE study: http://lmer.marsci.uga.edu/tomales/

For live-streaming data from Tomales Bay, visit http://www.ipacoa.org/Explorer and click on the icon in Tomales Bay.

Methods & Sampling

Sample/station number refers to km inside mouth of Tomales Bay (station 2 = 2km from mouth). "Buoy" indicates a sample at the navigational buoy at the entrance of Tomales Bay. Field data were collected using a YSI ProPlus multi parameter probe. Alkalinity was analyzed using auto titration and corrected using Dickson Lab standards. DIC samples were sent to outside labs for analyses.

Data Processing Description

Original parameter names were changed to conform to BCO-DMO conventions.

12 Oct 2012: Station coordinates provided by PI were added.

30 March 2015: Restricted-only access and added ISO_DateTime field.

Data Files

File
Tomales_line.csv (Comma Separated Values (.csv), 46.05 KB) MD5:700bc78c8e836bf63545ce2238a80d27 Primary data file for dataset ID 3691

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Funding Sources

Funding Source	Award Number
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences	OCE-0927255

Deployments

Deployment	Synonyms	Start Date	Platform	Investigator
Tomales_Line		2008-08-20	Tomales_Bay_Moorings	Tessa M. Hill (Chief Scientist)	data info

Instruments

YSI Professional Plus Multi-Parameter Probe

Supplied Description:

Field data were collected using a YSI ProPlus multi parameter probe.

Instrument Type

Generic Name: YSI Professional Plus Multi-Parameter Probe

Acronym: YSI ProPlus

Generic Description:

The YSI Professional Plus handheld multiparameter meter provides for the measurement of a variety of combinations for dissolved oxygen, conductivity, specific conductance, salinity, resistivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), pH, ORP, pH/ORP combination, ammonium (ammonia), nitrate, chloride and temperature. More information from the manufacturer.

Parameters

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

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
date_local	Date (local time).	mm/dd/YYYY	date_local
month_local	2-digit month of year, local time.	mm (01 to 12)	month_gmt
day_local	2-digit day of month, local time.	dd (01 to 31)	day_local
year	Four-digit year.	YYYY	year
time_local	Local time, 24-hour clock.	HHMM	time_local
sta_id	Station ID; Refers to km inside mouth of Tomales Bay (station 2 = 2km from mouth).	dimensionless	sta_id
sal	Salinity.	psu	sal
temp	Water temperature.	degrees C	temp
pH	pH	NBS pH scale	pH
pH_mV	pH in millivolts.	mV	no_bcodmo_term
O2_sat_pcnt	Percent dissolved oxygen. Originally named 'ODO'.	%	O2_sat_pcnt
O2_mg_L	Dissolved oxygen. Originally named 'ODO'.	mg/L	O2_mg_L
chl	Total chlorophyll. Note: units are mg/L	mg/L	chl_tot
sp_cond	Specific conductance.	S/cm	specc
alk	Alkalinity analyzed using auto titration and corrected using Dickson Lab standards.	umol/kg	TALK
DIC	Dissolved inorganic Carbon analyzed at UC Davis lab. Originally named 'DIC_UC_Davis_PES'.	umol/kg	DIC
DIC2	Dissolved inorganic Carbon analyzed at University of Georgia lab. Originally named 'DIC_U_of_GA'. NOTE: units are umol/L.	umol/L	DIC
DOC_ppm	Dissolved organic Carbon analyzed at UC Davis lab. Originally named 'DOC_UC_Davis_PES'. NOTE: units are ppm.	ppm	DOC
comment	Additional field notes/comments related to data acquisition and/or processing.	text	comment
lat	Latitude of the sampling station. Positive = North.	decimal degrees	lat
lon	Longitude of the sampling station. Positive = East.	decimal degrees	lon
ISO_DateTime_Local	Date and time formatted to ISO 8601 standard. This standard is based on ISO 8601:2004(E) and takes on any of the following forms: e.g. 2009-08-30T09:05:00[.xx] (local time) 2009-08-30T14:05:00[.xx]-05:00 where 'T' indicates the start of the time string. Optional: Note the Time Zone (TZ) as +/-HH:MM. Time Zone signage is for conversion from local to UTC.	YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS[.xx][+/-TZ]	ISO_DateTime_Local

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