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VIMS Hydrofile: Ambient Water Monitoring and Meteorological Data for Chesapeake Bay and Near Coastal Shelf Waters, 1942-1982
Anderson, Gary F.
Anderson, Gary F.
Abstract
Historical ambient water quality and meteorologic conditions from cruises conducted by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Chesapeake Bay and nearshore coastal shelf waters over a 40-year period through 1982. Bulk water parameters were routinely measured during cruises conducted in Chesapeake Bay and nearshore coastal waters conducted by VIMS over four decades. Data were punched on 80-character cards known as ‘Form 1’ format by the VIMS central Computer Center. These were later converted to digital files. For this publication the Form 1 files were unpacked into yearly flat files containing two record types: Station records - Contain surface observations at the time a station was occupied, including secchi depth, total depth, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature, tide stage, sea state, and cloud cover. Depth records - Contain observations at one or more depths per station and include salinity, temperature, conductivity, suspended solids, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, trace elements and current speed and direction. The full suite of parameters were not always measured, the observations made were specific to the purpose of the individual cruises. The original files in Form 1 format are included as well. See the Associated Publications referenced below for complete description of the Form 1 format and data management plan. Yearly Station and Depth files are provided in Text (.csv) and MS Access format.
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2021-01-01
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Salinity, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay, Mid-Atlantic, Monitoring, Meteorological Data, Climate Change, Long term dataset
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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https://doi.org/10.25773/3spn-1654