PIE LTER measurements of water column depth at 15 minute intervals in the Parker River near Rt 1A bridge, Newbury, MA, year 2002. Water depths are relative to the sonde pressure transducer and not associated with a datum.

Summary

Short name: 

MON-PR-RT1AWatLevel2002

Abstract: 

PIE LTER, year 2002, 15 minute readings of water column depth in the lower Parker River Estuary at  Fernalds Marina bulkhead off Rt. 1A., Newbury, MA. Water depths are relative to the sonde pressure transducer and not associated with a datum.

Data set ID: 

79

EML revision ID: 

4
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Vallino, J. 2019. PIE LTER measurements of water column depth at 15 minute intervals in the Parker River near Rt 1A bridge, Newbury, MA, year 2002. Water depths are relative to the sonde pressure transducer and not associated with a datum. Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/96dd785bde21fa0ff8dffe5e72f6b777
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Dates

Date Range: 

Thursday, April 11, 2002 to Thursday, December 5, 2002

Publication Date: 

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
People

Owner/Creator: 

Joe Vallino

Project: 

Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER I, 1998-2004)
Related
Downloads

Data sources: 

MON-PR-RT1AWatLevel2002_csv
MON-PR-RT1AWatLevel2002_XLS
Methodology

Methods: 

Measurements are made using a YSI 6600 water quality sonde and YSI 6200 Data Collection Platform (DCP) with data radio telemetered to the PIE LTER Rowley field station. YSI Sonde water level sensor consists of a vented level depth sensor (stainless steel strain gauge). For deployment of the sonde, a Schedule 40, four inch diameter PVC pipe was attached vertically to a piling off the bulkhead off Fernalds Marina on the Parker River. The pipe extended to the Parker River water column and the sonde was lowered into the pipe until it rested on a bolt which had been screwed through the pipe near the base/bottom of the pipe. The pipe was removed each Winter due to ice rafting and reinstalled each Spring once the ice had moved out. Each Spring the pipe was reinstalled in approximately the same vertical space with the intention of relating the relative water level measurements to a datum such as NAVD88.

Maintenance: 

Version 01, metadata entry using Excel template, depth not relative to NAVD88 yet

Version 02, 4/23/2019, metadata and data updates for uploading to DEIMS web site and LTER Data Portal