Document Type

Data

Department/Program

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Publication Date

12-2021

Abstract

The Ware River is a small coastal estuary draining into the Chesapeake Bay estuary. VIMS monitored the Ware watershed for rain events, runoff, and impacts to the estuary from April 1979 through July 1981. This entry contains the estuarine receiving water quality monitoring data files for the portion of the study known as Part 2 – Estuarine Receiving Water Quality. A set of stations on the tidal estuarine portion of the river were sampled by-monthly during high slack tide events. The stations were also sampled during 24-hour ‘intensive surveys’ and immediately following storm events to document impacts. Methods and results are documented in the related literature. Data files were processed using SAS ver. 9.4 software (Statistical Analysis System, SAS Institute, Inc.) and are provided in Text (.csv) format. The SAS scripts used for processing and original data files are also provided. See the readme.txt file for data dictionary and further data processing information.

Description

Digital files of rainfall and runoff event data for the Ware River Watershed, Gloucester Virginia. April 1979 through July 1981.

Files | Description

  • Readme.txt: Data Dictionary
  • Ware_SlackSurvey_WQ.csv: Ware Estuary Slack survey Water Quality Data
  • Ware_24HrSurvey79_WQ.csv: 1979 Estuary Intensive survey Water Quality Data
  • Ware_24HrSurvey80_WQ.csv: 1980 Estuary Intensive survey Water Quality Data
  • Ware_24HrSurvey81_WQ.csv: 1981 Estuary Intensive survey Water Quality Data
  • Ware_NPS_Rain_Daily.csv: Daily Rainfall data for stations NPS2, NPS7 and VIMS base meteorological station.
  • wchem1.data, wchem2.data: Original Slack Survey data files
  • i79chem1.data, i79chem2.data: Original 24hr survey files for 1979
  • i80chem1.data, i80chem2.data: Original 24hr survey files for 1980
  • i81chem1.data, i81chem2.data: Original 24hr survey files for 1981
  • Ware_SlackSurvey_WQ.sas: SAS script to process Slack Survey data files
  • Ware_24HrSurvey79_WQ.sas: SAS script to process ’79 Intensive Survey data files
  • Ware_24HrSurvey80_WQ.sas: SAS script to process ’80 Intensive Survey data files
  • Ware_24HrSurvey81_WQ.sas: SAS script to process ’81 Intensive Survey data files
  • sbedseds.data,ssedimnt.data,ssod.data, etc…: Additional datafiles not processed into .csv
  • (See readme.txt for additional notes on these files)


DOI

https://doi.org/10.25773/cwzj-2v91

Keywords

Non-Point sources, pollution, Water Quality, Ware River, Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Monitoring, Runoff

Associated Publications

Bosco, C., Anderson, G. F., & Neilson, B. (1982) Ware River intensive watershed study - Part 2. Estuarine Receiving Water Quality. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/w1ge-9c78

Anderson, G. F., Bosco, C., & Neilson, B. (1982) Ware River intensive watershed study- Part 1. Nonpoint source contributions. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/4j7a-3b78

Anderson, Gary F. and Bosco, Cindy. 1981. "Nonpoint sources and impacts in a small coastal plain estuary: a case study of the Ware River basin, Virginia. in Flynn, K. C. Nonpoint Pollution Control--Tools and Techniques for the Future: Proceedings of a Technical Symposium. Rockville, Md. : Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsbooks/159

Anderson, G. F., Bosco, C., & Neilson, B. (1983) Ware River intensive watershed study - Project Summary. Chesapeake Bay Program. EPA/600-S3-83-078. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2527

See also:

Anderson, Gary F., "Ware River Intensive Watershed Study Data Files - Part 1. Nonpoint source contributions" (2021). Data. William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/ekzs-7k33

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